When the first case was announced, the authorities urged people not to panic, assuring them of heightened surveillance at airports and border crossings. Kenya has since introduced enhanced screening for travellers arriving from 10 countries it considers to be at high risk: DR Congo, Uganda...
Elon Musk has said he likes the idea of a merger of Tesla and SpaceX, two of his most notable companies, and it is under active consideration. “Do I think it would be a good idea? Yes,” Musk said during a call with financial analysts over the quarterly business results of Space...
It was another Trump initiative last year, though, which has arguably had a much greater impact on Myanmar: the dismantling of USAID, which slashed aid to opposition groups, dissident media and refugees by more than half. There was also the decision, decried by human rights groups, to with...
“Build Canada Strong” has been Carney’s mantra ever since he first entered politics, a complete neophyte, at the start of last year. At home there are possible wide-reaching repercussions from the final tallies in the referendum’s nine other questions which dealt wi...
Addressing the issue of US intelligence sharing after Tuesday’s talks, Zelensky said he was “thankful that intelligence works now”. “Speaking about early warning, which is very important for our people, our ankle biters, adults, civilians because we can hear when ba...
Last Friday, Trump went further, waiving wide-ranging sanctions on Russia just two days before they were due to take effect. Trump said the sanctions contained in the Graham Act (named after the former South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham, a vocal supporter of Ukraine who died in July) wo...
The lawsuit seeks to challenge the White House’s reliance on retaliatory tariffs imposed by Canada to justify its own duties under Section 338. Canada has imposed a series of countermeasures against numerous US tariffs. Last month, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney matched the Sect...
In a two-page letter dated 14 October and obtained by the BBC, Doe told the faculty senate that after she reported the alleged rape, she received “a second-hand account” of Kotlikoff’s reaction and that his “initial response” was “along the lines of, ...
The attack in Abyei, which borders West Kordofan, took place on Monday around 11:30 local time (09:30 GMT) targeting Amiet Market around 10km (six miles) from Abyei town, the region’s Information Minister Yohana Akol Ngor told Radio Tamazuj, which broadcasts from the Netherlands to a...
Prime Minister Mark Carney says an overwhelming vote by people in Alberta to remain part of Canada is a “great result” for the country. Speaking to reporters as he walked into a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Carney said he was “thrilled that Albertans have chosen unity̶...