Poland’s Iga Swiatek beats Coco Gauff to win French Open title/ Credit to The Associated Press Photographer Jean-Francois Badias Top-ranked Iga Swiatek has beaten 18-year-old American Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-3 in the French Open final to collect her second title at Roland Garros and stretch her winning streak to 35 matches. According to The Associated

A police vehicle removes a car following a security incident near Trafalgar Square, as Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations continue, in London, Britain, June 4, 2022. Reuters/Phil Noble By Reuters British police on Saturday briefly evacuated London’s Trafalgar Square, close to where celebrations are to be held later to mark Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, after

Credit to Photo/Facebook Somalia President’s National Security Chief Hussein Moalim has met TPLF leaders according to sources Ethiopian officials told Somali Times. According to reports, Hussein Moalim went on a secret trip to Djibouti, then where he met with senior TPLF leaders in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. The reports also said that Hussein

By Reuters Senegal’s President Macky Sall said Russia’s Vladimir Putin had told him on Friday he was ready to enable the export of Ukrainian grain to ease a global food crisis that is hitting Africa especially hard. “President #Putin has expressed to us his willingness to facilitate the export of Ukrainian cereals,” Sall wrote on

Mining By The African Exponent For many years, mining companies operating in Africa have continued to exploit the continent. Their crimes go unpunished due to the activities of corrupt local officials who mortgage their future and those of unborn generations for bribes and contracts. However, it appears that the law has begun to catch up

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett delivers a speech during the annual Yom Hazikaron Remembrance Day ceremony for fallen Israeli soldiers, in the Yad LaBanim Memorial in Jerusalem May 3, 2022. Menahem KAHANA /Pool via Reuters By Reuters Israel told the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Friday it would prefer a diplomatic resolution to the standoff over

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia corrupt president Haasan Sheikh Mohamoud first $20 million to steal instead giving to the drought emergency according to Somali officials told Somali Times. The new allocation will focus on underserved, hard-to-reach areas and complements the $14 million Rapid Response grant from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund. The Deputy Special Representative

By Reuters Turkey’s annual inflation rate jumped to a 24-year high of 73.5% in May, according to data on Friday, below a forecast but fuelled by war impact, rising energy prices and a lira that has tumbled since a December crisis. The costs of transportation and food soared by 108% and 92% respectively over last

By Anadolu Agency Germany’s parliament is set to approve a €100 billion ($107.5 billion) special fund Friday for the modernization of the country’s armed forces amid criticism from anti-war groups and peace activists. According to the government’s plan, the lion’s share of the fund will go to the Air Force and will be used for

A container ship passes in front of Tiran on 12 July 2018, a strategically located island in the Red Sea at the entrance to a passage that leads to the Israeli port of Eilat (Reuters) By Middle East Eye Israel will agree to new security arrangements that will allow Egypt to transfer control of two