Investors in Adidas have filed a lawsuit against the company at a United States court over its cancelled partnership with Kanye West, saying it should have been aware he courted controversy. The class-action lawsuit seen by AFP was submitted Friday in US District Court in Oregon, where the German sportswear giant’s US headquarters is located, and argues executives failed to …

The United States Army’s chief of staff on Friday grounded all pilots who are not involved in critical missions until they complete required training after four helicopters crashed in a matter of weeks. Two AH-64 Apache helicopters collided in Alaska on Thursday, killing three soldiers and injuring a fourth, while two Black Hawks crashed in Kentucky late last month, leaving …

US President Joe Biden called on banking regulators Thursday to reinstate tougher rules on midsized banks, saying that doing so would prevent future failures like that of Silicon Valley Bank. While his predecessor Donald Trump eased rules for banks with between $100 billion and $250 billion in assets, Biden urged regulators to instead consider a set of reforms to “reduce …

A United States ban on Chinese-owned TikTok, the country’s most popular social media for young people, seems increasingly inevitable a day after the brutal grilling of its CEO by Washington lawmakers from across the political divide. But the Biden administration will have to move carefully in denying 150 million young Americans their favourite platform over its links to China, especially …

An American renowned advocate for the rights of disabled people, Judy Heumann died at the age of 75. Heumann died in Washington DC on Saturday, according to BBC. She was a globally recognized leader of the disability rights movement whose activism led to the implementation of major legislation in the United States. After contracting polio as a child, she became …

The Centre for Reform and Public Advocacy has criticised the United States government for congratulating the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. According to the group, the US government should have waited for the courts to decide before sending its congratulatory message to the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate. “The election also witnessed voter intimidation and suppression as many working …

The Federal Government has entered into an agreement with the United States on an extension of tourist visa validity for both countries to five years. In a statement on Friday by Sola Fasure, the spokesperson to the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the Federal Government said the new policy applies to tourist visas, as well as visas for diplomats …

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday suspended Moscow’s participation in a nuclear arms treaty with Washington, as United States President Joe Biden vowed in a rival speech that Russia would never win in Ukraine. In his state of the nation address ahead of the first anniversary of the campaign in Ukraine, Putin also accused the West of escalating the conflict …

Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Joe Kokar-Waadah has petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC), the ECOWAS Court of Justice and United Nations (UN), and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) Washington, to checkmate perpetrators of political violence in the state as another general elections draw near. Also petitioned by the Canada-based Korka-Waadah are governments of the United States of …

The United States said on Tuesday that Russia was not complying with New START, the last remaining arms control treaty between the world’s two main nuclear powers, as tensions soar over the Ukraine war. Responding to a request from Congress, the State Department faulted Russia for suspending inspections and canceling talks but did not accuse its Cold War rival of …