JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – The African National Congress is leaning towards trying to form a South African government of national unity with a wide range of parties, it said yesterday, citing the results of last week’s election in which it lost its governing majority.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – The African National Congress is leaning towards trying to form a South African government of national unity with a wide range of parties, it said today, citing the results of last week’s election in which it lost its governing majority.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to win a rare third term in office, but a smaller-than-expected mandate means he will have to lean more on his allies for support, and that means urgently addressing issues like unemployment, inflation and economic disparities in the world’s most populous nation.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States and its G7 partners are making progress on finding ways to provide more urgently needed funds to Ukraine by tapping the value of profits earned on frozen Russian assets, a senior U.S.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour challenger Keir Starmer went head-to-head yesterday over how to boost Britain’s economy, with the PM accusing the opposition party of wanting to increase taxes if it wins power at a July 4 election.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked set today to retain power at the head of a ruling coalition but his Hindu nationalist party lost its outright majority for the first time in a decade as voters defied predictions of another landslide.The
JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s biggest coalition partner said on Tuesday it would support a prospective deal to free hostages from Hamas captivity even if it entails an overhaul of Israel’s Gaza war strategy.
ROME, (Reuters) – Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies “fully endorse and will stand behind the comprehensive” ceasefire and hostage release deal for the Gaza war outlined by U.S.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa was on tenterhooks yesterday for the African National Congress to signal whom it will choose as a partner to govern the nation after it lost its majority in last week’s election for the first time in 30 years of democracy.
LAGOS/ABUJA, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s main labour unions yesterday shut down the national grid and disrupted flights across the country as they began an indefinite strike over the government’s failure to agree a new minimum wage.
ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – A high court in Pakistan overturned jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s conviction on charges of leaking state secrets, his lawyer and his party said today, but Khan will remain in prison for now due to a conviction in another case.
LAGOS/ABUJA, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s main labour unions today shut down the national grid and disrupted flights across the country as they began an indefinite strike over the government’s failure to agree a new minimum wage.
JAKARTA, (Reuters) – The head and deputy head of the body overseeing Indonesia’s planned new capital have unexpectedly resigned, raising questions about the $32 billion project.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Two people were killed in violence at polling centers on Sunday in the midst of Mexico’s historic election expected to make leftist Claudia Sheinbaum, the ruling party candidate, the country’s first woman president.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – President Cyril Ramaphosa called on South Africa’s political parties to work together for the good of the country as final results from last week’s election confirmed his African National Congress had lost its majority for the first time.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Sunday that Israel had accepted a framework deal for winding down the Gaza war now being advanced by U.S.
NAHARIYA, Israel (Reuters) – A drone launched by Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fell in the Israeli coastal city of Nahariya on Sunday, causing a fire but no injuries, Israel’s military and local media reported.
JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – An aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed today that Israel had accepted a framework deal for winding down the Gaza war now being advanced by U.S.