Airstrike on Mosque Kills 12 Children in North of Afghanistan

World NewsAirstrike on Mosque Kills 12 Children in North of Afghanistan

PilotnewsOctober 22, 2020

Officials say 12 children were killed and several others wounded in an airstrike on a mosque in Afghanistan’s northern Takhar province on Thursday. The strike occurred on Wednesday afternoon in Baharak district, where Taliban fighters had killed over 40 Afghan security forces in the early morning, provincial councilor Mohammad Azam Afzali told dpa. The provincial governor spokesman also confirmed the report. An aircraft bombarded the mosque after receiving information that Taliban fighters who were involved...

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Soldiers Open Fire in Nigeria, Drawing Global Attention to Weeks-long Protests

NewsNigeriaWorld NewsSoldiers Open Fire in Nigeria, Drawing Global Attention to Weeks-long Protests

PilotnewsOctober 21, 2020

Nigeria witnessed scenes of violence and chaos as protests calling for an end to police brutality continued overnight and into Wednesday, despite a 24-hour curfew and multiple eyewitness reports of soldiers opening fire on protesters. Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said Wednesday that one person had died at a hospital in Lagos, the country’s financial capital, after a shooting in the upmarket suburb of Lekki on Tuesday, but did not confirm whether the victim was a protester. “This is...

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Russian Media May Be Joining China and Iran in Turning on Trump

NewsPoliticsWorld NewsRussian Media May Be Joining China and Iran in Turning on Trump

PilotnewsOctober 20, 2020

It can be easy to overlook how the rest of the world is making sense of America’s chaotic campaign season. But in many cases, they’re paying attention just as closely as U.S. voters are. After all, who wins the U.S. presidency has implications for countries around the world. Since Sept. 22, we’ve been using machine-learning algorithms to identify the predominant themes in foreign media coverage. How different countries cover the race between Donald Trump and Joe...

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Nigerian (and American) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Finalist for WTO Director General

ColumnsOpinionWorld NewsNigerian (and American) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Finalist for WTO Director General

PilotnewsOctober 14, 2020

The two finalists for the position of director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) are Yoo Myung-hee, Republic of Korea, and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a Nigerian and (since 2019) an American citizen. The media is portraying Yoo Myung-hee as an international trade specialist and a WTO insider, while Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala describes herself as a WTO outsider; she combines, however, exceptional political and diplomatic experience with her economic training and subsequent career. She has been twice Nigeria’s finance...

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Buhari MeetsEex-Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at Aso Villa

United NationsWorld NewsBuhari MeetsEex-Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at Aso Villa

PilotnewsOctober 12, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed door with the former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Okonjo-Iweala contesting for the position of the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). She has already emerged as one of the final two candidates for the position. NAN reports that the agenda between the president and Okonjo-Iweala was...

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Louise Glück: Literature Nobel for American Lyric Poet a Healing Choice After Years of Controversy

Arts & CultureColumnsWorld NewsLouise Glück: Literature Nobel for American Lyric Poet a Healing Choice After Years of Controversy

PilotnewsOctober 10, 2020

Louise Glück is the first poet to win the Nobel Prize in Literature since Tomas Tranströmer in 2011 and the first American to win since Toni Morrison in 1993. In their preference for the muddiness of everyday life over explicit engagement with their political and social issues, you can see a broad link between Glück and Tranströmer. On the surface, though, Morrison and Glück couldn’t appear to be more different. Morrison’s work lays bare both the lasting scars and...

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WTO Confirms Okonjo-Iweala, One Other as DG Election Finalists

United NationsWorld NewsWTO Confirms Okonjo-Iweala, One Other as DG Election Finalists

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 8, 2020

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has announced Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as one of the finalists in the run for director-general election. Yoo Myung-hee of the Republic of Korea was shortlisted alongside Okonjo-Iweala as the second candidate in the final. Both emerged from a shortlist of five which was selected from a pool of eight candidates. At every stage of the election, member countries are required to choose a preferred candidate. David Walker, the ambassador from New...

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One in Every Ten Persons May Have Contracted COVID-19 – WHO

CoronavirusWorld NewsOne in Every Ten Persons May Have Contracted COVID-19 – WHO

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 6, 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said about 10 percent of the world population may have contracted COVID-19. Mike Ryan, the executive director of the WHO’s health emergencies programme, made this known on Monday while speaking at  a special session hosted by the organisation’s executive board. According to Worldometer, over 35 million cases of the coronavirus have been recorded globally. But with an estimated 7.6 billion world population, according to WHO’s estimates, 760 million people...

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Japanese Fashion Designer Kenzo Takada Dies From COVID-19

FashionNewsWorld NewsJapanese Fashion Designer Kenzo Takada Dies From COVID-19

PilotnewsOctober 5, 2020

Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada, better known as Kenzo, who created his label in Paris in the 1970s, died on Sunday, the brand that still carries his name said. Aged 81, Takada died of complications linked to COVID-19 at the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a residential suburb on the western outskirts of the capital, his spokesman told French media. Known for his colourful motifs and original silhouettes, which mixed inspirations from Japan, such...

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Nigeria Ratifies Kyoto Protocol’s Doha Amendment to Check Emission

EnvironmentNewsWorld NewsNigeria Ratifies Kyoto Protocol’s Doha Amendment to Check Emission

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 3, 2020

The Federal Government has ratified the Kyoto Protocol and its Doha amendment to the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change (UNFCCC). The ratification is contained in a letter, signed by the Minister of Environment, Dr Mohammad Abubakar and made available to newsmen on Saturday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 1997 Kyoto protocol set binding climate targets for developed countries while its amendment signed in Qatar in 2012 obligations...

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