Akpabli Januarius
Gunmen attacked worshippers at prayer and killed at least 15 people and injured two others in the village of Essakane in the Catholic Diocese of Dori, in Burkina Faso in what seemed to be a “terrorist attack”.
Information gathered revealed that no terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack. According to a church official, the gunmen were suspected to be Islamic militants.
Rayan Antony
A Hindu nationalist group has sued an Indian zoo for naming two of its lions after a Muslim ruler and a Hindu goddess. The court has requested that the names of the lions be changed.
The North Bengal Wild Animals Park in Siliguri district, West Bengal, is home to these majestic lions. The naming dilemma started when the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), a right-wing Hindu organization, raised an issue and filed a court petition on 16th Friday to stop the zoo administration from keeping the lions named after “Sita,” the revered Hindu goddess, who is the consort of Lord Rama, one of the most revered deities in Hinduism, and the lion named after “Akbar,” the 16th-century Mughal empire over most of the Indian subcontinent.
Mark Francis Bautista Gamboa
There has been a longtime debate whether it is good or not to subject oneself into a yearly medical check-up especially if no signs of health decline is perceived and felt at all.
In this particular era, growing number of people is against an annual physical check-up for various reasons: economic, old medical practices, and lack of doctors as stated by Alex Janin in his Personal Journal for The Wall Street Journal dated February 22, 2024.
Frederick Douglas Waako
The European Union has launched a formal investigation into TikTok to determine whether the company is doing enough to protect minors on its platform.
The EU said it would look at whether TikTok is doing enough to address risks on the platform through measures such as age verification tools which are meant to keep minors from seeing inappropriate content.
Harish Kumar Barigala
Making use of Artificial intelligence has become the new reality of the defense system of the United States of America.
The integration of AI into military operations presents a range of potential benefits, including improved precision and accuracy in targeting, more timely and effective response to threats, and reduced risks to military personnel.
Vhen Jesus Fernandez
In July 2023, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) published an education report that advises the appropriate use of technology in schools. The report attracted numerous articles in the following days. Seven months later, the matter once again resurfaced these past few days. The UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay acknowledged the “immeasurable potential” of the digital revolution.
Amdework Ferhiwot Gessese
A Silent Threat to Health! In a ground-breaking study recently published in Neurology, researchers have revealed a significant amount of air pollution (PM2.5) and early signs of Alzheimer’s disease in the human brain.
Recent scientific studies have illuminated a concerning connection between air pollution and severe health issues, particularly Alzheimer’s disease. Fine particulate matter known as PM2.5, commonly found in polluted air, has been identified as a potential culprit. This revelation implies that environmental factors, particularly air pollution, might play a pivotal role in contributing to Alzheimer’s, especially among individuals lacking a genetic predisposition.
Januarius N. K. Akpabli
As at 2020, the Global Prison Trends recorded over 11 million people held in prison worldwide. The reports states that from the year 2000 to 2014, there has been 84% increase in the number of life sentence. The numbers in the US records is about 206,268 serving life with parole out of the 1.4 million prison population in the US.
Michal Martinka
Electronic composer famous by his Award-winning score for the film Chariots of Fire, author of music to many other movies has died last Tuesday evening. The cause of death hasn’t been officially published yet. According to Greek journal web Ikonomikos Tachydromos, Vangelis died in hospital in France where he has been hospitalized with Covid-19.
Roman Paliukh
On Wednesday, May 18, the Vatican’s Foreign Minister, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, began his visit to Ukraine. Accompanied by Andriy Yurash, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Vatican and Archbishop Mechyslav Mokshytsky, Chairman of the Conference of Roman Catholic Bishops of Ukraine, the diplomat met with Archbishop Ihor Wozniak, UGCC, and visited a camp for migrants in one of the Roman Catholic parishes in Lviv.
Acta Diurna 