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Business associations press the gov’t to end deforestation in Amazon
RASILIA/SAO PAULO: Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose for the fourth straight month in August from a year earlier, according to preliminary government data released yesterday, adding to concerns over fires already ravaging the region. The Brazilian Amazon is facing
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Mnangagwa: Late Mugabe declared a national hero
HARARE: The Zimbabwe government yesterday declared the late founding father of the nation and liberation icon former President Robert Mugabe a national hero, Zimbabwe’s news agency New Ziana reported. Mugabe, 95, died early yesterday at a hospital in Singapore where
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Mugabe: From liberator to oppressor
HARARE: Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe was feted as an African liberation hero and champion of racial reconciliation when he first came to power in a nation divided by nearly a century of white colonial rule. Nearly four decades later, many at
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Zimbabwe’s ex-president Robert Mugabe dies in Singapore
SINGAPORE: Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe has died aged 95, the country’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on his official Twitter account. Mugabe died in Singapore, where he has often received medical treatment in recent years, a source with direct knowledge
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Pentagon to European allies: Pick up your own tabs
LONDON: US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that European nations should consider funding projects in their countries after the Pentagon diverted money to pay for a border wall with Mexico. The Pentagon said on Wednesday it would pull funding from
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PM Johnson’s brother quits on eve of Brexit election campaign
WAKEFIELD: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to kick off what is in effect an election campaign casting Parliament as the enemy of Brexit was overshadowed yesterday when his younger brother quit the government, citing the national interest. As the
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South Africa reeling from ‘Afrophobia’ riots
CAPE TOWN: South Africa promised yesterday to tackle the prejudice fuelling a wave of deadly riots and xenophobic attacks, as international anger over the violence overshadowed a pan-African economic conference in Cape Town. President Cyril Ramaphosa said at least ten
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Pentagon pulls funds for military schools, daycare to fund Trump’s border wall
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said yesterday it would pull funding from 127 Defense Department projects, including schools and daycare centres for military families, as it diverts US$3.6 billion to fund President Donald Trump’s wall along the US border with Mexico. Schools
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Erdogan: Why can’t Turkey have nuclear weapons?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday that it was unacceptable for nuclear-armed states to forbid Ankara from obtaining its own nuclear weapons, but did not say whether Turkey had plans to obtain them. “Some countries have missiles with nuclear
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Dr M: Cannot avoid talking about MH17 with Putin
VLADIVOSTOK: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he could not exclude discussing the MH17 crash with Russian President Vladimir Putin at their meeting later today, reported Sputnik news agency. “Well, if the matter is mentioned, then of course,” the
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