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US moves warships closer to Israel after Hamas attack.

The US says it is moving an aircraft carrier, ships and jets to the eastern Mediterranean and will also give Israel additional equipment and ammunition. It follows the Hamas attack on southern Israel, which President Biden called an "unprecedented and...

US imposes sanctions on 39 organizations for alleged Iranian “shadow banking”

The United States has imposed sanctions on 39 entities, including many based in the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong, that Washington said facilitate Iran’s access to the global financial system, describing them as a “shadow banking” network that...

Biden’s budget plan positions him for a political battle.

US President Joe Biden’s upcoming federal budget plan is laden with spending proposals and higher taxes on the wealthy that forms a blueprint for his expected 2024 re-election bid. Biden’s proposal, which he will lay out in the swing state...

Russia is considering opposing the US nomination for World Bank president

Russia is consulting with its allies about challenging the United States’s nominee to head the World Bank, Moscow’s top representative at the bank has said, a move that could complicate what was expected to be a smooth succession process. Russia...

US senators pledge support for AIDS relief in South Africa

A group of US senators, accompanied by 75-year-old star British singer Elton John, were visiting South Africa to mark 20 years since the launch of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR. PEPFAR was launched in February 2003...

US First Lady visits an NGO operating in Namibia

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden spent her second day in Namibia visiting Hope Initiative Southern Africa. It is a nongovernmental organization that works to end poverty and hunger in marginalized communities in the region. Some of its programs, including ones to...

According to reports, Twitter had only 180,000 US subscribers in the previous month.

Elon Musk may have to think of a lot more ways to make Twitter Blue appealing to potential subscribers if he wants the subscription service to be a major source of revenue. According to The Information, only 180,000 people in...

Trump begs Meta to reactivate his Facebook account.

Donald Trump has officially asked to be able to return to Facebook, his campaign team said on Wednesday, calling not to "reduce a presidential candidate to silence". The lawyer for the former American president sent a letter to the founder...

Akufo-Addo consults with Blinken, the US Secretary of State

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the ongoing US-Africa Leaders’ Summit in Washington DC. The two met on Wednesday, December 14 to, among other things, discuss bilateral relations between their respective...

US is “all in” on the region, Biden assures African leaders.

Africans can count on the United States. This was US President Joe Biden's message at the Business Forum that brought together political leaders and businessmen, in one of the many events of the Leaders' Summit being held in Washington. Biden...
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“Parliament Adjourns to January 2 Without Approving Expenditure in Advance of Appropriation”

Parliament has adjourned its seventh meeting of the fourth session of the Eighth Parliament to January 2, 2025, without...
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