Prominent music agent Dave Shapiro is among those who were killed after a small plane crashed into a residential street in San Diego, according to his talent agency. Mr Shapiro was the co-founder of Sound Talent Group, whose clients include rock bands like Sum 41, Story of the Year andContinue Reading
House Republicans have passed a sweeping multi-trillion-dollar tax breaks package, a narrow victory for President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson after weeks of negotiations with conservative holdouts. Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” passed with a vote of 215 votes to 214, with two Republicans joining Democrats to oppose itContinue Reading
Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party on Thursday endorsed President Bola Tinubu to run for a second and final term at the next election, due in early 2027. Tinubu, 73, won the last presidential vote in February 2023, which his two main rivals unsuccessfully challenged in court, alleging theContinue Reading
Lawmakers in Washington are moving to block a landmark California law that would have banned the sale of petrol-only cars in the state by 2035. The Senate followed the House in voting to effectively kill the law, nullifying a waiver granted to the state that had allowed it to set stricterContinue Reading
The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday revoked Harvard University’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification, effectively halting the school’s ability to enroll international students. Existing foreign students at Harvard must transfer or risk losing their legal status, according to DHS. In a letter to Harvard, Department of Homeland SecurityContinue Reading
In a quiet town on the outskirts of Uganda’s capital, a group of young men and women are redefining professional wrestling and have become an unlikely global sensation. They do not perform in a grand arena or have flashing lights, a jumbo screen or even canvas laid over wood inContinue Reading
A former prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been sentenced to a decade’s forced labour for corruption. Augustin Matata Ponyo was found guilty of embezzling about $245m (£182m)of public funds by the Congolese Constitutional Court on Tuesday, alongside Deogratias Mutombo, the former governor of the DR Congo’sContinue Reading
A new report shows that a record 83.4 million people were living in internal displacement by the end of 2024. This means they were forced to leave their homes but stayed within their own countries. The Global Report on Internal Displacement 2025 (GRID), released by the Internal Displacement Monitoring CentreContinue Reading
Heavy rains are needed in Ivory Coast to compensate for below-average rainfall last week and fortify the last stage of the April-to-September midcrop in the country’s main cocoa producing regions, farmers said on Monday. Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producer, is in its rainy season, which runs officially fromContinue Reading
Suspected Islamist militants attacked a Nigerian army base and captured soldiers and ammunition during a raid in the insurgency-hit northeastern Borno state in the early hours of Monday, two security sources told Reuters. A surge in attacks this year by Boko Haram and its splinter rival Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP)Continue Reading