Plan to promote growth in sustainable finance
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Council warns of ‘difficult choices’ on finances
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Welsh ministers’ finances transformed, say experts
Increases in public spending by Chancellor Rachel Reeves have “transformed” the Welsh government’s budget, finance experts have said.They say it should allow for a
Senegal’s radical government claims ‘large victory’ in legislative polls
The Senegalese government has claimed victory in Sunday’s parliamentary elections with most of the votes already counted.It said the ruling party, Pastef, had won
Police vow to arrest South African miners as standoff continues
South African police say they will continue to arrest any illegal miners who emerge from a disused gold mine where hundreds, possibly thousands, of
Nigeria offers free Caesareans to poorer women
Nigeria has announced that free emergency Caesarean sections will be made available to “poor and vulnerable” women in an ambitious plan to bring down
Miss Nigeria’s pride after defying trolls to challenge for Miss Universe
Miss Nigeria, Chidimma Adetshina, has spoken of her pride at coming second in the Miss Universe competition, as well as being named Miss Africa
Who wins when Nigeria’s richest man takes on the ‘oil mafia’?
Petrol production at Nigerian business tycoon Aliko Dangote’s $20bn (£15.5bn) state-of-the-art oil refinery ought to be some of the best business news Nigeria has
Top radio host charged with sexually abusing eight people
Veteran Australian broadcaster and former Wallabies coach Alan Jones has been charged with sexually abusing seven men and a 17-year-old boy.The 83-year-old was taken
Hezbollah media chief killed in Israeli strike in Beirut
Hezbollah’s media chief Mohammed Afif has been killed in an Israeli strike in central Beirut, the Lebanese militant group has confirmed.A strike hit the
Australian senator censured for heckling King
Australian lawmakers have voted to censure an Aboriginal senator who heckled King Charles during his visit to Canberra last month, to express their “profound
Fresh ethnic clashes in India’s Manipur after six bodies found
India’s north-eastern state of Manipur is on high alert after authorities recovered the bodies of six women and children, who reportedly belonged to the
Apple accused of trapping and ripping off 40m iCloud customers
Apple is facing a legal claim accusing it of effectively locking 40 million British customers into its iCloud service and charging them “rip off
Diamond necklace linked to Marie Antoinette sells for $4.8m
A necklace thought to be linked to a scandal that prompted the downfall of the doomed French queen Marie Antoinette has been sold at
Migrant accused of killing nursing student stands trial in US
The trial of an undocumented immigrant accused of killing nursing student Laken Riley – whose name became a rallying cry in the border security
Karoline Leavitt to become youngest White House press secretary
Donald Trump has announced that he will appoint Karoline Leavitt, his campaign spokeswoman, to serve as White House press secretary in his next administration.At
Man who killed gay US student sentenced to life
A California man found guilty of murdering a gay, Jewish US university student in a hate crime has been sentenced to life in prison
Malcolm X’s family sues FBI, CIA and NYPD over his murder
The family of murdered black civil rights activist Malcolm X are suing the FBI, the CIA and the New York police department (NYPD) for
China megaport opens up Latin America as wary US looks on
As the world waits to see how the return of Donald Trump will reshape relations between Washington and Beijing, China has just taken decisive
Zelensky says war will ‘end sooner’ with Trump as president
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is certain the war with Russia will “end sooner” than it otherwise would have done once Donald Trump