The President Donald Trump-led United States government has announced that it will soon begin requiring bonds of up to $15,000 from Nigerians and other tourist and business visa applicants, under its new pilot programme set to take effect on August 20, Reuters reports. This was announced in a notice released
Russian rescue services have found the wreckage of a plane that disappeared about 16km (10 miles) from its destination in the far-eastern Amur region. The Angara airlines An-24 plane, carrying 42 passengers and six crew, had left Blagoveshchensk close to the Chinese border and vanished from radar screens as it
The Government of United Kingdom, UK, has announced plans to lower the voting age to 16 ahead of the next general election. This change will grant voting rights to approximately 1.5 million 16- and 17-year-olds and represents the most significant adjustment to the UK electorate since the voting age was
The United States has announced a new $250 Visa Integrity Fee that will apply to most non-immigrant visa categories beginning in fiscal year 2025. The new surcharge will be charged in addition to existing visa application fees, significantly raising the total cost for many applicants seeking to visit, study, or
The UK Government has launched a major overhaul of its immigration system, introducing new rules that will take effect from July 22, 2025. The reforms, described as a “complete reset,” were announced in Parliament by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper on Wednesday. The reforms are aimed at cutting migration and reducing
Chinese President Xi Jinping will not be attending the upcoming summit of the BRICS group of emerging economies, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning announced in Beijing on Wednesday. Prime Minister Li Qiang will travel to this year’s meeting in Brazil, she said. No reason was given for Xi’s absence. The
Chinese researchers have developed an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) model capable of detecting early-stage gastric cancer using non-contrast computed tomography (CT) scans. This is reported by Xinhua News Agency, a partner of TV BRICS. The AI system is named GRAPE (Gastric Cancer Risk Assessment Procedure with Artificial Intelligence). It enables
Chinese companies will be excluded from bidding on certain large-scale public contracts for medical devices in the European Union, the bloc’s executive arm announced on Friday. The European Commission said the restriction applies to contracts valued over 5 million dollars (5.7 million dollars) and marks the first use of a
The Israeli military has carried out several waves of airstrikes targeting nuclear facilities and military sites across Iran, killing senior Iranian military officials and nuclear scientists. In a prerecorded video message posted early Friday morning, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the strikes were aimed at hurting Iran’s nuclear infrastructure
Ukraine has received the bodies of 1,212 of its fallen soldiers from Russia after days of dispute, the agency dealing with prisoners of war in Kiev said on Wednesday. The soldiers died in battles in Russia’s Kursk region and the Ukrainian regions of Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson, the