Nigeria, US, others excluded from list of travellers permitted to enter Europe from July 1

Ahead of the planned reopening of its borders to international travelers on July 1, the European Union Commission has released a list of 54 countries that qualify for travels into Europe and Nigeria is conspicuously absent.Schengenvisainfo.com reports that citizens from Nigeria, Brazil, Qatar, the US, and Russia would not be allowed to travel into Europe until the epidemiological situation in their countries with regards to COVID-19 improves.

Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump over the murder of top Iranian general, Qassem Soleimani; asks Interpol to help

Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining US President Donald Trump and dozens of others over the drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad. Tehran prosecutor Ali Alqasimehr said on Monday, June 29, that Trump and more than 30 others who Iran accuses of involvement in the January 3 strike that killed General Qassem Soleimani face "murder and terrorism charges", the semi-official ISNA news agency reported.

Chinese Scientists warn that pigs could be the source of next pandemic as strain of swine flu in China has potential to spread to humans

Chinese scientists have warned that pigs are a 'key intermediate host' or 'mixing vessel' for viruses spreading from wild animals into humans and could cause another pandemic if not taken seriously. Experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have been studying outbreaks of swine flu in pig farms across the country and say the latest strain can pass to humans even though only two people are confirmed to have caught the virus, dubbed G4 EA H1N1, since the first outbreak in 2016

Kanye West celebrates his wife Kim Kardashian on becoming a 'billionaire' after selling 20% stake of her beauty line for $200m

Kanye West has celebrated his wife Kim Kardashian on becoming a 'billionaire' after she sold 20 percent stake of her beauty line to American multinational beauty company, COTY. The reality star and mother of four became a 'billionaire' after the beauty giant COTY purchased a 20 percent stake of her KKW Beauty company for $200 million.

Nigerian model calls out Beyonce for "contributing to the problematic ideologies of how Africa is viewed''

A Nigerian model has accused Beyonce of using African culture for personal gains without Africa benefitting from it.@Dimssoo also accused the American singer of contributing to the misrepresentation of Africa through her songs, thereby giving people the impression that "Africa is this place where we wake up in the morning and tie our wrapper and put chalk on our face and scream 'WAKANDA' then go and hunt lions.