Category: Africa and the rest of the world

China has imposed unspecified sanctions on Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and her immediate family members, the Foreign Ministry said in Beijing on Friday. “In disregard of China’s grave concerns and firm opposition, Pelosi insisted on visiting China’s Taiwan region. “This constitutes a gross interference in China’s internal affairs,’’ the ministry […]

U.S. President Joe Biden. Julie Bennett/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Julie Bennett / Getty Images North America / Getty Images via AFP) The OPEC+ group of major oil exporters meets Wednesday to discuss its output strategy after US President Joe Biden lobbied Saudi Arabia to boost production to tame energy-fuelled inflation. The cartel led by Saudi […]

This handout photo taken and released by Malaysia’s Department of Information on August 2, 2022, shows Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi waving as she leaves the Parliament House after a meeting with Malaysian officials in Kuala Lumpur. – US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Kuala Lumpur for her second stop […]

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei  Iranian lawmakers voted Wednesday to ratify a prisoner exchange treaty with Belgium, where the deal has been criticised for potentially enabling an Iranian diplomat jailed on terrorism charges to return home. Iran’s parliament approved the treaty by 195 votes to two, its Icana news agency reported. Two weeks ago, […]

A 64-year-old woman politician, Droupadi Murmu has won presidential election on Thursday to make history of becoming the first tribal leader to be elected as the President of India. Murmu is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She served as the ninth Governor of Jharkhand between 2015 and 2021 and was picked as the […]

Nigerian-born Kemi Badenoch contesting the position of United Kingdom prime minister was voted out on Tuesday. She was voted out of the race leaving other contestants – Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt, and Liz Truss – still in the race. Chairman of the 1922 Committee Sir Graham Brady while reading the results indicated that Truss is […]

In this file photo taken on April 5, 2022 Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts as he waits to welcome Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo at at 10 Downing Street, in London, ahead of a meeting. – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a no-confidence vote triggered by his Conservative MPs, on June 6, 2022, and […]

Mourners pay their respects to former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe Photo: Reuters Mourners lined the streets of central Tokyo on Tuesday to bid farewell to assassinated former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, as his hearse was driven past political landmarks after a private funeral. The country’s longest-serving prime minister was gunned down on Friday while […]

‘My late father taught me about responsibility’ Former Equalities Minister, Nigerian-born Kemi Badenoch, has put herself forward as a candidate to become the next United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister, promising “limited government” and “a focus on the essentials.” The MP for Saffron Walden said she supported lower taxes “to boost growth and productivity, and accompanied […]