Chief architect of lab manufacture of Covid risks perjury charges as Senate Homeland Security Committee issues subpoena to testify
In an interview with Semafor, Paul said he will also ask Fauci about the destruction of federal records and about the pre-emptive pardon former President Joe Biden granted him last year. The pardon shields Fauci from federal prosecution for his official acts dating back to 2014.
While oil prices have fallen to pre-war levels in Middle East there’s no sign it’ll defuse civil unrest in emerging markets
Iraq has seen the sharpest proportional rise in protest activity among emerging markets over the past year, followed by Turkey, according to Verisk Maplecroft’s civil unrest index, which measures protest size, fatalities and commercial property damage.
Iran-US fragile ceasefire put to test following renewed attacks in strait of Hormuz
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed hope that the Strait of Hormuz could return to its status quo ante, said his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric on Friday.
France considers reciprocal measures as it denounces Burkina Faso’s decision to sever ties hostile, baseless
France’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Pascal Confavreux said in a statement that the country regrets the “hostile and unfounded decision, which illustrates the worrying drift of the Burkinabè authorities.”
NEDP suspends its executive director Daniel Mokua, Registrar of Political Parties notified of the action
The suspension comes at a time when the relatively young political party has recently attracted national attention through its party leader, former Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko.
In Rwanda’s King’s Palace Museum, president’s Inyambo cows are entertained with melodious poetry that calls them by their ‘beautiful’ names
Cattle in Rwanda and a number of other African countries signify social and economic importance. The larger the herd and the more unique a breed, the more respected a farmer is.
Rogue DPM: Kenya deports Somalia deputy prime minister over alleged passport fraud
The second deputy prime minister was held in a VIP lounge at the Nairobi airport and issued with a return ticket to Mogadishu.
Moroccan court commits 29 senior state officials, prominent politicians and sports managers to prison, fines them millions of dollars
The court also ordered the defendants to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in fines late on Thursday after a trial that lasted more than two years.
Summer Davos forum in Dalian city shines spotlight on China’s innovation-led road to world economic growth
This year’s Summer Davos, held under the theme of “Innovating at Scale” from June 23 to 25, has brought together over 1,700 participants from more than 90 countries and regions to discuss ways to scale innovation into better jobs, stronger economies and new growth opportunities.
Kenya’s Director of Public Prosecution tells High Court magistrate’s court is competent to hear $10.4 million land fraud case
DPP through lawyers Idris Ali, Lorna Miima and Allan Mogere in their submissions urged Justice Alexander Muteti to dismiss the application filed by the former PC Davis Nathan Chelogoi through his lawyer Harrison Kinyanjui requesting the court to give directions on the matter pending in the lower court be transferred to another magistrate.
