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Heavy security deployed in South Africa ahead of anti-migrant protests
Police officers have been deployed across South Africa because of fears that anti-immigration protests could turn violent as President Cyril Ramaphosa urged those planning to take part to do so without “intimidation, threats or ultimatums”. The planned protests mark an unofficial deadline set by campaigners for all und...
US launches strikes on Iran after tankers hit in Strait of Hormuz
The US has launched a series of “powerful” strikes on Iran in response to attacks on three commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. US Central Command (Centcom) said on Tuesday it had begun the assault, “to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent individuals in an intern...
Dangote to fund proposed Kenya refinery with cash, bonds and an IPO
Nigeria’s Dangote Group plans to finance a proposed 700,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery in Kenya through internal cash flow, bonds and an initial public offering, a senior company executive told Reuters. The refinery, East Africa’s largest refining project, is expected to take up to three years to build and would sup...
Venezuela welcomes 1,600 foreign rescuers in urgent search for quake survivors
Venezuela’s government said on Saturday 1,600 members of foreign rescue teams had arrived to help search for survivors of the devastating twin earthquakes which killed more than 900 people this week as it tightened access to the worst-affected state. Residents and volunteers in La Guaira, a popular destination for bea...
Trump says ceasefire is ‘over’ after US and Iran trade strikes
US President Donald Trump says the ceasefire agreement with Iran is “over”, blasting the country’s leadership as “scum” and “cuckoo” after fresh exchanges of fire. Speaking ahead of a Nato summit in Turkey, the president said US negotiators could continue talks “if they want” but said he saw it as “...
REVEALED: how Abu Trica allegedly defrauded 80 US victims in $8m romance scam
Fresh details released by U.S. prosecutors allege that Ghanaian influencer Frederick Kumi, also known as Abu Trica, extradited from Accra led a sophisticated romance fraud network that used artificial intelligence, fake identities and money laundering schemes to steal more than $8 million from over 80 elderly Americans...
Ebola outbreak could cost Africa up to $3.6 billion, UN says
The United Nations said on Tuesday that an Ebola outbreak could cost Africa up to $3.6 billion and hundreds of thousands of jobs, potentially causing a development crisis. The outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which there is no tested vaccine or treatment, has infected 1,307 people and killed 377 in t...
World Bank document shows 27 countries seeking to ensure access to crisis funds
Twenty-seven countries have moved since the Iran war started to put in place crisis instruments that could quickly access funding from existing World Bank programs, according to an internal document viewed by Reuters. The World Bank document did not name the countries or the total amount of funds potentially being so...
Thousands may have died in UK’s exceptional May and June heatwaves
More than 2,700 people may have died from heat-related causes during the UK’s exceptionally hot weather in May and June, experts’ estimates suggest. The figure, from a team at Imperial College London, the Met Office and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, is based on what’s known about the dangers of ex...
Three-year-old rescued and taken to hospital six days after Venezuela quake
A three-year-old boy has been pulled alive from the rubble six days after the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, a Jordanian rescue team has said. The child, named as Klieber Morán, was pulled from wreckage in La Guaira state, interim President Delcy Rodríguez said. Rodríguez described the child’s rescue as a “sourc...
India asks WhatsApp to pause username feature rollout over fraud concerns
India has asked WhatsApp to pause the rollout of a new feature that would let users chat using unique usernames, saying it could increase online fraud and phishing scams. The feature – which will let people chat without revealing their phone numbers – is expected to be rolled out to WhatsApp’s three billion global user...
Ex-wife of Dubai ruler’s nephew in custody, prosecutors say
The ex-wife of a nephew of the ruler of Dubai has been taken into custody, authorities have said, as a custody battle over their three young daughters deepens. Dubai Public Prosecution told the BBC that Zenab Javadli was detained following a complaint made by the father of her three children – her former husband, Sheik...