Credit PA Media Victoria Jones Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak outside 11 Downing Street, London, before heading to the House of Commons to deliver his Budget. Picture date: Wednesday March 3, 2021. By David Hughes The UK’s recovery from the economic damage caused by coronavirus will be “swifter and more sustained” than previously thought,

A cleaner sweeps up in front of 11 Downing Street in London, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak will depart from his official residence to announce his new Budget later Wednesday in parliament. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) LONDON (AP) — Britain’s treasury chief is expected to extend job support programs and

File – This Dec. 29, 2019, aerial file photo taken from a helicopter shows Ain al-Asad air base in the western Anbar desert, Iraq. At least 10 rockets targeted a military base in western Iraq that hosts U.S.-led coalition troops on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, the coalition and the Iraqi military said. It was not immediately

The former international development secretary Andrew Mitchell said ‘cutting aid is a death sentence’. Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA By Patrick Wintour Aid agencies say they are being forced to prepare to suspend health clinics in Somalia serving as many as 2,000 women and children a month, after they have been warned they may face cuts

File Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo is hosting a ceremony on 4 March 2021 to mark the culmination of the efforts and discussions related to the implementation of the country’s elections between the Federal Government of Somalia, state governments and the Benadir Regional Administration. The meeting will

Volvo car is parked behind the Volvo logo in the lobby of the company’s corporate headquarters, in Brussels. Volvo says it will make only electric vehicles by 2030. But for those who want one, they will have to buy it online. The Swedish automaker said Tuesday, March 2, 2021, that it is phasing out the

Alibaba Group co-founder and executive chairman Jack Ma attends the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China, September 17, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song By Yingzhi Yang, Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) – Alibaba and Ant Group founder Jack Ma has lost the title of China’s richest man, a list published on Tuesday showed, as his peers

A man walks past a bank’s electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday after Wall Street rose as investor concern about possible higher interest rates receded. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets declined

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has confirmed in a statement that it will hear the case of Somalia and Kenya again in March. The Hague tribunal said the trial would begin at 3:00 pm on March 15, 2021, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands. ”Given the status of the COVID-19 pandemic, the

Galkayo in Mudug region witnesses confirm to Somali Times that Jamal Farah Aden, a Puntland journalist was shot dead by unknown assailants. A group armed with pistols killed the journalist near the Sinai camp in north Galkayo tonight. The assailants fled the scene of the killing, and Puntland security forces arrived at the scene of