Trumpism isn’t going away and Obama, for all his virtues, is an imperfect analyst of Trumpism
The last few days of any president’s term are bound to spark moments of melancholy reflection – perhaps for Barack Obama even more so than most commanders in chief. Imagine Obama in the third week of January 2017: He had made history as the first Black US president; he had...
Subsidy cuts: Criminal gang blockade of main fuel terminal creates biting shortages in Haiti
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Wednesday called on the international community to help the Caribbean nation, as a gang blockade of a key fuel terminal has created widespread shortages of goods including drinking water. Gangs have since last month been blocking the entrance to the Varreux fuel terminal, creating...
Sacked Chelsea manager Tuchel’s last act may prove to be Blues’ turning point to greatness again
Thomas Tuchel’s final act as Chelsea manager could turn out to be an absolute masterstroke. The axed Chelsea boss signed his former player from Borussia Dortmund, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, just days before owner Todd Boehly gave him the boot. Eyebrows were raised when the Blues signed the 33-year-old, and even more...
Legal fight and environmentalists campaign in US to protect tiny snail darter helps define fish
The snail darter, a tiny South-eastern fish that derailed a federal dam during an epic battle over Endangered Species Act protection in the 1970s, is no longer considered imperilled, officials have announced. The fish held up construction of the Tellico Dam in Tennessee for more than two years as biologists...
Africa pushes for tenfold increase in climate funding to the continent from industrialised nations
Amid failed promises of climate funds to a continent that contributes the least to climate change yet suffers the greatest devastation, climate activists are pushing for more: a tenfold increase in climate funding commitments to Africa from the West’s 2009 $100 billion figure to $1.3 trillion. These calls were made...
N’Golo Kante to leave Chelsea for free as club owners stall contract extension talks
Chelsea risk losing one of the world’s best defensive midfielders for nothing in the summer after talks with N’Golo Kante over a contract extension stalled. Manager Graham Potter is not getting involved in the negotiations, although he has said that any team would ‘suffer’ if they lost Kante, whose deal...
Russian troops battered as Ukraine’s counter-offensive destroys 31 Russian tanks
Ukraine’s counter-offensive was gaining fresh momentum on Tuesday after its forces recaptured territory and destroyed dozens of Russian tanks to achieve an important new breakthrough in the south of the country. Several settlements were recaptured as Ukrainian troops advanced towards the southern city of Kherson in a success that also...
Somalia says it’s killed a senior al Shaabab leader in joint operation to flush out militias
Somalia’s government says it has killed Abdullahi Nadir, one of the co-founders of the armed group al-Shabab, in an operation with international partners. The country’s information ministry said in a statement late on Sunday that the operation that killed Nadir happened on Saturday. It said he was al-Shabab’s chief prosecutor...
Erling Haaland’s bang impact at Etihad jolts Man City into ‘very big’ release clause plan
Fabrizio Romano has hinted that Erling Haaland will have a “very big” release clause in the future but the striker “is in love with the Man City project”. Pep Guardiola’s side benefitted from a Haaland release clause in the summer as they signed him from Borussia Dortmund for around £51...
From a ‘shy and rather reserved’ boy, Burkina Faso’s new leader thrust in the eye of a storm
Said to have been a shy but intelligent boy in school, Burkina Faso’s Capt Ibrahim Traoré has become the latest military officer to seize power in a coup in one of France’s former colonies in West Africa. He overthrew his former comrade, Lt-Col Paul-Henri Damiba on September 30, after accusing...
