E. Jean Carroll, 79, says Trump sexually assaulted her in a New York department store and then defamed her after she went public with the allegations years later. Trump, who is facing a slew of legal woes that threaten to derail his 2024 run for a second term in the White House, denies the […]

  Thousands of sub-Saharan African students in Tunisia are still fearful after a surge of racist attacks following comments by President Kais Saied against irregular immigration and are seeking concrete steps to protect them. The violence erupted after Saied blamed “hordes of illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa” for most crime in Tunisia and alleged there […]

  The United States President Joe Biden said in an address to Congress Tuesday that the US economy is better positioned to grow “than any country on Earth,” despite disruptions from COVID-19 and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. “The pandemic disrupted our supply chains and Putin’s unfair and brutal war in Ukraine disrupted […]

  Australia will remove the British monarch from its banknotes, replacing the late Queen Elizabeth II’s image on its $5 note with a design honouring Indigenous culture, the central bank said Thursday. The decision to leave her successor King Charles III off the $5 note means no monarch would remain on Australia’s paper currency. The […]

  Ghana’s annual consumer inflation rate accelerated to a new 22-year high of 54.1 percent in December 2022, up from 50.3 percent in November. Samuel Kobina Annim, the government statistician for Ghana, announced this at a media briefing on Wednesday. The latest inflation rate is the highest since April 2001, when it was at 59.7 […]

  About 150 years after the end of slavery in its former colonies, the Netherlands on Monday said it will officially apologise for the injustice. Prime Minister Mark Rutte plans to give a speech on slavery at the National Archives in The Hague later in the day. The cabinet representatives are also scheduled to speak […]

  At least 22 people have died and several others have been hospitalised in India after drinking toxic alcohol, authorities said Thursday. The deaths happened mainly in two villages in the eastern state of Bihar, where the sale and consumption of liquor are prohibited. Such bans are in force in several Indian states, driving a […]

  Ghana’s inflation rate rose to 50.3 percent in November, up from 40.4 percent in October — the highest rate since 2004. Samuel Kobina Annim, Government Statistician for Ghana, announced this while speaking with journalists on Wednesday. The announcement comes a day after Ghana secured a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on […]

  South Africa’s parliament has voted against starting impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa. TheCable had reported that Ramaphosa was facing impeachment threats after an independent panel set up by the speaker of South Africa’s parliament said findings suggested that the president acted in a manner that was inconsistent with his office. The report centred […]

  US consumer inflation eased in November, bringing some relief to policymakers, according to government data released Tuesday, but the figure is still about three times the pre-pandemic pace. The consumer price index (CPI), a closely-watched measure of inflation, jumped 7.1 percent from a year ago, down from 7.7 percent in October, according to figures […]