South Africa’s ANC will seek national unity government, Ramaphosa says
ANC, which lost its parliamentary majority for first time in decades, invites other parties to join a unity government. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that his African National Congress (ANC) party will seek a national unity government, which he said would reflect the will of voters and help move the country forward. Ramaphosa made
US sanctions Palestinian group under decree used to target Israeli settlers
Biden administration imposes penalties on West Bank-based Lions’ Den, accusing it of threatening ‘peace and stability’. Washington, DC – The United States has imposed sanctions on a Palestinian group in the occupied West Bank based on a White House executive order previously used to penalise violent Israeli settlers. The US on Thursday targeted the Lions’
US seeks to block Houthi revenues in possible threat to Yemen truce: Report
Latest pressure campaign comes as US says peace plan cannot move forward if Red Sea attacks persist, Bloomberg reports. The United States and its allies are increasingly seeking to block funds from reaching Yemen’s Houthi group, a push that could jeapordise United Nations-led efforts to end the civil war in the country, Bloomberg News has
What’s next for the European Green Deal?
The makeup of the EU’s next parliament could affect the future of the bloc’s climate policies. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled the bloc’s climate plan in 2019, calling it “Europe’s man on the moon moment”. That landing of the so-called European Green Deal is now in question. The package costs more than
Famine ‘likely’ already stalking northern Gaza: Report
The first technical assessment by an international organisation says the hostilities impede data collection to prove famine is under way in northern Gaza, preventing a formal declaration of it. Famine is likely already under way in northern Gaza, an independent group of experts has warned in a new report. “It is possible, if not likely,”
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