A committee in the US House of Representatives has voted to make public six years of Donald Trump’s tax returns. The move caps a nearly four-year legal battle by Democrats to obtain the documents, which was ultimately decided by the US Supreme Court last month. US presidents are not required by law to release their […]
The United Nations will host a “no-nonsense” climate summit in 2023 to spur action from governments on the climate crisis, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says, as the goal of avoiding global warming of more than 1.5 degrees Celsius begins to slip out of reach. Speaking at a year-end news conference on Monday, Guterres said […]
A US congressional inquiry into last year’s Capitol riot says ex-President Donald Trump should face criminal charges, including insurrection. The Democratic-led committee voted unanimously for the justice department to prosecute Mr Trump. The panel also aired a new clip of former Trump aide Hope Hicks on her warning to him about his legacy. Trump supporters […]
Twitter users have voted in favour of Elon Musk stepping down as the platform’s chief executive after the billionaire ran a poll on his future. A total of 57.5% voted “yes” after Mr Musk asked his 122 million followers whether he should stand down. Mr Musk, who bought Twitter for $44bn (£36bn), said before the […]
Burkina Faso is unhappy that Ghana is concerned about the Wagner mercenary group from Russia around the northern border. Burkina Faso has therefore recalled its ambassador in Ghana after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said on Wednesday that the Francophone neighbour has hired Russian mercenaries to help fight an insurgency and using a mine to pay […]
Judges at London’s High Court will rule Monday whether the British government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is legal, as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stakes his future on stopping a record number of migrant arrivals in small boats. Under a deal struck in April, Britain aims to send tens of thousands of migrants […]
The South African government has stationed members of the armed forces at several of the country’s beleaguered power stations, amid rolling blackouts and allegations of sabotage and corruption. Soldiers have been deployed at four key power generating plants, Vincent Magwenya, a spokesman for President Cyril Ramaphosa, tells VOA, saying further deployments will be announced in […]
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will on Monday announce a major new artillery package for Ukraine during a meeting of Nordic, Baltic and Dutch counterparts in Riga. Sunak will arrive in Latvia on Monday for the meeting to discuss ongoing efforts to counter Russian aggression in the Nordic and Baltic region with fellow members of […]
The World Bank says it has secured $1.5 million in grant for the implementation of actions aimed at tackling marine and plastic pollution in Ghana. The Bank would give financial and technical assistance funded by its PROBLUE programme – an umbrella Multi-Donor Trust Fund Partnership that supports integrated and sustainable economic development of healthy oceans. […]
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) officials on Wednesday inspected the newly installed Eastern Regional walk-in cold room in Koforidua, which contains contemporary freezers and stocks a number of vaccinations for distribution. Mr. Daniel Adu Asomaning, Eastern Regional Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) Coordinator, who toured the facility with the team, said that the region has […]
