Gabon and Togo joined the Commonwealth on Saturday, becoming the latest nations with no historic ties to Britain to enter the English-speaking club headed by Queen Elizabeth II.
Read More »U.S Congress passes first gun control bill in decades
The US Congress has passed a gun control bill - the most significant firearms legislation in nearly 30 years.
Read More »US Supreme Court ends right to abortion
The US Supreme Court on Friday ended the right to abortion in a seismic ruling that shreds half a century of constitutional protections on one of the most divisive and bitterly fought issues in American political life.
Read More »Americans have right to carry guns in public, says U.S Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Americans have a fundamental right to carry firearms in public in a landmark decision that came just weeks after another deadly school shooting.
Read More »EU reaches consensus on granting Ukraine candidate status
European ministers on Tuesday reached total consensus on grating candidate status to Ukraine ahead of a summit later this week, that is expected to give the war-torn country the green light.
Read More »Colombia elects first Black vice president
When Colombians elected their first leftist president ever on Sunday, they also elected the country’s first Black vice president: Francia Marquez, a single mother who worked as a maid before challenging international mining interests as a
Read More »Europe swelters in record-breaking June heatwave
Spain, France and other western European nations sweltered over the weekend under a blistering June heatwave that has sparked forest fires and concerns such early summer blasts of hot weather will now become the norm.
Read More »US approves COVID-19 vaccines for Under-5 children
The United State health authorities on Saturday cleared the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for children aged five and younger, in a move President Joe Biden greeted as a “monumental step” in the fight against the virus.
Read More »Biden falls during bicycle ride, says, ‘I’m good’
President of the United States, Joe Biden, tumbled as he was riding his bicycle near his beach home in the state of Delaware Saturday morning, but was unhurt.
Read More »Apple store workers vote to form first US union
Workers at an Apple store in Maryland have voted to form the tech giant's first retail union in the United States.
Read More »EU signs gas agreement with Egypt, Israel to reduce dependency on Russian fuel
Israel and Egypt plan to boost gas exports to Europe under an agreement signed during a Cairo visit Wednesday by the European Commission president as the bloc seeks to wean itself off Russian gas.
Read More »WHO holds meeting to assess monkeypox as global health emergency
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said Tuesday it would hold an emergency meeting next week to determine whether to classify the global monkeypox outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern.
Read More »UK cancels Rwanda asylum flight after legal action
The first flight due to take asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda was cancelled minutes before take-off after legal rulings on Tuesday evening.
Read More »Malawi President cancels foreign trips in austerity plan
Malawi stands to save $261,000 (£216,000) from two cancelled presidential trips as part of the government's austerity measures, the finance minister has announced.
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