Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak speaks at the House of Commons in London, Britain, October 22, 2020. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Rishi Sunak further ramped up his 200 billion-pound economic rescue programme on Thursday as England went into a tough new coronavirus lockdown. Sunak extended the

Turkey has been key transit point for irregular migrants aiming to cross to Europe Turkish Coast Guard have rescued at least 93 asylum seekers off its Aegean coast, officials said Thursday. A total of 21 asylum seekers were rescued off the coast of Kabakum in Dikili district in Izmir province after the engine of their

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Michael Tewelde | AFP The Ethiopian government on Wednesday started restricting telephone and internet services to the troubled Tigray region, hours after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered a military response to an ambush on the military. Information access rights group Access Now indicated that the region had been closed to

Abiy Ahmed says rebel attack contained in the region with ‘more operations in the coming days’. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the army has succeeded in containing a rebel attack in the northern Tigray region after it was deployed to quell an uprising by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) that sparked fears of

Biden should win key swing states Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, his campaign said (AFP/File photo) Joe Biden delivered a short statement on Wednesday afternoon saying that his campaign is all but sure it will secure enough electoral votes to win the presidential election, making the former vice president the fourth candidate to unseat an incumbent

President Donald Trump speaks as he receives a briefing on the 2020 hurricane season in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) By Mayank Aggarwal As Donald Trump attempted to claim victory early on Wednesday morning, long before the final results had been given, Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar hit

Donald Trump attends a veterans event in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 23, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Tom Brenner U.S. President Donald Trump early Wednesday claimed he had won the election, saying he was going to the Supreme Court to demand that all vote-counting stop while calling the election a “fraud

President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House, early Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) By John Haltiwanger,Sonam Sheth,Lauren Frias President Donald Trump falsely said that he won the 2020 general election. No winner has been declared. “We were getting ready to win this election,” Trump said in

Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s prime minister on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020 ordered the military to confront the Tigray regional government after he said it attacked a military base overnight, citing months of “provocation and incitement” and declaring that “the last red line has been crossed.” (AP Photo, File) ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister on

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden arrives to speak to supporters, early Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Wilmington, Del., as Jill Biden looks on. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump carried Florida, the nation’s most prized battleground state, and he and Democrat Joe Biden were increasingly focused early Wednesday on