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World markets dive as Trump sparks trade, North Korea worries

Global stocks sank Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with talks that are aimed at averting a trade war with China. Equities were also dented by poor eurozone economic data, and as Trump cast doubt on a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “Trump (is) continuing to drive uncertainty over global trade,” said analyst Joshua Mahony at trading firm IG. “European markets are following their Asian counterparts lower, as a pessimistic tone from Trump is compounded by downbeat economic data,” he added. Markets had surged Monday after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said they had agreed to pull back from imposing threatened tariffs on billions of dollars of goods, and continue talks on a variety of trade issues. However, Trump has declared that he was “not satisfied” with the status of the talks, fuelling worries that the world’s top two economies could still slug out an economically pain...

Anti-Islam protest with funeral candles at Merkel’s office.

Anti-Islam protesters placed funeral candles outside German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s electoral office together with photos of young women who have been stabbed to death, some by asylum seekers, police said Friday. The protest — with the message “Islam is part of Germany?” written in yellow chalk on the pavement — bore the logo of the far-right Identitarian Movement, which is under surveillance by Germany’s domestic security service. The pictures, candles and red roses were put there Thursday, hours after a German court jailed for life Hussein Khavari, an asylum seeker claiming to be from Afghanistan, for the 2016 rape and murder of a medical student. An image of his victim, Maria Ladenburger, 19, was among those of four young women placed in picture frames on the pavement, together with 14 candles and the flowers, outside Merkel’s office in the Baltic Sea town of Stralsund. Merkel has faced a harsh backlash against her decision in 2015 to open German borders to a m...

We Don’t Have Capacity To Defend Schools From Terrorists’ Invasion .

We Don’t Have Capacity To Defend Schools From Terrorists’ Invasion – Military Spokesperson Ronke Sanya   Updated March 23, 2018 749 Defence Spokesperson, Brigadier General John Agim. The Nigeria military on Friday said it doesn’t have enough workforce to have a huge security presence in all Nigerian schools to avoid terrorist’s invasion or abduction of pupils. Defence Spokesperson, Brigadier General John Agim, who was a guest on Channels Television Breakfast Programme, Sunrise Daily said due to the huge land mass, especially in the Northern East which is volatile to attacks, it is difficult to deploy troops to schools. “The military doesn’t have the manpower to deploy (troops) to all the schools. It is not possible. “People don’t know the land mass that we have in the North East and the number of troops that are deployed in that place. The land mass is very large,” Agim, who lauded efforts of the Federal government which has authorised civil defence and the police officers to secur...

Pastor Adeboye Prays For Leah Sharibu.

THE General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye Friday took to the social media to respond to the news of a 15-year old heroine of faith, Leah Sharibu—-one of the Dapchi 110 who were taken captives on February 19, 2018 from their dormitories at the Girls Science Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State by Boko Haram—-who’s still in captivity because she refused to renounce her Christian faith. Pastor Adeboye who has expressed Holy anger when the girls were abducted in February praying God to release them from their captors, prayed again yesterday for her peaceful rescue. “Lord, we ask that You visit the camp of the captors and in a way that You alone can, see to the safe release and return of the missing girl, Leah Sharibu in Jesus name. “Isaiah 49:25 says: ’But this saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, a...

Buhari vows to free the last captive Dapchi girl.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari promised on Friday to free the remaining Christian schoolgirl still held by Boko Haram, as he prepared to meet the other Dapchi students released by the Islamist militants. Buhari is to meet the girls in Abuja later on Friday, after which they will undergo medical checks and counselling similar to that given to other former captives released by Boko Haram. A total of 104 of the 110 students seized from the school in Dapchi, in the northeastern state of Yobe, on February 19 were dropped off by the jihadists on Wednesday morning. Five other girls died on the day they were abducted, while the last one — a Christian called Leah Sharibu — is still with her captors, apparently because she refused to convert to Islam. “It is disheartening that one of the girls, Leah Sharibu, remains in captivity,” said Buhari on his official Twitter account. “Let me assure that I am as committed to her freedom as I was to the girls’ freedom when all 110...

Philippines will no longer participate in any U.S.-led wars, says Duterte.

President Rodrigo Duterte of Philippines has reiterated his country will no longer participate in any U.S.-led war as it has gained nothing from its past participation “except brutality and agony.” “I am addressing America right now. Whatever expeditions that you will conduct, any wars that you will fight in any other countries, count us out,” Duterte said in a speech before new graduates of the Philippine National Police Academy in Silang, Cavite Wednesday. The latest U.S.-led war that the Philippines was involved in was the 2003 Iraq invasion, which just marked its 15th anniversary Tuesday. “We did not benefit (from these expeditions) all these years of sacrifice except brutality and agony. We will stand on our own,” Duterte said. The Philippines is a treaty ally of the United States. Both countries hold joint military exercises to improve the inter-operability of troops. However, their relations have been strained in recent years. Duterte has repeatedly sa...

May seeks EU backing against Russia on spy attack.

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday sought to unite EU leaders in condemnation of Moscow over the poisoning of a former Russian spy, but she faces resistance from states keen to protect their Kremlin ties. May will brief her colleagues at a Brussels summit on the progress of the investigation into the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the English city of Salisbury using a deadly Soviet-developed nerve agent. While the US, France and Germany have swung behind London, saying they accept the UK assessment that the Russian state is the only plausible culprit, other EU countries with close links to Moscow — notably Greece and Italy — want a softer line. May will remind her fellow 27 leaders the threat from the east will continue long after Britain leaves the bloc next year. “The challenge of Russia is one that will endure for years to come. As a European democracy the UK will stand shoulder to shoulder with the EU and with NATO to face these th...

Under-fire Mourinho attacks 'brainless' Manchester United critics.

The club have endured a difficult few weeks and their manager feels it is because some people cannot see they are in transition Jose Mourinho believes "people with a brain" should be able to see that Manchester United's recent issues are a result of being in "transition". Although United have only failed to win four of their last 15 games across all competitions, performances have fallen well short of expectations. The most striking failure in recent months was  the 2-1 defeat at home to Sevilla in the Champions League round of 16  , a defeat which eliminated United from Europe's elite competition. Mourinho came in for significant criticism over United's tactics in the wake of that defeat and  he responded with a 12-minute tirade in his news conference before the 2-0 FA Cup win over Brighton  . Much of that rant focused on the expectations of United fans and Mourinho has again addressed the subject of supporters, saying he is convinced ...