Category: Africa and the rest of the world

New Zealand will tighten gun laws in the wake of its worst modern-day massacre, the government said Monday, as it emerged the white supremacist accused of carrying out the killings at two mosques will represent himself in court. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her coalition was unified on the need to reduce the availability of […]

By Rosalind Mathieson In Ukraine, politics is no joke. Corruption is systemic, and this well-educated nation of 42 million with a fertile landmass the size of France now threatens to displace Moldova as Europe’s poorest. Investors are staying away and patience among backers like the U.S. is running out. Efforts to root out graft have largely failed, […]

Handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows (L-R) Britain’s Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster David Lidington, Britain’s Leader of the House of Commons Andrea Leadsom, Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May, Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond and Britain’s Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union […]

Britain faces a moment of truth Tuesday when parliament votes on Prime Minister Theresa May’s ill-loved Brexit plan — a day after she said she secured last-minute changes to the deal from the EU. May huddled late Monday with EU leaders in Strasbourg in a bid to salvage the vision of Brexit she set out […]

Whether her Brexit deal passes parliament or not this week, British Prime Minister Theresa May’s days are numbered, experts have said. The Conservative leader has in the past won praise for her determination and ability to survive what has often felt like one long political crisis since the 2016 EU referendum. But her approach to […]

Ninety-eight workers have died and at least 200 others have been hospitalised in northeastern India after drinking toxic liquor, officials said on Saturday, in the latest case of alcohol poisoning in the country. The deaths in Assam state came less than two weeks after tainted liquor killed about 100 people in the northern states of […]

President Donald Trump is ready to sign a border security funding deal, despite failing to get anywhere close to the money he sought for a US-Mexico border wall, US media reported Wednesday. CNN and NBC television quoted sources close to the president saying that Trump has resigned himself to the deal crafted by his Republican Party and the […]

The pound recovered ground on Monday after British Prime Minister, Theresa May, said she plans to return to Brussels to discuss changes to the Brexit deal she agreed with EU leaders last month, despite an overwhelming rejection of the draft text by MPs last week. The London stock market ended the day with the thinnest […]

Russian rescuers have been forced to temporarily halt the search for dozens of missing people in the rubble of a collapsed high-rise apartment block as the building risked crumbling further, officials said Tuesday, with the incident claiming at least seven lives. Part of the 10-storey building collapsed following a gas explosion on Monday morning in […]

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaks during a press conference in Dhaka on December 31, 2018. – Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has secured a fourth term with a landslide victory in polls the opposition slammed as “farcical” over claims of vote-rigging, and clashes between rival supporters that killed at least 17 people. Hasina’s ruling […]