Mission possible: Prince Harry upbraids British media as he lays bare ‘Mirror’ unethical news gathering
Britain’s Prince Harry said on Friday his mission to purge the press would continue “through to the end” after he accepted substantial damages to settle his case against Mirror Group Newspapers. He also delivered another broadside against former editor Piers Morgan. In December, the High Court in London ruled that...
Ghana artifacts looted from Asante Kingdom 150 years ago by British forces returned by US museum
After decades of resistance from European and Western governments and museums, the efforts of African countries to repatriate stolen artifacts are paying off with the increasing return of treasured pieces. Activists, though, say thousands more are still out of reach.
Church of England: Anglican Church hamstrung by serious disagreement over homosexuality
The Synod is also due to discuss racial justice and the response of Church Commissioners – who manage the church’s 10.3-billion-pound investment portfolio – to its research into historic transatlantic slavery during the assembly.
While digital money apps are now a lifeline for war-affected Sudanese, rural areas are still on leeside
Bankak, developed by the Bank of Khartoum in 2014, is one of Sudan’s largest fintech services. It allows bill payments and money transfers at a daily limit of three million Sudanese pounds ($5,000) per customer.
Preliminary Pakistan election outcome favours jailed former PM Imran Khan supporters
Imran Khan is in jail and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party was barred from the election, so his supporters contested as independents. Analysts have predicted there may be no clear winner, adding to the woes of a country struggling to recover from an economic crisis while it grapples with rising militant violence in a deeply polarised political environment.
Biden versus Trump: How investigations of two classified documents came to different endings
Former President Donald Trump, who has denied any wrongdoing in the case brought by special counsel Jack Smith, slammed the decision not to charge Biden, saying: “THIS IS A TWO-TIERED SYSTEM OF JUSTICE!” Biden, late on Thursday, angrily lashed out at Hur for unflattering characterisations of his memory in the report and said he never shared classified information.
Classified papers probe clears President Biden of wrongdoing, but turns his memory and age into election issues
Biden’s lawyers said his memory lapses were not unusual for someone trying to describe events that took place years ago. “Such comments have no place in a Department of Justice report,” they wrote in comments included in Hur’s report.
South African President Ramaphosa defends ANC’s 30 years in power in speech to Parliament
South Africa’s struggling economy has also been seriously hampered by an electricity crisis, with rolling blackouts across the country proving disastrous for businesses.
