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Burkina Faso junta chief declared president

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Views: 2 Burkina Faso’s new military strongman, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, has been declared president by the country’s top constitutional body after a coup last month, legal sources said Thursday.© – Damiba took power after soldiers mutinied over the government’s handling of a jihadist insurgencyThey said the Constitutional Council on Wednesday determined that “Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, lieutenant-colonel […]

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Fresh leak reveals Scott Morrison rolled in cabinet over plan to win back renegade MPs

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Views: 1 The prime minister, Scott Morrison, has been hit with a damaging cabinet leak revealing he was rolled over a plan to convince renegade MPs opposed to the government’s religious discrimination bill. © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Mike Bowers/The GuardianAfter a torrid start to the parliamentary year, which saw Morrison’s character come under question

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Senators: CIA has secret program that collects American data

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Views: 2 WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information collected about Americans, two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee said Thursday. While neither the agency nor lawmakers would disclose specifics about the data, the senators alleged the CIA had long hidden details about the program from the public

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Biden under pressure as Iran nuclear talks resume

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Views: 1 US President Joe Biden is in a tough spot as the Iran nuclear talks resume in Vienna, gambling on a successful outcome but facing growing bipartisan concern that even if a deal is reached it may be insufficient to curb Tehran’s nuclear program. The subject has been somewhat on mute in Washington after

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PM thanks Red Cross for assistance to Sri Lanka

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Views: 3 The Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Jagan Chapagan and his delegation called on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on Tuesday. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the world’s largest humanitarian organisation, is spread across 192 countries. Sri Lanka’s Prime

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China pledges support for Hong Kong as infections set to hit new record

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Views: 2 By Farah Master © Reuters/JOYCE ZHOU Testing centre for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Hong KongHONG KONG (Reuters) -China will fully support Hong Kong with its “dynamic zero” coronavirus strategy, its office overseeing matters in the city said, as the territory is expected to hit a new record for daily infections on Friday.The global

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AstraZeneca warns on falling Covid treatment sales

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Views: 1 British Covid vaccine maker AstraZeneca on Thursday warned that coronavirus product sales and profit margins would drop this year as the pandemic recedes. © AIZAR RALDES AstraZeneca will sell its Covid vaccine at a profit this year AstraZeneca rapidly developed a successful Covid-19 jab during the pandemic that generated full-year sales of almost $4.0

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EU urges Sri Lanka to lift import restrictions on European products

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Views: 3 The European Union (EU) had strongly urged Sri Lanka to lift forthwith import restrictions preventing many European products from entering its market, during the EU-Sri Lanka Joint Commission meeting on Tuesday in Brussels. “In this regard, Sri Lanka clarified that it has imposed temporary import restrictions on non-essential items, strictly as an interim

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Uganda Announces First Final Investment Decision (FID) in 2022

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Views: 8 On 01 February 2022, Total Energies EP Uganda, CNOOC Uganda Limited, the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC), and the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) announced the Final Investment Decision on the Lake Albert Development. On 01 February 2022, Total Energies EP Uganda, CNOOC Uganda Limited, the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC), and the

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Troubled Ukraine Peace Accords Get Fresh Push in Russia Tension

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Views: 2 (Bloomberg) — With Western leaders in a whirl of shuttle diplomacy seeking to defuse tensions with Russia, a push to revive peace accords for Ukraine after years of inaction is gathering some tentative momentum. Whether France and Germany can unlock the process in a way that is acceptable to the Kremlin remains uncertain.

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