Fast-moving wildfire forces hundreds of evacuations in southern France
A fast-moving wildfire tore through southern France on Tuesday, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes as nearly 1,000 firefighters and water-bombing aircraft battled to contain the blaze. The fire swept through wooded hills in the Var region,…
Nigeria police: Police officers arrested for allegedly seeking bribe from anti-corruption boss
Four Nigerian policeman, accused of setting up an illegal checkpoint to extort money from drivers, picked on the wrong man: the head of one of the country’s anti-corruption agencies. Musa Aliyu, who leads the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other…
Trump announces 100% tariffs on imported generic pharmaceutical drugs
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that all generic drugs brought into the US will continue to have a tariff of 0% for two years starting from August 1, after which the tariff rate will be raised to 100% for one year and to 200% thereafter. «This is…
Bernard Antwi Boasiako’s illegal mining case: Anger after top Ghanaian politician ‘Chairman Wontumi’ sentenced to 20 years
Ghana’s main opposition party has reacted with anger after one of its most influential leaders was sentenced to 20 years in jail, with hard labour, for illegal mining offences. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) alleged that the landmark judgement…
Canada evaluating ‘all options’ after fresh US tariffs threat
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday he was looking at «all options» after US President Donald Trump made plans to impose new 50 percent tariffs on many Canadian goods in 30 days. Carney also said that he and Trump had agreed to «intensify…
Italy protests: Dozens hurt in Bologna after man dies while being restrained by police
Protests have taken place in Italy after the death of a Moroccan-born man while being forcibly restrained by two police officers in the northern city of Bologna. Several thousand people took to the streets on Monday night demanding «justice for…
Trump says US ‘not finished’ attacking Iran as conflict widens
US President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that the United States was «not finished» attacking Iran, as Tehran widened strikes on Gulf states after its Houthi allies threatened to blockade Saudi ports. Two weeks after fighting resumed between the…
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 12, including family of six, medics say
At least 12 Palestinians, including six members of one family, have been killed in three separate Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip, according to local medics. Video footage showed the family’s apartment on fire overnight in the western al-Sabra…
Zelensky fires army chief Oleksandr Syrsky, a ‘victory for protestors’
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that Major General Mykhailo Drapaty will take over as Ukraine’s commander-in-chief after firing Soviet-trained top commander Oleksandr Syrsky. «This is a victory for the protestors who took to the…
Russia-Ukraine war: Zelensky sacks top army commander after days of protests
Meanwhile, Fedorov congratulated Drapatyi with his new job, describing his appointment as a «new hope in the fight of free people for freedom and justice». He said it was «the voice of change that could not be ignored». Fedorov also revealed that he had…