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Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio was leading the results of country’s presidential election with 60 percent of votes counted, the electoral commission said Monday, in a process disputed by the opposition. Bio had garnered 55.86 percent of ballots cast, more than the 55 percent required for victory after Saturday’s first round of voting, […]
Wagner’s aborted mutiny shows Moscow’s war in Ukraine is splintering Russian power, the European Union’s top diplomat said Monday, warning instability in the nuclear-armed power is “not a good thing”. “What has happened during this weekend shows that the war against Ukraine is cracking Russian power and affecting its political system,” EU foreign policy […]
Hospital doctors in England on Friday announced the longest strike in the history of the state-funded National Health Service, in an ongoing row over pay. Junior doctors – those below consultant level – will walk out for five days from 7:00 am (0600 GMT) on July 13 until the same time on July 18, […]
Republicans voted Thursday to kickstart the formalities that could lead to Joe Biden’s impeachment, as far right lawmakers sought to seize the-party’s agenda and escalate a bitter standoff with the US president. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted along party lines to refer a resolution that accuses the 80-year-old Democrat of “abuse of power” and […]
The US Coast Guard authorities have revealed that the debris found during the search for the submersible that went missing during a tourist expedition was “consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel”. Authorities made this known during a press briefing on Thursday. According to OceanGate, the vessel’s operator, its pilot, and chief […]
A cyclone which tore through southern Brazil has killed at least 13 people and forced thousands from their homes, authorities said Sunday. Torrential rain and strong winds on Thursday and Friday caused damage in dozens of towns in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, including its capital Porto Alegre — the latest […]
The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or yuan, strengthened 88 pips to 7.1201 against the dollar on Monday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China’s spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by two per cent from the central parity rate each trading day. […]
A man confessed to the killing of his wife who has been missing for two and a half months in western France and has led investigators to her body, police said on Friday. Karine Esquivillon, 54, a mother-of-five, disappeared on March 27 without a trace from her home in the Pays de la Loire […]
A Cambodian court has charged a Chinese couple with murder after a popular South Korean influencer’s body was dumped in a pit on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, a prosecutor said on Wednesday. The Chinese couple, who runs a medical clinic, was arrested last week after the body of BJ Ahyeong was found, according […]
Uganda has repatriated 17 Ethiopian girls rescued from human traffickers in the capital, Kampala. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uganda, Simon Mundeyi, told reporters that officials handed over the girls to Ethiopian immigration officers at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport on Monday. “They were removed from the country legally […]
