It was 1932, it was Edinburgh, and young Sammy from Raasay - barely 20, an earnest university student - had notions to be a poet.

At midnight on Thursday, time ran out for those wishing to offer an opinion on a Yorkshire firm's plan for a £40million tourism venture on the banks of Loch Lomond.

D:Ream's 1993 hit became a victory anthem for Tony Blair and has remained popular at Labour discos for decades.

Bipartisan leaders in the US Congress have invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session Read Full Article at RT.com

South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik has denounced the North’s launch of balloons carrying garbage and manure as “shameful and base” Read Full Article at RT.com

The G7 and EU are studying ways to sanction lenders using the Bank of Russia’s financial messaging system, Bloomberg reports Read Full Article at RT.com

The Clooney Foundation’s push to convince the EU and ICC to arrest Russian journalists oversteps all boundaries, the Kremlin has said Read Full Article at RT.com

In a war of attrition, grinding the enemy down is just the first part. Stretching what remains until it breaks is how you finish the job Read Full Article at RT.com

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) on Thursday 30th of May 2024 moved swiftly to distance itself from its Mapuyu South  legislator Esther Kathumba who said she would move Parliament to enact a law making President Lazarus Chakwera ‘Life President’ for demonstrating transformational leadership. Speaking during the launch of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) financed Transport and […] The post Opinion: Of MCP distancing itself from  ‘Life Presidency’ appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

Leaders also discussed several pressing issues on the bilateral agenda

Israel expects release of three Russian citizens held captive by Hamas

Mikhail Mishustin congratulated Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday

Battlegroup South took up better forward edge positions, causing Ukrainian forces to sustain roughly 660 casualties, report said

President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera and youth leaders drawn from all districts under the affiliation of National Youth Council of Malawi (NYCOM) on Friday held thought-provoking discussions on how they can collaborate in youth empowerment interventions. During the interface meeting, which was held at the Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe, the youth leaders outlined challenges young […] The post Chakwera commits to collaborate with youth on empowerment interventions in Malawi appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

SINGAPORE - At least 2,000 victims fell prey to concert ticket scams between January and May, with losses amounting to at least $1 million. Most of these cases involved concert tickets to Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, said the police in response to queries by The Straits Times on the concert ticket scam situation in Singapore. They included reports lodged by victims who were scammed while trying to get tickets to watch Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay in 2024. The police said they have been working closely with social media and e-commerce platforms to take down scam advertisements for concert tickets and accounts involved in such scams once they are detected. This included online marketplace Carousell suspending the sale of tickets to Swift's concerts on its platform between Feb 23 and March 9 to prevent users from being scammed. Carousell's chief of staff Tan Su Lin had said in March that in the rush for tickets, users were not catching on to warning signs, such as sellers' ratings that show if other buyers had found them to be reliable.

JAKARTA/SINGAPORE - Singaporean manager Zheng Huang was shocked to find his round-trip ferry ticket to Indonesia's Batam island had soared to more than $70 over the past two years. The 53-year-old, who used to visit the holiday spot every weekend for dining and shopping, now limits his trips to once or twice a month. «That's the only way out now... Since you're there, you better make the most of your time,» he told The Straits Times. His friends shared his frustration, but he lamented, «It's not within our control... we are held hostage.» Like Mr Zheng, other Singaporeans making the hour-long journey have been left baffled by the steep hikes, uniformly imposed by multiple operators, after Batam, part of Riau Islands province, reopened to international travellers in January 2022 as the Covid-19 pandemic waned. Now, the mystery may be a step closer to being solved after Indonesia's independent business watchdog disclosed it has launched a probe into potential collusion and price-fixing among ferry operators on the route.

If you are a fan of Malawian rap music, the name Suffix needs no introduction. He has been making waves since his inception into the music scene. His breakout song “Ulendo Wa Kumwamba” won him notoriety and established him as a household name with projects like the D.O.S mixtape, Dethrone EP, Before I Sleep, and […] The post Has Suffix delivered in his latest ‘Tailora’ album? appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

I have  just finished the first episode, I am largely optimistic about what’s to come. The show evokes in me some memories of the once promising “Moyo Wathu,TV show” directed by Afritrix’s very own Khama Mbaula  featuring the talented Isaac Mafuel aka Zenhco wa Nyimbo Kale. By the way, what happened to that TV show? […] The post Review: The series, Mushroom Shade, is a greatest watch! appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

They once led the TNM Super League race last season, not for days. For weeks, for months, to be precise. “This may be the Leicester City of Malawi,” a football pundit warned or, let’s say, foretold. But as it turned out in the end, Chitipa United were no Leicester City who defied mind-bogling odds in […] The post Is this a sad and painful ending of once mighty Chitipa United? appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) is projected to lose its parliamentary dominance with tallies from half of the votes cast in Wednesday's election putting it below the 50 per cent threshold required to govern.

[ISS] Not all Kenyans are enchanted by the prospect of being America's main partner in sub-Saharan Africa.

[AI London] Two years after summary dismissal of judges by the president, harassment, prosecutions and denial of rights of judges continue

South Africa's ruling ANC awaited the imminent confirmation on Saturday that it had lost its three-decade-old absolute majority and would have to find allies if it is to remain in power. With more than 98 percent of the votes from Wednesday's election counted, President Cyril Ramaphosa's African National Congress had only 40.15 percent support, a catastrophic slump from the 57.5 it won in 2019. This marks an historic turning point for South Africa as the party has enjoyed an absolute majority since 1994, when liberation leader Nelson Mandela led the nation out of white-minority rule and into democracy. «We have been talking with everybody even before the election,» ANC's deputy secretary general Nomvula Mokonyane told AFP on Friday, saying the party's decision-making body would set the course to follow after final results are announced. «Anything must be based on principles and not an act of desperation.» As votes continued to be validated, data from the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) showed the centre-right Democratic Alliance (DA) held second place with 21.71 percent, slightly up on its 20.77 showing in 2019. But it was not a surge by the DA that cut into the ANC's vote share. In third place was former president Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) on 12.6 percent, a surprise score for a party founded just months ago as a vehicle for the former ANC chief. The radical leftist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) was in fourth with 9.4 percent. The final results were to be formally announced on Sunday, but the IEC results website was being updated through the day and with the result no longer in doubt, politicians were turning their attention to the prospects of an ANC-led coalition. - No pardon, no party - The ANC has dominated South Africa's democracy with an unbroken run of five presidents from the party, but if President Cyril Ramaphosa is to remain at the helm he will have to decide whether to seek allies on his right or left. There will be resistance within his movement to a tie-up with the second-placed DA, under white politician John Steenhuisen, whose free market programme of privatisations and an end to black economic empowerment programmes sits at odds with the ruling party's traditions. Mandela's grandson, Mandla Mandela, an outgoing ANC lawmaker, told AFP the DA held «different ideals» making it too difficult to partner with. The radical left groups led by former ANC figures: firebrand Julius Malema's EFF or Zuma's MK, were more likely bedfellows, he said. But these options might also meet resistance within the more moderate sections of the ANC. Analyst and author Susan Booysen, said the EFF was perceived as «too erratic» and «unpredictable» in its demands. And the rift between Ramaphosa and Zuma -- who has long been bitter about the way he was forced out of office in 2018 -- was «too far reaching» to mend, she said. MK spokesman Nhlamulo Ndhlela seemed to agree. «We will engage with the ANC but not the ANC of Cyril Ramaphosa,» he said. Any coalition partner should be willing to amend the constitution to enact radical reforms and grant Zuma, who has been declared ineligible over a contempt of court conviction, a pardon, he said. But Mokonyane dismissed the notion that Ramaphosa's leadership was at risk, saying: «In the ANC we don't work that way. It's not a presidential election. It was an election that the ANC went in as a party and we are happy with it.» The ANC retains the loyalty of many voters for its leading role in overthrowing white minority rule. Its progressive social welfare and black economic empowerment policies are credited by supporters with helping millions of black families out of poverty. But over three decades of almost unchallenged rule, its leadership has been implicated in a series of large-scale corruption scandals, while the continent's most industrialised economy has languished and crime and unemployment figures have hit record highs. © Agence France-Presse

Diane Abbott has insisted that she will not run as a Labour candidate until she is endorsed by the National Executive Committee (NEC) on Tuesday.

Diane Abbott has insisted that she will not run as a Labour candidate until she is endorsed by the National Executive Committee (NEC) on Tuesday.

A loose alliance of investors, analysts and advocates is trying to let Americans mimic the trades elected officials make — but only after they disclose them.

Several INDIA bloc leaders arrived in New Delhi to discuss the Lok Sabha elections. Tejashwi Yadav, Raghav Chadha, Champai Soren, and Anil Desai expressed confidence in their alliance's performance. Tejashwi criticized exit polls and predicted surprising results in Bihar.

Prem Lal, under the guidance of the Additional District Commissioner Rahul Jain, heads to Tashigang with an EVM for elections, drawing from past experience at Hikkim, another high-altitude polling station.