US President Donald Trump paused the planned rollout of punishing new tariffs on Canadian goods late Tuesday, as both sides indicated they were close to a broader trade agreement after weeks of talks. Trump announced the three-day reprieve from 50-percent duties on select goods just hours before a midnight deadline. The delay was “based on the fact that Canada…
President Paul Biya returned to Cameroon on Thursday after a 73-day absence that fuelled speculation about the 93-year-old’s health and who is really running the country. The world’s oldest serving head of state, Biya landed in Yaounde at around 1600 GMT from Geneva, where he had been staying since June 7 on what his office called “a short private…
Sierra Leone’s First Lady, Fatima Maada Bio, has publicly thrown her support behind the country’s representative at the Miss World 2026 competition, Mariyam Lorba Konneh, as voting opens for the highly anticipated People’s Choice Award. The First Lady shared a promotional flyer for Mariyam’s People’s Choice Award campaign on her verified social media page, urging attention to the voting…
Spain is preparing to relocate about 500 unaccompanied migrant minors from the North African enclave of Ceuta to mainland Spain as authorities seek urgent solutions to the growing pressure on the territory’s child protection system. The Ministry of Youth and Children is working with the Ceuta authorities on an emergency plan focused particularly on vulnerable girls among the minors…
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was launching a major new campaign to target Iran’s economy, threatening “tremendous” punishment on any country that helps or does business with the Islamic republic. The intensified economic pressure campaign comes as the war nears its sixth month with no immediate diplomatic or military off-ramp in sight. Trump is also facing renewed…
Sierra Leone’s representative at the Miss World competition, Maryam Lorba Konneh, is emerging as a contestant capable of commanding significant public support as voting continues on the official Miss World voting platform. The latest statistics displayed on the official 1VOTING platform show that the People’s Choice race is already generating substantial competition among contestants, with thousands of votes separating…
