Scores injured in violent confrontations in Ethiopia’s Amhara between civilians and security forces
Amhara, the second biggest of Ethiopia’s 11 regions, has been convulsed by days of protests against the government’s plans, which the protesters say would leave Amhara vulnerable to attack from other regions.
Kenya Defence Force airlift South Sudan troops to eastern DR Congo as part of regional co-operation
A day after the South Sudan contingent touched down in Goma EACRF Deputy Force Commander Brig-Gen Emmanuel Kaputa in the company of Kenyan Contingent Commander Colonel Daniel Rotich and force headquarters staff officers received additional troops at the same airport.
Details of Man United’s plans to offload up to 13 players emerge, but faces obstacles in pursuit of targets
But in a blow to United, Brighton sensation Evan Ferguson looks set to stay on the south coast. It’s claimed only a mammoth figure will prise the young striker away from the Seagulls, despite Ferguson idolising Wayne Rooney as a child and supporting the Red Devils.
Frustration sets in as sale of Man United enters ‘idle mode’ with Glazers apathetic to doing business
Movement in the Manchester United sale is expected this week. It is understood the situation will develop over the coming days – more than two weeks after second bids were filed. There have been growing concerns that, with the clock ticking, should the Glazer family accept an offer for full...
Gun violence rocks Kentucky as man shoots dead 4 people, wounds 9 raising shootings in US this year to 146
The shooter was a current or former employee of the bank, Paul Humphrey, a Louisville Metro Police Department deputy chief, told reporters.
War in Yemen winds down with complete absence of US role as China parades influence
The war in Yemen looks like it’s coming to an end. US media reported on Thursday that a ceasefire extending through 2023 had been agreed to, but those reports also included Houthi denials. On Friday, Al Mayadeen, a generally pro-Houthi Lebanese news outlet, reported optimism from the Houthi side that...
Canadian bank censured for investing in Israeli company whose weapons have caused countless civilian deaths
Scotiabank’s gigantic stake in Elbit Systems, estimated to be about $500 million, dwarfs that of its two larger domestic competitors, TD Bank and Royal Bank of Canada. The two other banks hold around $3 million in shares, combined, in the company.
War is how Americans learn geography: How new nuclear age, climate change are shaping geopolitics
By 2015, Russia and the US had both announced new spending to “modernise” their nuclear arsenals and, in climate terms, it was the hottest year on record. The Bulletin ominously moved the hands of the clock to three minutes to midnight for the first time since the Cold War year of 1984.
Doomsday Clock: How human error in 1995 led to resetting of nuclear clock, deadly nukes fear
By 1949, as the Cold War heated up and the Soviet Union got the bomb, the hands on that clock were moved to three minutes to midnight, code for distinctly too close! As the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists wrote after Russia exploded its first nuclear device, “We think that Americans have reason to be deeply alarmed and prepare for grave decisions.”
In times marked by mass extinction, global pandemics and climate change, the future isn’t what it used to be
Between 2019 and 2028, the United States is on track to spend at least $494 billion or about $50 billion a year on its nuclear forces, according to a Congressional Budget Office assessment
