Thursday, March 28, 2024

World

Four killed during stabbing spree in Illinois

Illinois, USA - Four people have been killed and at least five injured after a man armed with a knife went on a rampage in the US state of...

Disgraced ‘Crypto King’ to be sentenced

Sam Bankman-Fried, the former billionaire crypto boss who was convicted of fraud and money laundering last year, will...

Gayle and T20 trophy ‘on top of the world’!

Former West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle lit up the iconic Empire State Building in New York recently as...

Joe Lieberman, former vice presidential candidate, dies at 82

Former US Senator and vice-presidential candidate Joe Lieberman has died at 82. The cause was complications from a fall,...

Haiti: US guns pour into Port-au-Prince, fuelling surge in violence

Haiti is a state out of action. More than two weeks after the country's prime minister resigned, following a...

Zambia to introduce mineral tax

LUSAKA – Zambia, Africa’s second largest copper producer, will introduce a variable tax on mineral royalties that will be adjusted according to metal prices,...

Impeachment could be derailed in Brazil

BRASILIA – A key member of Brazil’s Congressional budget committee has recommended the approval of the 2014 accounts of President Dilma Rousseff’s government, which could...

US ends 30-year ban on blood donations by gay men

THE UNITED STATES government on Monday overturned its 30-year ban on blood donations by gay men, saying they can now donate 12 months after...

Conservatives split on EU after PM’s Brussels trip

LONDON – Prime Minister David Cameron's trip to Brussels last week has exposed divisions in his party over Britain's relationship with the EU, with...

Clinton backs Obama’s Islamic State strategy in Democratic debate

MANCHESTER, N.H. – United States Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton backed elements of President Barack Obama's strategy to fight Islamic State militants in a debate...

Obama meets with San Bernardino victims’ families

SAN BERNARDINO, California – President Barack Obama met with the families of most of the San Bernardino shooting victims on Friday for nearly three...