South Korean lawmakers started voting Saturday on a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived declaration of martial law, even after most ruling party MPs boycotted, a live TV feed showed. Lawmakers began casting their secret ballots in the chamber, the TV feed showed, but it remained unclear whether enough ruling People […]
Ghanaians voted in elections on Saturday with frontrunners Vice President and former central banker Mahamudu Bawumia and opposition ex-president John Mahama facing off in a closely fought race. Ghana’s struggling economy emerged as the dominant electoral issue after the West African gold and cacao producer went through a debt default, high inflation and negotiations for […]
Burkina Faso’s ruling military leader on Friday dismissed the country’s prime minister and dissolved the government, according to a presidential decree transmitted to AFP. The sacked premier had served at the head of three successive governments, surviving each reshuffle. No reason was given for the dismissal of Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela, who was named […]
Over 70 people have been killed by a mysterious flu-like disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Roger Kamba, the country’s health minister, said authorities have so far confirmed 71 deaths, including 27 people who died in hospitals and 44 in the community in the southern Kwango province. He said of the victims at the […]
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has been ousted in a dramatic no-confidence vote, just three months into his tenure, throwing France into a political crisis. CNN reports that a total of 331 out of 577 lawmakers voted against Barnier’s fragile centrist government on Wednesday, making him the first prime minister to fall to such a […]
Senior employees at several institutions offering nursing and midwifery courses in Afghanistan on Tuesday said women would be barred from classes, following an edict by the Taliban supreme leader. Health officials met with directors of education institutes on Monday in the capital Kabul to inform them of the ruling, an official from the public health […]
US President Joe Biden on Sunday issued an official pardon for his son Hunter, who was facing sentencing for two criminal cases, despite assurances that he would not intervene in his legal troubles. “No reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter’s cases can reach any other conclusion than Hunter was singled out only […]
US President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose 100 percent tariffs on imports from BRICS countries if they replace the dollar in global trade. The BRICS is an intergovernmental organisation comprising nine countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). While the US dollar is the most-used […]
Australian lawmakers passed landmark rules to ban under 16s from social media on Thursday, approving one of the world’s toughest crackdowns on popular sites like Facebook, Instagram and X. The bill has now passed both parliamentary chambers with bipartisan support, and social media firms will soon be expected to take “reasonable steps” to prevent young […]
Several members of Donald Trump’s incoming administration have received threats including bomb alerts, the FBI said Wednesday, with one nominee reporting a pipe-bomb scare sent with a pro-Palestinian message. “The FBI is aware of numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents targeting incoming administration nominees and appointees, and we are working with our law enforcement partners,” […]
