Oil prices rose for a third day on Wednesday after U.S. crude inventories grew less than expected and a cut in the forecast for output growth in the U.S., the world’s biggest producer, eased concerns about potential oversupply. Brent crude futures rose 56 cents to $79.15 a barrel as of 1159 GMT, while U.S. West […]
Authorities charged Kenyan cult leader, Paul Mackenzie and 29 associates, on Tuesday, with the murder of 191 children whose bodies were found among more than double that number buried in a forest. The defendants all denied the charges brought before a court in the coastal town of Malindi. One suspect was found mentally unfit to […]
Japan’s Toyota Motor raised its full-year operating profit forecast by nearly nine per cent, on Tuesday, after its third-quarter earnings raced past analysts’ estimates. This is thanks to a weaker yen and strong sales of high-margin cars and hybrid vehicles. Toyota shares surged after the announcement of early losses and closed 4.8% higher – the […]
Mark Zuckerberg, on Wednesday, delivered a surprise apology to the families of victims of online child sex abuse in the middle of a heated Senate hearing on Capitol Hill. In a stunning move, Zuckerberg stood up from his chair and turned to face the back of the room. In the room, parents held up pictures […]
The European Union is facing a dilemma over its remaining presence in Mali and the wider West African Sahel region since it does not want to cooperate with Russia’s expanding military forces, its top diplomat said on Wednesday. The decision by junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to withdraw from the West African bloc ECOWAS has […]
Israeli forces disguised as civilian women and medics stormed, a hospital on Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, killing three Palestinian in a dramatic raid that underscored how deadly violence has spilt into the territory from the war in Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meanwhile ruled out a military withdrawal from Gaza or the release of […]
re British nurse, Lucy Letby, found guilty of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others, has been denied initial permission to appeal her conviction, a judicial spokesperson said on Tuesday. Court found Letby guilty, last year, of killing five baby boys and two girls at the neonatal unit of Countess of Chester Hospital […]
By Our Correspondent The Palestinian Ambassador to Nigeria, Abdullah Abu Shawesh has called on the African Union (AU) to join the international community and the International Human Rights Council to investigate the event of Oct. 7 that triggered the Palestine-Israeli war. Shawesh made the call during a media interaction with a selected number of newsmen, […]
Ethiopia’s deal to lease a port in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland has infuriated the government in Mogadishu and prompted concern it will further destabilise the Horn of Africa region. Under a memorandum of understanding signed on Jan. 1, landlocked Ethiopia would lease 20 km (12 miles) around Somaliland’s port of Berbera for 50 years, in exchange […]
Zimbabwe will host the 56th session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development. Mthuli Ncube, Zimbabwe’s Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion, said on Wednesday, in Harare. The theme of the conference is “Financing the Transition to Inclusive Green Economies in […]