LONDON — U.K. authorities are investigating a collision between a police motorcycle escorting the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and an elderly woman in southwest London. The accident occurred around 12.50 p.m. on Monday when the royal couple were on their way to Windsor for the St George’s Chapel service commemorating the Order of the […]
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Highest number of people displaced since World War II – Ethiopia tops list
An estimated 3.2 million people were displaced by conflict and drought by April this year OSLO, Norway, June 19, 2019/ — Ethiopia has the highest number of new displacements globally, as new figures reveal over 70 million people are on the move worldwide – the highest number ever recorded. “Every day an average of 37,000 […]
Facebook plans its own currency for 2 billion-plus users
SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook already rules daily communication for more than two billion people around the world. Now it wants its own currency, too. The social network unveiled an ambitious plan Tuesday to create a new digital currency similar to Bitcoin for global use, one that could drive more e-commerce on its services and boost […]
Egypt ‘angered by calls for Morsi post-mortem’
AFP The former president collapsed in court on Monday Image caption: Egypt is said to have lashed out at the UN, branding its calls for an independent inquiry into the death of former President Mohammed Morsi as an attempt to “politicise” events. AFP reports Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Hafez as saying he condemned the UN’s […]
300,000 flee flare-up of ethnic violence in north-eastern DR Congo
Teams have also been deployed to assess the situation and engage with communities and the authorities to help prevent more attacks NEW YORK, United States of America, June 19, 2019/ — More than 300,000 people have been forced to flee resurgent inter-ethnic violence in north-east Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) just this month, the […]
Two men charged, police seeking person of interest in shooting at Nathan Phillips Square
Toronto police say they have now charged two people and are seeking a person of interest in connection with a shooting that injured four people and caused chaos at yesterday’s Raptors celebrations at Nathan Phillips Square. Gunfire rang out at the southeast corner of the square at around 3:45 p.m. Monday, just as the Raptors […]
Statistics Canada reports annual pace of inflation rises in May to 2.4 per cent
OTTAWA – The annual pace of inflation picked up in May as the consumer price index rose 2.4 per cent compared with a year ago, its largest increase since October last year, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. The move compared with a 2.0 per cent increase in April and was the fourth straight month of rising […]
Ontario considers raising driver, vehicle fees months after freezing them
TORONTO — Less than a year after freezing driver and vehicle fees in Ontario, the Progressive Conservative government is considering raising them again, while bracing for a “negative reaction.” In a proposal quietly posted to a regulatory registry for public comment, the government says it is seeking to introduce annual fee increases of two per […]
Northern healthcare firms target new opportunities in Africa
Health sector businesses from the Northern Powerhouse could benefit from new export opportunities across Africa thanks to a recent trade mission led by Department for International Trade (DIT) LONDON, United Kingdom, — Businesses including Yorkshire’s Sunflower Medical and Medasil were amongst 16 firms from the north that travelled to trade fair Africa Health 2019 in […]
The African oil industry denounces BBC Panorama’s attack on Senegal as a much Ado about nothing
Oil and gas production over the next 10 years would inject billions of dollars into the Senegalese economy and support more than 1 million jobs JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, — The African Energy Chamber (EnergyChamber.org) rejects the accusations made by the recent BBC Panorama program on Senegal and believes this case is about a sinister rush […]