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Dollar and Bitcoin soar as Trump wins presidency

The US dollar has surged as Donald Trump is now projected to have won the presidency and will re-enter the White House. Bitcoin has also...

How Trump pulled off an incredible comeback

This is surely the most dramatic comeback in US political history. Four years after leaving the White House, Donald Trump is set to move back...

Accusations fly in Spain over who is to blame for flood disaster

A week after flash floods hit eastern Spain, recriminations are flying over who was to blame for the country’s worst natural disaster in living...

Jubilation in the room as Trump declared victory [Video]

The words in Donald Trump's victory speech were nothing out of the ordinary - but the moment itself was truly extraordinary. Flanked by family and...

Trump’s victory could mean US withdraws support for Ukraine in war with Russia

With the reelection of Donald Trump, Ukraine may soon have to adjust to a dramatic reduction in US support that could have a decisive...

What a Trump victory would mean for the UK

As Donald Trump declares victory in the US presidential race, this result would represent the more complicated outcome for the UK government. There's one big...

Kamala Harris yet to concede as Trump barrels towards victory

Kamala Harris appears to be on course to lose her bid to become America's first woman president, as her Republican rival Donald Trump is...

US Election: Many people told me God spared my life for a reason – Donald Trump

The winner of the United States presidential election, Donald Trump, has said that many people around him have told him that his life was...

US Election: Trump declares victory in ‘greatest political comeback’

Former President Donald Trump took the stage and declared victory in the early hours of Wednesday morning, cementing an extraordinary political comeback.Minutes earlier news...

Mood falls flat at Harris party as Democrats’ hopes slip away

Just after midnight, a few hundred feet from where Kamala Harris was expected to stand on stage for her election night party at Howard...

Has Trump won? When will US election results be announced

Donald Trump is projected to have won three out of seven crucial swing states in the US presidential election, putting him on the cusp...

Killers of Ugandan Olympian sentenced to 35 years

A court in Kenya has sentenced two men to 35 years each for the murder of Ugandan athlete Benjamin Kiplagat at the end of...

Trump wins North Carolina; Harris’ path to victory narrows

Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Kamala Harris in the battleground state of North Carolina in Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, Edison Research projected, moving him...

Pope pays house visit to veteran Italian abortion rights advocate

Pope Francis on Tuesday paid a home visit to Emma Bonino, a veteran politician who successfully campaigned in the 1970s to legalise abortion in...

Republicans edge closer to senate majority in early results

Republicans have struck blows against the Democrats in the race to control Congress, flipping Senate seats in West Virginia and Ohio.Jim Justice, West Virginia's...

Nigeria drops treason charges against children after outcry

The Nigerian authorities have dropped treason and other charges against dozens of protesters, including more than 30 children, who were arrested in August after...

What will decide the US election and why it’s so close

Never in recent US political history has the outcome of a presidential been so in doubt - this is not a contest for the...

US Election: Four viral claims of voting fraud fact-checked

As millions of people cast their ballots in the US election, claims have been spreading online questioning the integrity of the vote. Election officials have...

Equatorial Guinea: Government orders immediate dismissal of officials engaging in intimate relations in offices

The Government of Equatorial Guinea has announced that any public or private administration official caught engaging in intimate relations within office premises will be...

US election: It’s voting day – What polls say; what Harris, Trump are up to

On the eve of Election Day in the United States, presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris blitzed through battleground states while trying to...

Boeing strike ends as workers accept new contract

Boeing's U.S. West Coast factory workers accepted a new contract offer on Monday, their union said, bringing an end to a bitter seven-week strike...

10 reasons both Harris and Trump can be hopeful of victory

With just one day to go, the race for the White House is deadlocked - both at the national level and in the all-important...

Drones and snipers on standby to protect Arizona vote-counters

Razor wire. Thick black iron fencing. Metal detectors. Armed security guards. Bomb sweeps. The security at this centre where workers count ballots mirrors what you...

Equatorial Guinea: Public Prosecutor’s Office breaks silence over top official’s sex scandal

The Public Prosecutor's Office in Equatorial Guinea is currently investigating Baltasar Ebang Engonga, popularly known as "Bello," for potential public health violations.Ebang Engonga, the...

Equatorial Guinea official arrested over 400 sextapes with VIPs’ wives, sisters

The Director General, National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga, has been arrested for allegedly recording over 400 sextapes of the wives...

Gloria Sarfo slams AMAA organisers for failed ‘all-expense paid’ trip for Ghanaian filmmakers

Ghanaian actress Gloria Sarfo has vented her spleen on the organisers of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) over challenges some Ghanaian filmmakers faced...

US election 2024 results: When will we know whether Harris or Trump won?

Americans are voting for their next president in a general election that culminates on Tuesday 5 November.Once polls close, depending on how close the...

Volcano eruption kills several in Indonesia

At least six people died after a volcano erupted several times in eastern Indonesia, officials said.The eruptions occurred at Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki which is...

Spain’s king and queen pelted with mud in flood-hit Valencia

The King and Queen of Spain have been pelted with mud and other objects by angry protesters during a visit to flood-hit Valencia.Shouts of...

ECOWAS Aviation Ministers set to address high cost of air transport

ECOWAS is gearing up to host a key series of meetings from November 5-8, 2024, in Lomé, Togo, bringing together aviation ministers, DGs of...

Mpox cases on the African continent show a 500% increase year-on-year

Mpox cases continue to spread on the African continent, showing an increase of over 500% from last year, data from the Africa Centres for...

Slavery reparations are not about the transfer of cash – UK Foreign Secretary

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said the concept of reparations for former colonial nations affected by slavery "is not about the transfer of...

29 Nigerian children may be sentenced to death for protesting against cost-of-living crisis

Twenty-nine children could be facing the death penalty in Nigeria after they were arraigned Friday for participating in a protest against the country’s record...

I don’t believe in divorce, but… – May Edochie

May Edochie, the estranged wife of actor Yul Edochie, has responded to the criticism received from men following her divorce."May reportedly filed for divorce...

Over 100 staff accuse BBC of bias in coverage of Israel’s war in Gaza

The BBC has been accused by more than 100 of its staff of giving Israel favourable coverage in its reporting of the war on...

14 dead in Serbia railway station canopy collapse

At least 14 people have been killed after a concrete canopy at a railway station in northern Serbia collapsed, the country's President Aleksandar Vučić...

US Election: How the economic policies of Harris and Trump differ

We heard a lot on Friday from both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump on what their plans are for the US economy.Unsurprisingly, the economy...

Stonebwoy headlines Adom FM’s Family Kolor Paaty today at Legon Botanical Gardens

The wait is over! Adom 106.3 FM’s Family Kolor Paaty is happening today, November 2, 2024, at the beautiful Legon Botanical Garden in Accra.From...

Mozambique social media restricted as runner-up in hiding

Social media has been restricted in Mozambique as one of the main challengers in last month's disputed election remains in hiding, calling for protests.Police...

Outrage in Nigeria as young suspects collapse in court

Dozens of alleged protesters were brought before a Nigerian court on Friday, sparking outrage, as many of the defendants appeared to be malnourished following...