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U.S. slaps sanctions on son of Zimbabwe’s president ahead of Africa summit

WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on the son of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, several other Zimbabwean nationals and two entities, as part of Washington's efforts to address corruption in the country. The move comes the day before the start of the U.S.-Africa Leaders…
12 Dec 2022 2PM 2 min

U.S. slaps sanctions on son of Zimbabwe’s president ahead of Africa summit

WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on the son of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, several other Zimbabwean nationals and two entities, as part of Washington's efforts to address corruption in the country. The move comes the day before the start of the U.S.-Africa Leaders…
12 Dec 2022 2PM 2 min

Nigeria scraps COVID-19 tests for international travellers

LAGOS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Nigeria on Monday removed COVID-19 testing requirements for international travellers and it was no longer mandatory to wear masks on flights and inside airport buildings, the airlines regulator said. In a notice to airlines, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority said travellers to and from Nigeria…
12 Dec 2022 2PM 1 min

Fighting rages in east Ukraine, West eyes more sanctions on Russia

KYIV, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Russian forces pounded targets in eastern and southern Ukraine with missiles, drones and artillery, Ukraine's General Staff said on Monday, while millions remained without power in subzero temperatures after further strikes on key infrastructure. In a flurry of weekend diplomacy, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke…
12 Dec 2022 6AM 6 min

Peru President Boluarte to ask Congress to bring elections forward to 2024

LIMA, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Peru's new President Dina Boluarte will submit a bill to Congress to bring general elections forward two years to April 2024, she said early on Monday, amid tensions in the Andean nation following the ouster of former leader Pedro Castillo. Boluarte was sworn in last…
12 Dec 2022 6AM 1 min

South Africa’s Aspen gets $30 mln grant to make vaccines

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Aspen Pharmacare APNJ.J has wrapped up pacts to secure funding of $30 million from the Gates Foundation and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations to help make affordable vaccines for Africa, the company said on Monday. In August, Aspen announced a deal with the Serum…
12 Dec 2022 6AM 1 min

South Africa’s Aspen gets $30 mln grant to make vaccines

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Aspen Pharmacare APNJ.J has wrapped up pacts to secure funding of $30 million from the Gates Foundation and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations to help make affordable vaccines for Africa, the company said on Monday. In August, Aspen announced a deal with the Serum…
12 Dec 2022 6AM 1 min

SpaceX launches Japanese startup space’s lunar lander to moon

(Bloomberg) -- A Japanese lunar lander carrying two rovers and other payload lifted off via a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Sunday, in a bid to become the first commercial spacecraft to land on the moon. The launch of Tokyo-based ispace Inc.’s Hakuto-R lander from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in…
11 Dec 2022 10PM 2 min

Turkey’s Leader Warns Greece Its Missiles Can Hit Athens

(Bloomberg) Turkey’s ballistic missile test has scared Athens, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, adding that Ankara will not sit by idly if Greece continues to arm its islands in the Aegean. “You say ‘Tayfun’ and they’re scared, they say it’ll hit Athens,” Erdogan said. “Yeah, of course it’ll…
11 Dec 2022 3PM 1 min

Winner: Jair Bolsonaro; Runners-up: Tucker Carlson & Abiy Ahmed

Amazon forest’s enemy #1, Brazilian dictator Jair Bolsonaro, is more than just a world-class Covid-denier. The English-speaking media often describe President Jair Bolsonaro as South America’s Donald Trump, a caricature of a tin-pot dictator with cartoonish megalomania and spit-out-your-drink displays of ignorance that take the edge off phrases like “crimes…
9 Dec 2022 5AM 9 min

Germany expects more arrests after coup plot swoop

BERLIN/BAD LOBENSTEIN, Germany, Dec 8 (Reuters) - German authorities on Thursday ordered 23 people to be held for questioning as they investigate a far-right group that prosecutors say wanted to overthrow the state and install a former member of a German royal family as national leader. Germans shocked by alleged…
8 Dec 2022 2PM 4 min

WNBA Star Griner Freed in One-for-One Swap for Arms Dealer

(Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden announced that WNBA star Brittney Griner had been released from detention in Russia, celebrating her one-to-one swap for a notorious arms dealer who had been convicted and imprisoned in the US. Griner, 32, was exchanged in a trade for Viktor Bout, according to a statement…
8 Dec 2022 2PM 7 min

Iran holds first execution over anti-government protests

DUBAI, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Iran hanged a man on Thursday convicted of injuring a security guard with a knife and blocking a street in Tehran, the semi-official Tasnim news agency said, the first such execution over recent anti-government unrest. Nationwide protests that erupted after the death of 22-year-old Kurdish…
8 Dec 2022 6AM 2 min

Kenya launches bid to co-host Africa Cup of Nations in 2027

Dec 7 (Reuters) - Kenya said on Wednesday it intended to bid to co-host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations with other countries in East Africa. An official statement from the Presidential office said that the intention is to build a national team that can qualify for the 2030 World…
7 Dec 2022 2PM 1 min

UK OKs First Coal Mine in 30 Years, Weakening Climate Push

The UK approved opening its first deep coal mine in more than 30 years, risking backlash from activists portraying the project as a backward step in meeting ambitious climate goals. The Woodhouse Colliery project in Whitehaven, northern England, can go ahead, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities said…
7 Dec 2022 2PM 2 min

Lightning kills 907 in India as extreme weather surges in 2022

NEW DELHI, Dec 7 (Reuters) - India saw a big jump in extreme weather events such as heatwaves and lightning strikes this year and related deaths rose to their highest in three years, government data showed on Wednesday, with scientists blaming climate change for the heavy toll. There were nearly…
7 Dec 2022 6AM 2 min
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