[allAfrica] Nouakchott -- When Sidi Ould Tah addresses the media on Tuesday, May 6, he will be hoping to use the opportunity to position himself as the next president of the African Development Bank (AfDB). The Mauritanian is one of five candidates seeking to replace Nigeria's Akinwumi Adesina, whose tenure as head of the AfDB comes to an end in August 2025.
Forty-two-year-old St Andrew engineer Jomo Campbell has been charged with fraud in relation to a land buying deal. Reports from the Hunts Bay police are that between December 2023 and January 2024, a woman allegedly paid Campbell over $4 million to...
The St Catherine North Criminal Investigation Branch has charged two truck drivers for allegedly stealing a generator and a plate compactor from a premises in Golden Acres, Spanish Town and advertising the items for sale. Charged with simple...
A construction worker was electrocuted while laying building blocks at a house along Golden Spring Road in St Andrew this afternoon. He has been identified as Errol Brooks. Reports from the St Andrew North police are that sometime after 1 p.m.,...
As of 1:00 a.m. Moscow time (10:00 p.m. GMT on May 4), the cost of Brent was down by 4.54% to $58.88 per barrel
According to Tibor Gaspar, people are thus «very close to hatred between nations»
“It’s sad both for the White House and for the president,” one cardinal said. “I mean, he makes themselves ridiculous, right?”
US President Donald Trump has ruled out running for office for the third time, stating he would like to have “a great Republican” successor Read Full Article at RT.com
The explosion damaged the apartment block and sparked a major fire, with over a dozen residents reported injured Read Full Article at RT.com
After a deadly terrorist attack last month, New Delhi suspended the Indus Waters Treaty that ensured water-sharing between the two rivals Read Full Article at RT.com
Moscow is ready to assist in finding a political resolution of the crisis if New Delhi and Islamabad agree, the foreign minister said Read Full Article at RT.com
A candidate critical of Ukraine and the EU has won the first round of Romania’s presidential election rerun Read Full Article at RT.com
Ryan Reynolds is keeping mum on the status of his friendship with Travis Kelce. The actor ignored questions about why the Super Bowl champ unfollowed him on Instagram.
With the search for two missing Pictou County children in its third day, an RCMP officer said wet weather Sunday afternoon proved challenging.
John Hogan will be Newfoundland and Labrador's 15th premier, and he says he will continue the work of former premier Andrew Furey. But opposition leaders remain concerned that new leadership will mean change.
Earlier, the Ansar Allah-controlled Al Massarah TV channel reported that the United States had carried out a series of strikes on the Yemeni capital and port of Ras Isa in the Hodeidah province
The group's spokesman Yahya Saria called on airlines to «take note of this statement since it was issued and cancel all flights to enemy airports to ensure the safety of planes and passengers»
Vladimir Zelensky rejected Putin's offer of a May 9 ceasefire, calling for a longer pause on his own terms and threatening to celebrate Victory Day in Moscow
At the same time, Trump increased duties on Chinese products to 125%
Henry Kissinger held the posts of secretary of state and national security advisor from 1973 to 1975
The American leader has repeatedly said that Greenland, an autonomous region within Denmark, should join the United States
According to Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh, the missile «was launched from a distance of more than 1,200 km»
Farooq Yasin Mansoor, a key suspect in the 1993 Bombay blasts, has been convicted and sentenced to five years for using a forged passport to enter India from Dubai in 2018. Although he has already served the time as an undertrial, Mansoor will remain in custody due to his ongoing trial in connection to the blasts case.
Landowners in Pune's Purandar taluka clashed with police during a drone survey for a proposed international airport, resulting in the death of an elderly woman and injuries to many, including police officers. The survey has been indefinitely postponed due to the violence and escalating political controversy. The administration is considering dialogues with landowners to resolve the issue.
Telangana's draft bill on gig workers revives the debate once led by Rajasthan, where a pioneering 2023 law remains stalled. Gig workers in Rajasthan struggle with low earnings and lack of social security, as the promised welfare measures face bureaucratic delays. Amidst this, a cooperative framework and union efforts offer a glimmer of hope for a more equitable future.
TEHRAN – A total of 32,196 marriages over the age of fifty were registered across the country in the past Iranian year (March 2024 – March 2025), according to the Civil Registration Organization.
NEW YORK, CMC – A New York man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2022 murders of his Jamaican girlfriend, Karlene Barnett, her son, Dervon Brightly, and her niece, Vashawna Malcolm, who was visiting...
A man who allegedly confronted the police in Linstead, St Catherine was fatally shot on Saturday. According to the police, a loaded gun and 44 additional rounds of ammunition were found. Reports are that around 6:00 a.m., a police team was in...
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s caretaker government plans to expel some 18,000 foreigners living in the country without authorization, a minister said Saturday in the build-up to a national election. Minister of the Presidency António Leitão...
The police in St Ann are probing the murder of a man whose decomposing body was found inside his house with what appeared to be gunshot wounds. He has been identified as 54-year-old handyman Robert Anthony Llewellyn of Wharf Road in St Ann's Bay...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness today lauded the upbringing of sprint icon Usain Bolt and praised the contribution of his parents, Wellesley and Jennifer, in his success. Holness was paying tribute to Wellesley Bolt, whose thanksgiving was held...
One of PNG's most respected and longstanding doctors says thousands of women have been treated on the floor of the country's main hospital due to a lack of beds and maternity spaces, with capacity for the neglected hospital surpassed in the 1990s.
