Kenya’s president said Thursday that he has canceled multimillion-dollar airport expansion and energy deals with Indian tycoon Gautam Adani after US indicts one of Asia’s richest men for bribery and fraud. Story by Laurent Berstecher. Source link
Southern African leaders resolved Wednesday to extend for another year the presence of regional troops deployed to fight rebels in conflict-torn eastern Congo, and also pledged to work toward peace in Mozambique, where disputed elections staked unrest. Details on the SADC summit in a report by Sharon Mazingaizo and Farai Mugano. Source link
In September, Olaf Scholz brushed aside a journalist’s question about his legacy. “I think you should be wary of politicians who think about that before their appointment in office has ended,” he told Berlin’s Daily Mirror newspaper in response to the question of what he hoped one day would be written in the history books … Read more
Kenya has long been a transit country for heroin smuggled from Afghanistan to South Africa and back up towards Europe. In recent years, the drug has spilled over into some communities, fueling addiction. Story by Laurent Berstecher. Source link
PRESS REVIEW – Friday, November 22: We look at reactions from the Israeli and Arab-language press after the International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and a Hamas leader. Also: a series of deaths linked to methanol poisoning in Laos sheds light on bootleg alcohol practices. Finally: … Read more
JSW Energy Shares: JSW Energy, the energy company of JSW Group, has received a warning letter from market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). This is related to warning administration. The company received this letter dated November 4, 2024 on November 21 and now when the company gave this information in its exchange … Read more
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and a Hamas military leader, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The announcement came as health officials in the Gaza Strip said the death toll from the 13-month-old war between Israel and Hamas … Read more
Russia on Thursday fired an experimental missile at Ukraine in a clear warning of its capabilities, officials from Western governments said, even as they pushed back against Ukrainian claims of a more provocative action by Moscow. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Kyiv, Gulliver Cragg. Source link
Police indicted Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro and 36 others for allegedly attempting a coup to keep the right-wing leader in office after his defeat in the 2022 election. Already barred from running again in 2026 for a different case, he could now land in jail and see his influence further diminished. Story by Charlotte … Read more
There are 85 countries in the 2024 Oscar race for Best International Feature Film and Best Documentary Feature, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Thursday. Among them is Germany, which has submitted Mohammad Rasoulof’s latest film, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” The work was inspired by the mass protests in … Read more