LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, said on Wednesday it would ban motorbike taxis from operating in much of the traffic-crammed city, cutting off a popular mode of transport for residents. Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the ban, the second in just over two years, would come into effect from June, adding that […]

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s national elections have become too close to call, polls showed on Wednesday, as the ruling Conservative coalition narrowed the gap with the main opposition Labor party, three days before the country was due decides on a new government. The centre-left Labor party’s lead over the Liberal-National coalition has fallen to 51-49% […]

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden signed a formal application for NATO membership on Tuesday, a day after the country announced it would seek membership in the 30-member military alliance. In neighboring Finland, lawmakers are expected later today to formally approve Finnish leaders’ decision to join as well. The measures taken by the two Nordic countries, ending […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Clint Demspey says he thinks U.S. goalkeepers Zack Steffen and Matt Turner should consider taking out loans for the start of next season to prepare ahead of the World Cup if they don’t. not play regularly for their Premier League clubs. Turner is leaving Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution this […]

NOIDA, India (Reuters) – For construction worker Yogendra Tundre, life on a construction site on the outskirts of India’s capital New Delhi is hard enough. This year, the record temperatures make it unbearable. As India grapples with an unprecedented heat wave, the vast majority of the country’s working poor, who typically work outdoors, are vulnerable […]

By OMAR FARUK, Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali lawmakers gather Sunday to elect the country’s president in the capital, Mogadishu, which is under lockdown measures aimed at preventing deadly attacks by militants. Some 36 candidates are vying for the presidency, including incumbent leader Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and two of his predecessors: Hassan Sheikh […]

The Biden administration is urging international banks not to help Russia evade sanctions, warning that companies risk losing access to markets in the United States and Europe if they back Russian companies or oligarchs facing challenges. financial restrictions due to the war in Ukraine. Senior Treasury official’s warning highlights US efforts to pressure Russia’s economy […]

(Reuters) – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has tested positive for COVID-19 with moderate symptoms, her office said in a statement on Saturday. She will not be in parliament for the government’s emissions reduction plan on Monday and the next budget on Thursday. “Travel arrangements for his trade mission to the United States are […]

By CHINEDU ASADU, Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Iza Ali’s five children are still waiting to eat at 3 p.m. It is not the first day the family has been without food since fleeing extremist violence in northeast Nigeria six years ago. She and her husband earn $3 a day, but that’s rarely enough […]

ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s population will shrink by 5 million over the next 30 years unless decisive action is taken to increase the number of births, the director of the national statistics institute ISTAT warned on Thursday. The COVID-10 pandemic has accelerated a long-running decline in Italy’s birth rate, ISTAT reported in March, with 399,431 […]

Twitter Inc co-founder Jack Dorsey said on Wednesday he has no plans to lead the social media giant again – hinting at his limited involvement if Elon Musk successfully closes the takeover deal. The statement comes after a recent regulatory filing showed Musk was in talks with Dorsey to contribute his shares to the proposed […]

By Joanna Plucinska and Andrius Sytas WARSAW/VILNIUS (Reuters) – Russian diplomat Sergiy Andreev felt unwelcome on the streets of Warsaw even before protesters sprayed him with red liquid thrown in his face from a short distance this week. Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, Andreev, who is Moscow’s ambassador to Poland, discovered that […]

By Catarina Demony and Patricia Vicente Rua LISBON (Reuters) – Portuguese police raided a refugee aid center run by the municipality of Setubal near Lisbon on Tuesday following allegations that pro-Kremlin Russian attendants collected personal data on dozens newly arrived Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion. Police said in a statement that they raided the support […]

TOKYO (AP) — Global stocks fell on Monday as interest rate hikes and a slowing Chinese economy weighed on investor sentiment. European stocks fell in early trading and Asian benchmarks also fell. China declared its exports rose 3.7% from a year earlier in April to $273.6 billion, down sharply from March’s 15.7% growth as global […]

South Africa’s daily coronavirus test positivity rate neared a record high, topping 30% on Saturday for the first time in nearly five months, as two sublines of the omicron variant spread rapidly ahead of the season country winter. South Africa’s daily coronavirus test positivity rate neared a record high, topping 30% on Saturday for the […]

By KIM TONG-HYUNG, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile designed to be launched from a submarine on Saturday, the South Korean military said, apparently continuing a provocative streak of demonstrations of fire. weapons that could culminate in a nuclear test in the next few weeks or months. […]

Amid the country’s economic crisis and resulting anti-government protests, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday declared a state of emergency effective Friday midnight, giving his security forces sweeping powers , reported the PTI news agency. The decision came amid weeks of public protests demanding the resignation of the president and the government. According to […]

President Joe Biden on Thursday nominated Karine Jean-Pierre to be the next White House press secretary, the first black woman and openly LGBTQ person to hold the position. Incumbent Jen Psaki is expected to step down next week. Jean-Pierre takes on the role as the White House faces an uphill battle to help Democrats retain […]

BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Thursday after the Federal Reserve Chairman downplayed the likelihood… BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Thursday after the Federal Reserve chairman downplayed the likelihood of bigger rate hikes after the biggest U.S. central bank hike in two decades. Shanghai, […]

As abortion rights cause wavering in the United States, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned that restricting access to abortion will lead to unhealthy and dangerous procedures. Separately, Beijing has halted public transport operations as the city grapples with a rise in Covid cases. Click on the titles […]

By CARA ANNA and YESICA FISCH, Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces began storming the steel mill containing the last pocket of resistance in Mariupol on Tuesday, Ukrainian defenders said, just as dozens of civilians evacuated from the bombed-out factory reached relative safety and recounted days and nights filled with dread and despair […]

Scorching heat in India and Pakistan has left people “out of breath” and forced India to reverse a policy of cutting coal imports to avoid further blackouts. As temperatures soared in India, electricity demand hit a record high in April, with an increase in air conditioning use triggering the worst electricity crisis in more than […]

New York Police Department (NYPD) veteran Thomas Webster has been convicted of assault during the infamous United States Capitol riot. The 20-year veteran of the NYPD was found guilty of assaulting a police officer during the riots by a federal jury on Monday. Webster, 56, was found guilty of all six counts in his indictment, […]

By MARIAM FAM, NINIEK KARMINI and KATHY GANNON, Associated Press CAIRO (AP) – For the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, the smell of freshly baked orange cookies and cookies sprinkled with powdered sugar usually fills the air at Mona Abubakr’s home . But due to rising prices, the Egyptian housewife has made smaller quantities of […]

British airborne early warning radar on a Chinese surveillance plane Complaint of reports Russia and Israel exported weapons to China earlier. The EU had previously imposed an arms embargo on China after the Tian’anmen Square Massacre of 1989. However, European countries assured that they could use the dual-use technology loophole for doing business with China. […]