British Prime Minister Liz Truss, former Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng attend the annual Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, Britain, October 2, 2022. Photographer Hannah McKay/File Photo By Reuters British Prime Minister Liz Truss fired her finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng on Friday and scrapped parts of their economic package in a desperate bid to

Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng arrives in Downing Street after returning from the US, in London, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. The British government says Prime Minister Liz Truss will hold a news conference Friday as she faces pressure to U-turn on an economic package that sparked market turmoil. The announcement comes after Treasury

By The Associated Press When Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, it wasn’t clear what kind of leader he would be. His low-key persona during a steady rise through the ranks of the long-ruling Communist Party gave no hint that he would evolve into one of modern China’s most dominant leaders, or that he

Rishi Sunak is the favourite to take over if Liz Truss is forced out CREDIT: Reuters/Jamie Lorriman for The Telegraph The Telegraph By Nick Gutteridge Tory MPs are “circulating a smorgasbord” of names for who could replace Liz Truss in No 10, a senior ally of hers has admitted. Nadine Dorries, a former culture secretary,

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman receives U.S. President Joe Biden at Al Salman Palace upon his arrival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia , July 15, 2022. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court By Reuters Neither side is backing down in a battle of wills over oil between Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and U.S. President Joe

By Anadolu Agency Somali journalists have condemned the arrest of a press union leader who was critical of the government’s new directive restricting reporting on the terrorist group Al-Shabab. Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, the secretary general of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), was arrested on Tuesday evening at Aden Adde International Airport in the capital Mogadishu

The Royal Dutch Shell logo is seen at a Shell petrol station in London. Photographer Toby Melville/File Photo By Reuters Oil major Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary is investigating reports that an illegal oil tap ran for nine years on a pipeline it operates, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. An NNPC spokesman said on Sunday the theft

By Anadolu Agency A recent decision by the G7 to use frozen Russian assets for the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine amounts to “banditry,” the Kremlin said on Wednesday. “This contradicts all thinkable and unthinkable norms of international law. It’s just pure international banditry,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters at a news conference in Moscow. “We

By The Star, Kenya Today, Al-Shabaab remains the most formidable challenge to the Somali government, and its regional and international partners it has established systems to tax businesses and the public, both inside and outside of the territory it controlled. In response to external – and at times internal – pressure, Al-Shabab’s insurgency in Somalia

Italian-Ivorian activist, trade unionist and newly elected member of Parliament Aboubakar Soumahoro By Reuters When Aboubakar Soumahoro was a teenager in his native Ivory Coast, he used to clean shoes and dream of going to Italy, filling a scrapbook with pictures of Italian fashion designs that he cut out of magazines. He made it to