The US-based Ford Foundation on Tuesday rejected accusations by Kenyan President William Ruto that it was sponsoring “anarchy”.
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The Group of Seven (G7) Summit concluded on Saturday with member countries each having their own strategic considerations.
The UN human rights office says it is “profoundly shocked” at the impact on civilians of the Israeli operation in central Gaza that rescued four hostages held by Hamas. Palestinian health officials said hundreds of people were killed and injured in the densely-populated Nuseirat refugee camp on Saturday. Israel’s military said fewer than 100 were killed. UN spokesman Jeremy Laurence said the action by Israeli forces “seriously calls into question whether the principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution… were respected” and could amount to war crimes. He also said Palestinian armed groups could face war crimes charges for continuing to…
A body has been found in the search for TV and radio presenter Dr Michael Mosley on the Greek island of Symi. The 67-year-old went missing on Wednesday after setting off on a walk from Agios Nikolaos beach. The body – which has yet to be formally identified – was found on a cliff on a rocky hill north-east of the village of Pedi, near Agia Marina beach. Authorities had been searching for Dr Mosley in a remote mountainous area. Symi’s mayor said the body was found as teams were searching the coastline with cameras and were approaching a cave…
Claudia Sheinbaum is set to become Mexico’s first female president after an official quick count declared her the winner of an election that featured two women as the front-runners. Mario Delgado, head of the ruling party Morena, declared Sheinbaum the presumptive winner late on Sunday, ahead of a full count being done over the next few days. Sheinbaum delivered an acceptance speech in the wee hours of Monday morning. Crowds of her supporters gathered to celebrate their victory in Zocalo, Mexico City’s main central square. Mexicans voted for a president and more than 20,000 congressional and local positions across the…
With most of the results now in from South Africa’s election, the long-ruling African National Congress (ANC) will have to contend with sharing power after a historic loss of its parliamentary majority. Counting in over 97% of voting districts is complete and the ANC’s share of the vote currently stands at 40%. Trailing behind are the Democratic Alliance (DA) on 22%, the MK party led by former President Jacob Zuma on 15% and the EFF with 9%. The final results are expected over the weekend. The ANC has always polled above 50% since the country’s first democratic elections in 1994,…
Marian Robinson, the mother of former US First Lady Michelle Obama, has died at 86. In a statement, her family said that Robinson had died “peacefully” on Friday morning. Robinson was a well-known fixture at the White House during the eight years of Barack Obama’s administration between 2009-17. She spent much of that time taking care of her two granddaughters, Malia and Sasha, daughters to Michelle and Barack Obama. In a statement posted on X, formerly Twitter, Mrs Obama called her mother her “rock, always there for whatever I needed”. “She was the same steady backstop for our entire family,…
US President Joe Biden has said it was “reckless” for his predecessor, Donald Trump, to call his trial rigged, a day after the historic conviction. In his first public remarks about the guilty verdict for Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records, Mr Biden defended the US justice system. “The American principle that no-one is above the law was reaffirmed,” said Mr Biden of the outcome. Earlier on Friday, Trump delivered a fiery news conference at Trump Tower in Manhattan, calling the judge “crooked”, the trial a “sham” and Democrats “thugs”. Mr Biden’s comments on Friday afternoon came at…
Pope Francis has apologised following reports that he used extremely derogatory language towards gay men.
At least 35 people have been killed and scores injured in an Israeli air strike on a camp for displaced Palestinians in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, the Hamas-run health ministry says. Videos from the scene in the Tal al-Sultan area on Sunday night showed a large explosion and intense fires burning. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had killed two senior Hamas officials and that it was reviewing reports that civilians were harmed. Hours earlier, Hamas had fired eight rockets from Rafah towards Tel Aviv – the first long-range attacks on the central Israeli city since January.…