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1 month ago | 
chatnewstv.com | Ebube Ochu |Christina Horsten |Wolfgang Jung
Agency Report –A 29-year-old robotics researcher from Berlin has become the first German woman in space, blasting off on board a SpaceX rocket late on Monday. Rabea Rogge was one of four “international adventurers” setting off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida in a launch broadcast live by SpaceX. According to the German Aerospace Center, Rogge is the 13th German national to achieve space flight – but the first woman among them.
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1 month ago | 
chatnewstv.com | Ebube Ochu |Jörg Blank |Andreas Stein
Agency Report –German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Tuesday demanded Russia accept a ceasefire in Ukraine without conditions as she visited Kiev for a farewell tour. “Ukraine has shown that it is not only ready for, but that it accepts a ceasefire without conditions,” Baerbock said in a meeting with her Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha.
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1 month ago | 
chatnewstv.com | Ebube Ochu |Anne-Beatrice Clasmann
Agency Report –Most Germans believe that women need to be better protected against intimate partner violence, according to a survey commissioned by dpa. Some 62% of respondents told the pollsters YouGov that women in Germany are not being sufficiently protected against femicides committed by partners and ex-partners, with only 21% saying enough safeguards are in place to prevent gender-related killings.
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1 month ago | 
chatnewstv.com | Ebube Ochu |Chidi Odinkalu
LONDON – The UK government is set to introduce strict new laws targeting illegal work, forcing gig economy companies to verify workers’ immigration status, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced Sunday. The move expands existing employment checks to include flexible work sectors such as construction, food delivery, and beauty salons—industries where businesses previously faced no legal requirement to confirm workers’ right to work.
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1 month ago | 
chatnewstv.com | Ebube Ochu |Ute Wessels |Christof Rührmair |Chidi Odinkalu
Agency Report –After a weather-related delay, the German Spectrum rocket has taken off in Norway. The flight lasted about half a minute and is a success from the company’s point of view. There are further plans. German space start-up Isar Aerospace launched a historic test flight on Sunday, with its Spectrum launch vehicle taking off from Norway’s Andøya spaceport and spending some 30 seconds in the air before crashing into the sea.
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1 month ago | 
chatnewstv.com | Ebube Ochu |Chidi Odinkalu
SINGAPORE – Australia (men and women) completed the double yet again as they won the FIBA 3×3 Asia Cup 2025 on March 30. The men’s side of the tournament culminated with a high-octane battle between Australia and China. Both teams traded blows, with Alex Higgins-Titsha and Hanyu Gyo leading the charge, finishing the game with 11 points each. The action only got more frenetic near the end with a point separating the sides.
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1 month ago | 
chatnewstv.com | Ebube Ochu |Chidi Odinkalu
KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has disclosed his 2024 income and expenses, revealing total family earnings of UAH 15.3 million ($390,000), according to an official declaration published Sunday. The declaration, a legal requirement for public officials, showed that Zelenskyy and his family earned UAH 8.6 million ($220,000) from redeemed government bonds. An additional UAH 6.7 million ($170,000) came from his salary, bank interest, and rental income from private real estate.
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1 month ago | 
chatnewstv.com | Ebube Ochu |Chidi Odinkalu
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas “to immediately withdraw the oppressive bill which contains repressive provisions to jail any Nigerian of voting age for six months and/or impose a fine of N100,000 on them if they fail to vote in national and state elections.” In a statement released on Sunday by SERAP Deputy Director,Kolawole Oluwadare, SERAP urged Mr Akpabio...
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1 month ago | 
chatnewstv.com | Ebube Ochu |Chidi Odinkalu
LAGOS — Nigerian anti-narcotics agents have arrested a Lekki-based businessman, Arokodare Damil Ebenezer, and an Italy-based logistics agent, Omoruyi Terry, over alleged involvement in illicit drug shipments from the United States and Nigeria to Europe. Ebenezer, 43, was taken into custody at Bay Lounge, Admiralty Way, Lekki, on March 24 while expecting a consignment of 60 parcels of Loud, a potent strain of cannabis.
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1 month ago | 
chatnewstv.com | Ebube Ochu |Chidi Odinkalu
Agency Report –German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Saturday signed off on a landmark easing of the country’s debt limit for increased defence spending and a €500 billion ($547 billion) financial package for infrastructure and climate initiatives, his office said.
