Estimated Reading Time: 2U.S. President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday night clashed in the first presidential debate described by commentators as chaotic and messy. The 90-minute encounter was characterised by frequent interruptions, mostly from Trump, and insults, with Biden calling the president a clown. Fox[Read More…]
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European airlines are reducing fares to attract passengers and fill the planes that are still flying
Estimated Reading Time: 2With the coronavirus crisis putting a chill on travel, European airlines are reducing fares to attract passengers and fill the planes that are still flying. Travel restrictions adopted by many countries to stem the spread of the disease have clobbered airlines, bringing air traffic to a near[Read More…]
Yoshihide Suga to succeed Shinzo Abe as Japan’s Prime Minister
Estimated Reading Time: 1Japan’s ruling party on Monday elected chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga as its new leader, making him all but certain to replace Shinzo Abe as the country’s next prime minister. Mr Suga easily won the ballot, taking 377 of a total of 534 valid votes from Liberal[Read More…]
Mali’s military rulers have released ousted President Keita
Estimated Reading Time: 1Mali’s new military rulers said Thursday that former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who was detained during the country’s coup on August 18, had been freed. The junta, which calls itself the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP), said on Facebook it was “informing public[Read More…]
Donald Trump’s media adviser Kellyanne Conway has resigned
Estimated Reading Time: 1Kellyanne Conway, a long-serving advisor to President Donald Trump known for sparring with reporters, announced Sunday she will step down to focus on her family. Conway, 53, has been at Trump’s side since day one, managing his 2016 campaign that catapulted the reality TV star into the[Read More…]
ECOWAS suspends Mali, imposes sanctions
Estimated Reading Time: 1 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Mali from the organisation over the military coup and subsequent ousting of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Keita, Mali’s president, and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse were arrested by rebel soldiers after weeks of unrest. The Malian president on[Read More…]
Protesters in Mali are demanding the President’s resignation
Estimated Reading Time: 1Malians took to the streets in the capital Bamako on Tuesday, despite rainfall and pleas from mediators to stay home, to demand the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Protesters numbering in the low thousands assembled in a central square, an AFP journalist saw, blowing plastic vuvuzela[Read More…]
Joe Biden picks former rival Kamala Harris as running mate
Estimated Reading Time: 1Former Vice President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he is tapping his former Democratic primary opponent Sen. Kamala Harris as his vice presidential nominee, ending months of speculation surrounding the first ever female-exclusive VP selection process. “I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris[Read More…]
Environmental emergency in Mauritius as ship leaks tons of oil into the ocean
Estimated Reading Time: 2The island nation of Mauritius has declared a “state of environmental emergency” after a vessel offshore began leaking oil into the ocean. MV Wakashio ran aground on a coral reef off the Indian Ocean island on 25 July and its crew was evacuated. But the large bulk[Read More…]
Gambia’s President Adama Barrow in isolation as Vice President tests positive for COVID-19
Estimated Reading Time: 1Gambian President Adama Barrow has gone into self-isolation after Vice President Isatou Touray tested positive for COVID-19. “The Office of the President informs the public that Her Excellency, the Vice President, Dr. Isatou Touray, has been tested positive of COVID-19. Consequently, the President, Adama Barrow, will be[Read More…]