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New York Political Kingmaker sentenced to four months in prison over illegal political donation to Governor
Wednesday's sentencing resulted from Pigeon's guilty plea in October 2018, when he admitted that he conspired to arrange an illegal political donation to...
North Korea is ready to use nuclear weapons – Kim Jong-un
Speaking to war veterans on the 69th anniversary of the end of the 1950-53 Korean War, Mr Kim emphasised the country's "thorough readiness"...
Macron in Cameroon for first leg of three-country Africa trip
Mr Macron is due to hold talks on Tuesday morning with his counterpart Paul Biya, 89, who has ruled Cameroon with an iron...
Indians back Rishi Sunak to become UK prime minister
Twitter user Himanshu Rawat wrote on the platform that “it would be a great moment for India" for someone with Indian roots to...
15,000 Russians killed in Ukraine, CIA chief says
"The latest estimates from the US intelligence community would be something in the vicinity of 15,000 [Russian troops] killed and maybe three times...
Inflation: Ghanian Govt approves 15% cost of living allowance for public workers
In a bid to cushion the effects of inflation, the Ghanian Government has introduced a 15 percent cost of living allowance (COLA) for...
Breaking: Shot Japanese ex-Prime Minister, Abe dies
A former Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, who was shot on Friday while delivering a stump speech at a rally in the western...
Coup: ECOWAS eases sanctions on Mali, rejects 36-month transition by Guinea’s military junta
By Paul Ejime ECOWAS leaders have lifted the controversial economic and financial sanctions imposed in January on Mali following two military coups...
17 people found dead at South African nightclub
Regional newspaper DispatchLive reported that the bodies were found "lying strewn across tables, chairs and on the floor; with no obvious signs of...
Sri Lankan students demand government resign as economic hardship grows
The country's foreign reserves are nearly gone and it is unable to import food, fuel, cooking gas and medicines. A lack of fuel...
Britain approves extradition of Julian Assange to US
The WikiLeaks founder has been at the centre of a protracted legal fight for more than a decade. Next week marks 10 years...
Pakistan’s ex-president Pervez Musharraf’s organs failing,family says he’s in final hours
Pakistan's defence minister also gave his blessing to Gen Musharraf's return and said the former dictator should be able to spend the rest...
Uncertainty looms as global FDI could drop in 2022 – UNCTAD
Global Foreign Direct Investment,FDI, could decline this year after recovering to pre-coronavirus levels in 2021, as the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war and...
Inflation in U.K, Germany and other OECD countries soar to 9.2%
Inflation soared to 9.2 per cent in OECD countries in April, driven by a rise in the cost of services and food, Persecondnews.com gathered...
African Union chairman fears ‘catastrophic’ food crisis from Ukraine war
Macky Sall, chairman of the African Union and president of Senegal, has revealed a worrying food crisis saying “the worst may be...
Disgraced former mayor of London’s Tower Hamlets re-elected in greatest political comeback
A disgraced mayor banned from office for five years for corruption has been re-elected to his old position after what his party described...
