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Harry and Meghan to bring children to UK next month
Prince Harry and Meghan will be accompanied by Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five. Next month will be one year since the start of the Invictus Games.
Trump says the US and Iran have signed a deal to end the war
Trump has just been speaking to the media in France, where he is meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of the G7 summit.
Brazil woman dies after rope-jumping instructors fail to attach cord
A woman has died in what appears to be a tragic extreme sports accident in Brazil.
Fox to buy Roku streaming firm in $22bn deal
Media giant Fox is buying streaming firm Roku in a deal the companies say will create the third-largest player in US TV by share of viewing.
Iran rejects ceasefire as deadline nears on Trump ‘hell’ ultimatum
Iran said on Monday, April 6 it wanted a lasting end to the war with the U.S. and Israel, and pushed back against pressure to swiftly reopen the Strait of Hormuz under a temporary ceasefire as the Americans and the Iranians weighed a framework plan to cease their five‑week-old conflict. Iran conveyed its response to [...
Deal to end fighting would lead to Hormuz reopening, Iran says
A deal with the US to end fighting in Iran is close and includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Foreign Minister has said. Seyed Abbas Araghchi told state TV the deal also includes the lifting of a US blockade of Iran, but that talks on Iran’s nuclear programme would begin later. US officials have […]
US kills leader of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang in airstrike, Trump says
The US military has killed the leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in an airstrike, President Donald Trump has announced. “At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Niño Guerrero,” Trump wrote on social media. Niño Guerrero, whose fu...
Why Japanese firms are being so slow to use AI
Facing acute labour shortages, ageing demographics and chronic productivity problems, Japanese companies should be fertile ground for the take-up of artificial intelligence (AI).
International Criminal Court faces challenging search for new prosecutor
The International Criminal Court faces a challenging search for a new prosecutor after Karim Khan was dismissed, against the backdrop of a U.S. diplomatic campaign to undermine the court and a rise in states withdrawing from the institution. On Monday Chad became the fifth country to start the formal withdrawal proces...
G.A. Agbesinyale writes: Sedina Tamakloe Attionu in a comfortable lead to Accra
Irony of ironies. Who would have believed how things have turned out this week in the Republic’s extradition matters? Earlier this year, our now stupefied-into-silence Attorney General announced to the world that he had proceeded with the extradition of Ken Ofori-Atta, former Finance Minister, and Sedina Attionu, forme...
CAF names Samson Adamu as interim General Secretary after Mosengo-Omba exit
Samson Adamu of Nigeria has been appointed interim General Secretary of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), following the resignation of Véron Mosengo-Omba.
At least 15 migrant bodies wash ashore in eastern Libya, sources say
The bodies of at least 15 migrants, including a girl, have washed ashore along Libya’s eastern Mediterranean coast over the past week after their boat was believed to have capsized, security, navy, and medical sources told Reuters on Saturday.