U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday said it was probing whether Harvard University and the Harvard Law Review violated civil rights laws when the journal’s editors fast-tracked consideration of an article written by a member of a racial minority.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that targeted “sanctuary cities” and threatened to withhold federal funding from cities and states that don’t co-operate with federal immigration enforcement measures.
Ancient texts and modern movies alike depict the Roman Empire as a society that pitted men against animals for bloodsport. But remains unearthed in England are the first physical evidence of human-animal combat in ancient Rome.
The main cause of Gene Hackman’s death was heart disease, but the 95-year-old actor was also in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease and likely had not eaten for a long time, according to a new autopsy report.
The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has signed a $3.2 billion Exposure Exchange Agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), renewing a prior agreement originally executed between the two institutions in 2015. The agreement was signed in Washington DC, on the sidelines of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund Spring meetings. This is
Iran finally extinguished a fire Monday at a southern port that was rocked by an explosion over the weekend as the death toll rose to at least 70 people killed, authorities said. Local news reports raised more questions about the cause of Saturday;s blast at the Shahid Rajaei port near Bandar Abbas.
To enable African businesses to fully capitalise on the opportunities presented by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) has announced a specialized training program designed to equip enterprises with a deep understanding of the agreement’s commercial implications and transformative potential. Scheduled to take place in Abuja, Nigeria, from June
A South African court has ruled to suspend the proposed hike in the country’s value-added tax (VAT) rate, halting a planned 0.5% increase set to take effect on May 1. The decision resolves a dispute within the country’s coalition government, with the Democratic Alliance party arguing that the VAT increase was unlawfully supported without proper
A secret plot led by Kirill Dmitriev sought to challenge US influence in Africa by sending expired COVID-19 vaccines to countries across the continent. Dmitriev, who heads Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, pushed for extending the shelf life of 6 million doses of the Sputnik Light vaccine to donate as “humanitarian aid” during a Russia-Africa summit.
Heavy rainfall across Ivory Coast’s cocoa-growing regions last week signals a promising end to the April-to-September mid-crop, according to farmers. The world’s top cocoa producer has entered its rainy season, with abundant showers expected to continue, particularly in areas like Soubre, Agboville, and Abengourou, which saw above-average rainfall. Farmers reported an abundance of large pods,
