File- The Ford F-150 Lightning displayed at the Philadelphia Auto Show, Jan. 27, 2023, in Philadelphia. Ford Motor Co. says it has suspended production and halted shipments of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup after a battery caught fire during a pre-delivery quality check. On Wednesday, Feb. 15, the automaker said in a statement it has

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies before House Foreign Affairs Committee/Reuters By Reuters Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday called on President Joe Biden to rescind a nearly $1 billion arms sale to Nigeria following Reuters reports on an illegal abortion program and the targeted killing of

File – Fuses for 155 mm shells ultimately bound for Ukraine are prepared to be loaded on a C-17 flight, April 29, 2022, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. As the war rages on in Ukraine, the United States is doing more than supporting an ally. It’s learning lessons — with an eye toward a

Mohammed Al Amoudi. Photo credit: olatorera.com By Face2Face Africa Ethiopia‘s richest man Mohammed Al Amoudi has added $111 million to his net worth since the beginning of the year. His net worth is now estimated at $5.57 billion from $5.46 billion on January 1. In 2022, his net worth dropped by $1.25-billion. According to Bloomberg

Gunman Payton Gendron reads an apology to the court at sentencing for charges, including murder and domestic terrorism motivated by hate, before Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, in Buffalo, N.Y. Gendron, a white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket has been sentenced to life in prison

The Grayzone By Ann Garrison As Somalia struggled to hold its first real national elections since the country collapsed in 1991, the US and its allies pushed separatism and undermined democracy so as to plunder the country’s rich resources. An armed conflict is underway between secessionists and unionists in the city of Lasanod, where Somaliland

Bank of England (BoE) building in London, Britain/Reuters By Reuters British inflation fell by more than expected in January and there were signs of cooling price pressure in parts of the economy watched closely by the Bank of England, adding to signs that further hefty interest rate hikes are unlikely. Annual consumer price inflation (CPI)

File Photo/Somali Times The representatives of the international community based in Mogadishu have again released new information about the ongoing war in the town of Las Anod between the Hargeisa SNM militia and the SSC Sool region. The international community has declared that it strongly condemns genocide committed warlord Muse Bihi Abdi the continuation of

Mahmut Serdar Alakus/Anadolu Agency By Anadolu Agency At least 35,418 people were killed by two strong earthquakes that jolted southern Turkey on Feb. 6, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. The magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 tremors last week were centered in Kahramanmaras and struck nine other provinces – Hatay, Gaziantep, Adiyaman, Malatya, Adana, Diyarbakir,

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov/Reuters By Reuters The Kremlin said on Tuesday that the U.S.-led NATO military alliance demonstrated its hostility towards Russia every day, and was becoming more and more involved in the conflict in Ukraine. “NATO is an organisation which is hostile to us and which proves this hostility every day,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry