Facebook to end ban on political ads in United States

By Reuters,

Facebook Inc will lift its temporary ban on political advertising in the United States on Thursday, the company said in a blog post on Wednesday. T...

facebook , Trump , U.S. Capitol

Obama and Springsteen’s podcast reveals a key problem

By CNN,

If you had any doubts that podcasting had gone from fashionable to fully mainstream, you need look no further than the latest Spotify original, "Reneg...

obama , spingsteen

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris holds talks with AU Chair Tshisekedi

By Agencies,

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke with President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Friday. The Vice President congratula...

AFRICAN UNION , kamala harris , tigray , Tshisekedi

Saudi de facto ruler approved operation that led to Khashoggi’s death: U.S.

By Reuters,

Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler approved an operation to capture or kill murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, according to U.S. intelligence r...

Jamal Khashoggi , President Joe Biden , Prince Mohammed bin Salman , Saudi Arabia , U.S intelligence

Woods moved to new hospital to continue recovery

By Reuters,

Tiger Woods has been moved to a new hospital in Los Angeles, the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center said on Thursday, as he recovers from multiple injuries su...

U.S. conducts air strikes against Iranian-backed militia facilities in Syria

By Reuters,

President Joe Biden on Thursday directed U.S. military air strikes in eastern Syria against facilities belonging to what the Pentagon said were Iran-b...

Iran

President Kenyatta congratulates new IFC boss Makhtar Diop

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has congratulated Mr Makhtar Diop on his appointment as the new CEO of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member ...

IFC , Makhtar Diop

Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala makes history as first woman, first African WTO head

By Reuters,

Three months after the Trump administration rejected her, former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala received unanimous backing on Monday to...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala , World Trade Organization

Acquitted again by Senate, Trump still a powerful force in Republican politics

By CNN,

It is still Donald Trump’s Republican Party - at least for now. The vote by 43 of the 50 Republican senators to acquit Trump on the charge of inc...

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Britain’s Karim Khan elected International Criminal Court prosecutor

By Reuters,

Parties to the International Criminal Court on Friday elected Britain’s Karim Khan as the new prosecutor for a nine-year term starting on June 16. ...

Fatou Bensouda , Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab , International Criminal Court. , Karim Khan

Trump writes letter quitting actors’ union before he’s kicked out

By CNN,

He didn't want to be fired, so he quit. Former President Donald Trump on Thursday submitted his resignation from SAG-AFTRA, the union representing ...

Donald Trump

Trump rejects call to testify at his impeachment trial

By Reuters,

Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers on Thursday rejected a request from Democrats to testify at his impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate next we...

Donald Trump

U.S. ‘deeply disturbed’ by reports of systematic rape of Muslims in China camps

By Reuters,

The United States is “deeply disturbed” by reports of systematic rape and sexual abuse against women in internment camps for ethnic Uighurs and ot...

china , Muslims , sexual abuse , systematic rape

Trump fundraising committee raised Ksh.3.4B at close of 2020

By Reuters,

Former President Donald Trump’s fundraising committee, formed after he lost the November election to Democrat Joe Biden, raised $30.9 million in the...

Trump

Biden signs memorandum reversing Trump abortion access restrictions

By CNN,

President Joe Biden signed a presidential memorandum on Thursday to reverse restrictions on abortion access domestically and abroad imposed and expand...

abortion , marie stopes , PEPFAR

WHO team probing coronavirus origins in China’s Wuhan leaves quarantine

By Reuters,

A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic left a quarantine hotel in Wuhan on Thursday to begin f...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , wuhan

Tokyo 2020 member says Games going ahead ‘is up to U.S.’

By Reuters,

Whether the beleaguered Tokyo Olympics begin as planned this July could come down to support from the United States and its new president, the Wall St...

Joe Biden , olympics , Tokyo 2020

U.S. to reverse Trump’s ‘draconian’ immigration policies, Biden tells Mexican president

By Reuters,

The United States plans to reverse the Trump administration’s “draconian” immigration approach while working on policies addressing the causes o...

Joe Biden , US

In Senate deal, Trump impeachment trial put off until early February

By Reuters,

The leaders of the U.S. Senate agreed on Friday to push back former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial by two weeks, giving the chamber more...

Sport hails new Biden-Harris administration

By Reuters,

Sports trailblazers Billie Jean King, Megan Rapinoe and Lewis Hamilton were among those hailing the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice ...

Joe Biden , kamala harris