ACCRA, (Reuters) – Ghana’s state-run electricity supplier, ECG, briefly cut off power supplies to the parliament building on Thursday in an effort to push the legislature to honour its 23 million Ghanaian cedi ($1.8 million) debt, an ECG spokesperson said.
ABU DHABI, (Reuters) – Negotiations at the World Trade Organisation ministerial meeting in Abu Dhabi yesterday were extended for another day, with the WTO saying the closing session had been delayed, and no immediate sign of breakthroughs in talks to set new global commerce rules.
CAIRO, (Reuters) – Gaza health authorities said Israeli forces today shot dead more than 100 Palestinians as they waited for an aid delivery, but Israel blamed the deaths on crowds that surrounded aid trucks, saying victims had been trampled or run over.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin told Western countries today they risked provoking a nuclear war if they sent troops to fight in Ukraine, warning that Moscow had the weapons to strike targets in the West.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi cannot be sued in Britain over allegations he accepted unlawful payments as part of Mozambique’s litigation over the decade-long “tuna bond” scandal, London’s Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday.
ACCRA, (Reuters) – Ghana’s parliament passed legislation yesterday that intensifies a crackdown on the rights of LGBTQ people and those promoting lesbian, gay or other non-conventional sexual or gender identities in the West African country.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden exercises at least five days a week and is “fit for duty,” his doctor said yesterday in a memo about his annual physical that showed the 81-year-old had a root canal last year and is being treated for sleep apnea but is in good health.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Donald Trump yesterday lost a bid to pause a $454.2 million civil fraud judgment against him for overstating his net worth and real estate values to dupe lenders, meaning he must soon find the cash or post a bond to prevent New York authorities from seizing his property while he appeals.
LONDON, (Reuters) – American rapper Ja Rule said he was “devastated” that he had been denied entry to Britain days before he was due to begin the opening leg of his international tour due to his criminal record.
CAIRO/DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Hamas called yesterday for Palestinians to march to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque at the start of Ramadan, raising the stakes in ongoing negotiations for a truce in Gaza, which U.S.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Democratic and Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday announced they had reached a deal for advancing the 12 annual bills that fund an array of federal programs for the fiscal year ending on Sept.
(Reuters) – An Illinois state judge yesterday barred Donald Trump from appearing on the Illinois’ Republican presidential primary ballot because of his role in the insurrection at the U.S.
LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Odysseus, the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon in half a century, neared a mission-ending slumber yesterday, six days after a lopsided touchdown that hindered its operation, though NASA and the company behind the vehicle cheered its performance as a success.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Donald Trump is unable to post a full bond while he appeals a $454.2 million judgment that a judge imposed in New York state’s civil fraud case against him, and wants instead to secure a $100 million bond, his lawyers said today.
MAPUTO, (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Mozambicans are fleeing their homes in the restive Cabo Delgado province amid a surge in deadly insurgent attacks since January.
DEARBORN, Michigan/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Joe Biden’s campaign and top Democratic officials vowed to double down on efforts to win over voters as the U.S.
UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – At least 576,000 people in the Gaza Strip – one quarter of the population – are one step away from famine, a senior U.N.
DEARBORN, Michigan, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden easily won the Democratic presidential primary in Michigan on Tuesday, but a protest vote by Democrats angry over his support for Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza exceeded organizers’ expectations.
BERLIN, (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz today ruled out suggestions that European countries and NATO alliance members would send ground troops to Ukraine, a day after French President Emmanuel Macron had raised the prospect that some might do so.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Veteran Russian rights activist Oleg Orlov was sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison on Tuesday for “discrediting the armed forces” by protesting against the war in Ukraine and accusing President Vladimir Putin of leading a descent into fascism.
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