Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Oyindamola Olubajo

Oyindamola Olubajo is a reporter with Peoples Gazette focusing on special reports and critical national news. She is a graduate of Mass Communication with over three years of experience in writing and reporting. Prior to working with The Gazette, she was with AllNews, an online news platform.She is on Twitter @hoyiin
August 13, 2026

Deutsche Bank becomes first European clearing house for China’s renminbi

Deutsche Bank has become the first European clearing house for China’s renminbi.

Stash of renminbi cash
August 12, 2026
August 12, 2026

Taliban stopped 2.4 million girls from going to school in Afghanistan: UNESCO

UNESCO warned in a report on Tuesday that the figure could surge to four million by 2030 following a rise of about 200,000 last year.

Taliban, Afghan girls
August 12, 2026

Trump confirms switching Air Force One for smaller plane, fearing Iran’s attack after NATO summit

U.S. President Donald Trump has confirmed that he secretly switched from Air Force One to a smaller military aircraft when leaving Turkey after the NATO summit in July.

Trump boarding Air Force One
August 11, 2026

WHO counters Trump’s order on fewer childhood vaccinations, says its recommendations science-based

Mr Trump signed the executive order on Monday, calling for a limit on immunisations against diseases from 18 to 11.

Trump, children undergoing vaccination and the WHO emblem.
August 11, 2026

Trump signs order to cut childhood vaccines, urges split of MMR shots

Health secretary, who had long opposed vaccination over alleged links with autism, claimed Mr Trump’s order sought to give parents choice and not to limit access to vaccines.

President Donald Trump
August 10, 2026
Debt Management Office (DMO)
August 10, 2026

Russia’s richest woman Tatyana Kim’s online marketplace Wildberries faces Ukraine’s wrath

Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, co-founded by billionaire entrepreneur Tatyana Kim, has suffered billions of dollars in losses, with 23 of its warehouses hit.

Tatyana Kim, Wildberries in flames
August 9, 2026

Child killer nurse Lucy Letby won’t face new charges, says CPS

Ms Letby from Hereford was convicted of murdering seven newborns and attempting to kill six others. She is serving 15 whole life terms.

Lucy Letby
August 9, 2026

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis bomb Saudi Aramco refinery

The group said the attack was “in response to the Saudi enemy’s breach of the airspace of the provinces of Saada and Hajjah with its drones.”

Saudi Aramco refinery