NEWS DIRECTORY

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has unveiled a $7.3bn plan to help the country meet its carbon emissions target, including significant reductions in the oil-and-gas sector.

President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday plans to unveil tougher fuel economy standards for vehicles that would reverse his predecessor Donald Trump’s rollback of U.S. regulations aimed at improving gas mileage and cutting tailpipe pollution.

Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor says it had drawn up two administrative cases against Alphabet Inc’s Google for failing to remove banned information, accusing it of blatantly promoting false content.

Head of the finance committee in Russia’s lower house of parliament, Anatoly Aksakov says foreign consumers of Russian natural gas should simply acquire roubles to pay at the Moscow Exchange and no change in the law is required.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has officially been admitted to the East African Community trade bloc.

Botswana is the latest country to approve the use of the Corbevax coronavirus vaccine - and also plans to produce it locally by 2026.

Rebels in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray say no food aid has reached the area despite the government announcing a unilateral truce last week to allow humanitarian assistance to millions facing starvation.

The Nigerian Railway Corporation has suspended train operations along the Abuja-Kaduna route.

The Senate called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare full war against terrorists in the country.

President Muhammadu Buhari met with Service Chiefs in Abuja over the Kaduna train incident which occurred on Monday and directed the immediate conclusion of all the processes for the implementation of the integrated security surveillance and monitoring solution for the Abuja to Kaduna railway line.