The US has agreed to reduce import taxes on a set number of British cars and allow some steel and aluminium into the country tariff-free, as part of a new agreement between the US and UK. The announcement offers relief for key UK industries from some of the new tariffsContinue Reading
The United States is working to bring the first group of white South Africans it has classified as refugees to the country early next week, The New York Times reported on Friday, citing officials briefed on the plans and documents obtained by the newspaper. U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration plansContinue Reading
Morocco plans to spend 7 billion dirhams ($760 million) on storage platforms across the country to stockpile necessities in immediate response to potential disasters, state media said. The stockpiles were ordered by King Mohammed VI in the wake of the devastating earthquake that hit the High Atlas Mountains in SeptemberContinue Reading
Barrick Mining is spending $15 million a month to keep its Mali mine running and doesn’t know where Mali’s government is keeping the gold it took from the Canadian company, CEO Mark Bristow said on Wednesday. In an interview about the long-running conflict with authorities in the West African nation,Continue Reading
President Donald Trump has congratulated the first American Pope elect, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost in a tweet shortly after the Pope was named. Trump says the election of Cardinal Francis Prevost as Pope Leo XIV is a “great honour” to America. He noted that the election of the first AmericanContinue Reading
SAP SE has announced that VFS Global, the world-leading provider of visa, consular and technology services to governments and diplomatic missions, will leverage SAP software to help it develop leading-edge AI-powered digital solutions for cross-border mobility and citizen services. Cross-border mobility and citizen services are becoming increasingly digital, and governmentsContinue Reading
South African firebrand opposition politician Julius Malema says he has been denied a visa to attend a conference in the UK on 10 May. Malema said the UK had no “substantial justification” for its decision, and he saw it as an “attempt to silence a dissenting political perspective”. In aContinue Reading
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali ’s military government has suspended political party activities in the West African country “until further notice,” state media said Wednesday, days after the first pro-democracy rally since soldiers took power by force almost four years ago. The decree signed by the transitional president, Gen. Assimi Goita, cites “reasonsContinue Reading
Foxconn, the maker of Apple’s iPhones, has announced plans to produce electric vehicles (EV) for Japanese car giant Mitsubishi Motors. Under the agreement in principle, a Foxconn joint venture will design and build cars in Taiwan for Mitsubishi. The companies say they expect the new model to be available byContinue Reading
US President Donald Trump says the opportunity for Russia to play at the 2026 World Cup could be an “incentive” to end the war in Ukraine. The Russian national football team has been banned from international competition by FIFA and UEFA since the country’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Trump campaigned toContinue Reading