Former President Donald Trump has appeared before a court in New York on a fraud trial that will look into his real estate empire, BBC reports. Continue reading Trump appears in New York court for fraud trial
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At least 9 killed in Mexico church roof collapse
At least nine people were killed and 40 more injured in Mexico Sunday after the roof of a church came crashing down, local officials said. Continue reading At least 9 killed in Mexico church roof collapse
Turkey says ‘terrorist attack’ took place in Ankara
A “terrorist attack” took place near Turkey’s parliament in Ankara on Sunday leaving two police officers injured, the interior ministry said. Continue reading Turkey says ‘terrorist attack’ took place in Ankara
Nigeria’s Tinubu announces measures to offset rising costs
Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday proposed a temporary minimum wage hike for lower-paid workers, cheap gas-powered public transport and more social security for the poor to help offset the impact of his economic reforms. Continue reading Nigeria’s Tinubu announces measures to offset rising costs
European countries smash September temperature records
Austria, France, Germany, Poland and Switzerland announced their hottest Septembers on record on Friday, in a year expected to be the warmest in human history as climate change accelerates.
The unseasonably warm weather in Europe came after the EU climate monitor said earlier this month that global temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere summer were the hottest on record.
French weather authority Meteo-France said the September temperature average in the country will be around 21.5 degrees Celsius (70.7 degrees Fahrenheit), between 3.5C and 3.6C above the 1991-2020 reference period.
Average temperatures in France have been exceeding monthly norms consistently for almost two years.
In neighbouring Germany, weather office DWD said this month was the hottest September since national records started, almost 4C higher than the 1961-1990 baseline.
Poland’s weather institute announced September temperatures were 3.6C higher than average and the hottest for the month since records began more than 100 years ago.
National weather bodies in the Alpine nations of Austria and Switzerland also recorded their hottest-ever average September temperatures, a day after a study revealed Swiss glaciers lost 10 percent of their volume in two years amid extreme warming.
The Spanish and Portuguese national weather institutes warned abnormally warm temperatures were going to hit this weekend, with the mercury topping 35C in parts of southern Spain on Friday.
– Records ‘systematically’ broken –
Scientists say climate change driven by human activity is driving global temperatures higher, with the world at around 1.2C of warming above pre-industrial levels.
The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service told AFP earlier this month that 2023 is likely to be the hottest year humanity has experienced.
Higher temperatures are likely to be on the horizon as the El Nino weather phenomenon — which warms waters in the southern Pacific and beyond — has only just begun.
The disruption to the planet’s climate systems is making extreme weather events like heatwaves, drought, wildfires and storms more frequent and intense, causing greater losses of life and property.
World leaders will gather in Dubai from November 30 for crunch UN talks aimed at curbing the worst effects of climate change, including limiting warming to 1.5C, a goal of the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement.
Slashing planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions — notably by phasing out the consumption of polluting gas, oil and coal — climate finance and boosting renewable energy capacity will be at the heart of the discussions.
“Until we reach carbon neutrality, heat records are going to be systematically broken week after week, month after month, year after year,” UN climate report lead author Francois Gemenne told AFP this week.
Gabon charges ousted president’s wife with ‘money laundering’
The wife of Gabon’s ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba has been charged with “money laundering” and other offences, the public prosecutor said Friday, a month after a coup toppled her husband. Continue reading Gabon charges ousted president’s wife with ‘money laundering’
US sanctions former Sudan foreign minister
The United States placed sanctions Thursday on former Sudan foreign minister Ali Karti, accusing him of obstructing efforts to bring about a ceasefire in the country’s civil war. Continue reading US sanctions former Sudan foreign minister
President Kiir lays wreath at tomb of unknown soldier in Kremlin
President Salva Kiir has laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier at the Kremlin in Moscow before talks with his counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
The Russian Embassy in Uganda posted on what is now called X.
Kiir left Juba for Moscow yesterday in what is his first-ever state visit to Russia.
This comes nearly a month after the Head of State r received an invitation through the non-resident Ambassador of the Russian Federation to South Sudan Vladlen Semivolos.
Upon Kiir’s departure, the Minister of Presidential Affairs, Dr. Baranaba Marial Benjamin said talks between the two principles would focus on the lifting of the arms embargo and targeted sanctions on South Sudanese individuals.
President Kiir is also expected to explain to his Russian Counterpart the process and implementation of the Revitalized Peace Agreement as well as the forthcoming elections in 2024.
US Abrams battle tanks arrive in Ukraine, Zelensky says
Ukraine has received US Abrams battle tanks, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Monday, boosting Kyiv’s forces as they seek to break through heavily-fortified Russian defensive lines. Continue reading US Abrams battle tanks arrive in Ukraine, Zelensky says
France withdrawing ambassador, troops from Niger after coup: Macron
President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced that France would withdraw its ambassador from Niger, followed by the French military contingent in the coming months, a move welcomed by Niger’s military leaders as a “step towards sovereignty”. Continue reading France withdrawing ambassador, troops from Niger after coup: Macron