Forced into hasty retreat by Harris’ meteoric rise, Trump now faces a threat bigger than Biden
Internally, nine sources revealed that they see Harris as a far tougher opponent than Biden, who had been struggling for months in the face of doubts about his mental acuity and weakening poll numbers. The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits last week fell to a lower than expected 233,000,
Kenya police lob teargas at pockets of protesters in Nairobi calling for president’s resignation
At least three journalists were wounded when police fired teargas canisters close to them, the International Press Association of East Africa, which represents hundreds of journalists in the region, said on X.
Leaked report details how political class in Germany ignored own scientists and imposed punitve Covid vaccine, mask mandates
“A whistleblower, a former employee of the RKI, approached me and passed on the data set to me” for reasons of “conscience,” Velázquez wrote on Substack. According to the files, German regulators sought to skip Phase 3 trials of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine and “go straight into broad application.”
Why subsidies are fuelling protests around the world fragile African economies taking a hit
Across Africa – and a string of other emerging market nations – debt-laden governments trying to shed costly fuel subsidies are running headlong into angry populations reeling from years of increasing living costs.
UN health agency convenes experts to assess if mpox outbreak in Africa is a global emergency
Officials at the Africa CDC said nearly 70 per cent of cases in Congo are in children younger than 15, who also accounted for 85 per cent of deaths. Mpox was reported last week in Burundi and Rwanda for the first time while other countries including Kenya and the Central African Republic also identified cases.
Polish students, lecturer detained in Nigeria for allegedly displaying Russian flags during protests
The Polish foreign affairs ministry said on X that its officials in Nigeria are establishing “the exact circumstances” of the incident with Nigerian authorities. Thousands of mostly young Nigerians had poured onto the streets across the country to protest against the country’s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation and against alleged bad governance that has stifled the country’s development despite being a top oil producer.
WHO chief Ghebreyesus convenes emergency committee to assess threats posed by mpox outbreak
An emergency committee is made up of international experts who provide technical advice and recommendations to the WHO chief about whether a disease outbreak is a “public health emergency of international concern” – the agency’s highest level of alert. The final decision is made by the director general.
Vance and other Trump allies brandish race card in false claims about Harris’ racial identity
Vice President Kamala Harris has frequently talked about being Black in addition to being Indian American during her political career. She was the first African American to serve as California attorney general and became the first Indian American to serve as a US senator and the second Black woman, after Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois.
Britain in grip of anti-racism protests targeting Muslims and migrants after far-right riots
The reports prompted the deployment of thousands of police officers, and crowds of protesters massed in towns and cities including London, Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool and Hastings, holding banners saying “Fight racism”, “Stop the far right” and “Will trade racists for refugees”.
