At least two people were killed during violent protests on Friday against the United Nations peacekeeping mission in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials said. Troops attached to the U.N. mission, known as MONUSCO, killed one person during a protest in the rural area of Oicha, its mayor Nicolas Kikuku told Reuters. "They (the protesters) set fire to two bridges that lead to the (peacekeepers') base," Kikuku said.
Used to be that if you ran a business in America you’d stay as far away as possible from politics. But this has been changing in recent years, and now taken to another level with the Georgia voting law, the fallout of which has rippled from Fortune 500 companies and prominent executives to major league baseball and golf.
Under the deal, Aramco will lease the usage rights of its pipelines to a consortium of investors led by EIG through the newly formed Aramco Oil Pipelines Company.
It is not the first time President Rodrigo Duterte disappeared from the public eye. He had periods of absence in his five years in Malacañang for one reason or another.This time, the reason for his absence
A year into the pandemic and people, at home, have run out of things to do. I understand the need to be outdoors, to be close to nature, to do something physically active. But bored? Can’t relate much
I thought the prices of pork here in Cebu would finally go down after Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia banned the export of live hogs and sows for six months back in January.I thought Cebu, as a whole, had enough
Richard Cambe was a lawyer. He was also an aide to Sen. Bong Revilla, a trusted one it seems, considering how that employment eventually led to his downfall. I am talking about him in the past tense because
Iran announced Saturday it has started up advanced uranium enrichment centrifuges in a breach of its undertakings under a troubled 2015 nuclear deal, days after the start of talks on rescuing the accord.
By Paul Michael BrionesWhen speaking to the average working Filipino about investments, they might mention life insurance, real estate or the current multi-level marketing scam. When talking about Crypto
The Earl and Countess of Wessex were seen arriving and departing from Windsor Castle following the death of Prince Philip. .
Government and investors are quickly moving to quantify the risks posed by climate change and make that part of their financial decision-making. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) opened a 90-day public comment period in March that will inform the first update to federal climate risk disclosure guidelines in a decade. Shareholder groups and asset managers like BlackRock (CEO Larry Fink wrote in February that “climate risk is investment risk”) are pressuring boardrooms to improve corporate transparency around climate risks.
Out of a total of 600, York scored highest with 433, with 66.3% of its women in work.
Fighting for the key Yemeni region of Marib has intensified, with 53 pro-government and Huthi rebel fighters killed in the past 24 hours, loyalist military officials said Saturday.
Iran has breached many restrictions imposed by a 2015 deal on its atomic activities in response to former president Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the deal in 2018. The two nations have laid out tough stances at indirect talks in Vienna this week on how to bring both back into full compliance with the accord. A live video link carried on state TV showed Rouhani ordering the injection of uranium gas into 164 IR-6 centrifuges, 30 IR-5 centrifuges, and mechanical tests on IR-9 machines with the capacity of 50 early IR-1 machines - a likely new breach of the nuclear deal.
Prince Philip, who was Queen Elizabeth's husband for more than seven decades and helped to modernize the British monarchy and steer the royal family through repeated crises, died on Friday. He was 99.The Duke of Edinburgh, as he was officially known, had been by his wife's side throughout her 69-year reign, the longest in British history. During that time he earned a reputation for a tough, no-nonsense attitude and a propensity for occasional gaffes.Flags at Buckingham Palace and at government buildings across Britain were lowered to half-mast and members of the public laid flowers outside Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will hold talks with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Saturday, amid tensions between Kyiv and Moscow over a long-running conflict in Ukraine's eastern Donbass region. Kyiv has raised the alarm over a buildup of Russian forces near the border between Ukraine and Russia, and over a rise in violence along the line of contact separating Ukrainian troops and Russia-backed separatists in Donbass.
Workers have removed flowers, flags and written tributes to Prince Philip from the railings outside Buckingham Palace this morning.
Footage of Prince Edward arriving at Windsor Castle today (April 10) to pay his respects after the death of HRH Prince Philip.
It's the UK’s fifth biggest National Lottery win.
Martin Palmer said he was often trying to coax conversation out of people.
