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Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie declared on Thursday she would audit her travel history after previously saying she had not received Qantas upgrades and then admitting she had on one occasion. But the Australian Financial Review reported on Wednesday she had received more. “Earlier this week I called on the Prime Minister to provide a complete […]
A court on Wednesday placed former agriculture minister Md Abdus Shahid on four-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of bus driver Alamgir Hossain during the student-led mass uprising. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sharifur Rahman passed the order as police produced Shahid before the court and pleaded to place him on 10-day remand in […]
Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant warned Hezbollah’s new leader, Naim Qassem, on Tuesday that his appointment was “not for long”. “Temporary appointment. Not for long,” Gallant wrote in a post on social media alongside a photograph of Qassem, whom Hezbollah had earlier named as assassinated leader Hassan Nasrallah’s successor. In a separate post in Hebrew, […]
Bolivia’s government has accused former president Evo Morales of staging an attempt on his own life, saying that the shots fired at his car on Sunday came after he tried to run a police checkpoint. “Mr Morales, nobody believes the theater you have staged,” interior minister Eduardo del Castillo told a news conference. He added […]
Home Affairs Minister, Leon Schreiber has announced that he has signed a “historic” agreement granting visa free access to South Africa for Ukrainian holders of diplomatic, official and service passports and vice versa. Schreiber made the announcement on social media platform X on Sunday evening. “I am honoured to announce that, in my capacity as […]
Video: Israel prime minister heckled at October 7 memorial Israel prime minister heckled at October 7 memorial We’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. Dismiss Skip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footer Israel’s prime minister has been heckled at an October 7 memorial ceremony after […]
The memorial service for former labour minister Membathisi Mdladlana is under way in the Jakes Gerwel Hall at the University of the Western Cape on Saturday. Mdladlana died last Friday. He was 72. ANC spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri said Mdladlana had been labour minister, founding president of teachers’ union Sadtu, a former South African ambassador to […]
The 56-nation Commonwealth announced Ghana’s foreign minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey as the new secretary general of the organisation as a rancorous summit concluded in Samoa on Saturday. The voluntary association of sovereign states is mostly made up of former British colonies. Botchwey was one of three candidates vying for the post, all who have backed […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s expected cabinet reshuffle finally happened on Wednesday, October 23 Tinubu sacked five ministers, appointed seven new ones, and reassigned 10 ministers to new positions. Following the cabinet tweak, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe reacted and explained that changing ministers would not solve any of Nigeria’s problems Legit.ng journalist, Ridwan Adeola Yusuf, has over […]
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and China’s deputy finance minister Liao Min met in Washington on Friday to discuss macroeconomic policy developments, including Beijing’s most ambitious stimulus measures since the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this week, Yellen criticised Beijing’s recent economic measures for lacking initiatives to boost consumer spending, saying she had not “really heard policy […]