A quick catch up on today’s top stories…
1) 17-year-old boy stabbed to death while chilling with friends at Obuasi
A 17-year-old boy at Anyinam in Obuasi Municipal of the Ashanti Region, with the name Captain, had been mercilessly stabbed to death. Captain is a student of Obuasi Senior High Technical School.
Information coming out indicates the victim was hanging out with friends at a night club during a 6th March Jamz when the sorrowful incident happened. After Captain was stabbed, the people around rushed him to Mangoase Government hospital but he died on the way.
2) Ukraine accuse Russia of snubbing plea for humanitarian access to besieged civilians
Ukraine said on Thursday Moscow had ignored its plea for humanitarian access to rescue hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped under bombardment, as the opposing sides yielded nothing at the highest level talks since the Russian invasion began.
Local officials in Mariupol, a Ukrainian port under siege for 10 days, said Russian warplanes were again relentlessly bombing the city, a day after destroying a maternity hospital, in what Kyiv and Western allies called a war crime. Moscow said the hospital was no longer functioning and had been occupied by Ukrainian fighters.
3) Volkswagen unveils all-electric ID. Buzz in Paris
Volkswagen unveiled a production version of its long-awaited ID. Buzz van in Paris on Wednesday, an electric reincarnation of its Microbus or Kombi, due to go on sale in a number of European countries in the third quarter of 2022.
The van will also launch in the United States in late 2023, the German automaker said in a statement, adding it is the first in a series of prototypes released in the past decade to successfully make it to production stage.
4) Vogue Magazine removes Palestine from Gigi Hadid’s announcement
Gigi’s fans are calling the publication for removing Palestine. GiGi Hadid recently announced that she will be donating money to Ukraine and Palestine.
Fans of the supermodel were shocked to see that Vogue Magazine posted about her announcement and edited it shortly after removing the word Palestine. “I am pledging to donate my earnings from the Fall 2022 shows to aid those suffering from the war in Ukraine, as well as in Palestine.” Gigi Haid said in her statement posted to her Instagram account.
5) UK halts Chelsea sale after Abramovich sanctions
Britain’s government halted a planned sale of soccer club Chelsea as well as the sale of players, new tickets and merchandise after it imposed sanctions on its owner, Roman Abramovich, but said the team will be able to play matches.
Abramovich said last week he was putting the club up for sale, but Britain’s asset freeze and sanctions on him bar that process under the terms of the licence granted to the club. The government said it had issued a special licence to allow Chelsea to play fixtures and pay staff, but it will limit the sale of tickets, merchandise and even players effective from Thursday.
