China Supports Mutual Respect And Efforts Under UN To Advanc...
China's President, Xi Jinping
1971, will always be a memorable day for People's Republic of China. It was on this day that the 26th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted, with an overwhelming majority, Resolution 2758, and ... Read More
President Leaves For COP26 Summit In Scotland
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Sunday left Ghana at the head of the Ghanaian delegation to attend the World Leaders' Summit of the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP 26) in Glasgow, Scotland.
The Summit, which is being held from ... Read More
Pope Urges ‘Radical’ Climate Response In Exclusi...
Pope Francis
In a message recorded exclusively for the BBC, Pope Francis has called on world leaders meeting next week at the UN Climate conference in Glasgow to provide "effective responses" to the environment emergency and offer "concrete hope" to future ... Read More
UK Summons French Ambassador Amid Post-Brexit Fishing Rights...
The UK has condemned "unjustified" threats from France and summoned the country's ambassador in an escalating row over post-Brexit fishing rights.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is calling for talks later, asking Catherine Colonna to explain "disappointing and disproportionate threats".
A British trawler ... Read More
COP26: Arnold Schwarzenegger Angered By World Leaders’...
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger says leaders who claim combating climate change hurts the economy are "stupid or liars".
Ahead of the COP26 climate summit, the former governor of California told the BBC that cutting carbon emissions will benefit global economies.
The Terminator actor said reducing ... Read More
US Donates 4.8 Million Vaccines To 4 African Nations
The United States is sending more than 4.8 million coronavirus vaccine doses to four African nations, the White House told VOA on Wednesday.
White House officials said the 55-member African Union determined the allocations. Landlocked Chad, one of the world’s poorest ... Read More
British Court To Rule On US Extradition Of Wikileaks’ Juli...
A banner in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is attached outside the Royal Courts of Justice, in London, Oct. 23, 2021, ahead of an upcoming extradition case appeal.
A British court will consider this week whether Julian Assange, founder of ... Read More
Nigeria Launches Africa’s First Digital Currency
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, center, and Central Bank governor Godwin Emefiele, right, launch the e-Naira digital currency in Abuja, Oct. 25, 2021.
Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, has launched the continent's first digital currency, the e-Naira. The launch also ranks Nigeria among ... Read More
Top General Says Takeover In Sudan Was To Avoid Civil War
Sudan's top army general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan speaks during a press conference at the General Command of the Armed Forces in Khartoum on Oct. 26, 2021.
Sudanese military chief General Abdel-Fattah Burhan said Tuesday the army's overthrow of the country's transitional ... Read More
Queen Will Not Attend COP26 Climate Change Summit
Queen Elizabeth II
The Queen will not attend the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow following medical advice to rest.
The 95-year-old monarch underwent preliminary medical checks in hospital last Wednesday after cancelling a visit to Northern Ireland.
She resumed public engagements on ... Read More