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Protests erupt in Senegal after the president indefinitely postpones elections. Senegalese President Macky Sall made a surprise announcement on Saturday – indefinitely postponing elections scheduled this month. He cited controversy surrounding the disqualification of some presidential candidates. The opposition has accused Sall of trying to cling to power, and protests …

The Wests Tigers have undergone significant change with the club’s entire board removed effective immediately. The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting chief executive officer Justin Pascoe has also resigned from his role. Former NSW premier Barry O’Farrell has moved into the interim chairman role with ex-South Sydney Rabbitohs boss Shane …

Opinion by Azza Karam (new york) Friday, October 27, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Oct 27 (IPS) – This year – 2023 – started with a commemoration of one year of war in, and on Ukraine, which has dramatically impacted the price of basic needs for the world’s populations in …

Guatemala’s presidential election was thrown into turmoil Wednesday night after a top prosecutor moved to suspend the party of a surging anticorruption candidate, threatening his bid to take part in a runoff and potentially dealing a severe blow to the country’s already fraying democracy. The move could prevent Bernardo Arévalo, …

Deposits shot up as businesses and customers flocked to the banking giant after the failure of two smaller banks. JPMorgan Chase & Co posted a 52 percent jump in its first-quarter profits, helped by higher interest rates, which allowed the bank to charge customers more for loans. The bank saw …

Tottenham Hotspur might not have a manager – but they’re closing in on a first signing of the summer transfer window. In a dramatic fortnight for the Lilywhites, Antonio Conte was dismissed from his position after launching into an extraordinary rant in a press conference, following his side dropping two …

At the end of 2021, when the UN climate conference (COP26) wrapped up in Glasgow, none of those present could have suspected that a war in Ukraine would throw the global economy into turmoil, convincing many nations to suspend their commitments to a low carbon economy, as they scrambled to …

Earlier this month, a Russian court extended WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Griner’s pretrial detention until at least June following her arrest. According to Russian authorities, Griner had cannabis oil in her luggage and has been accused of smuggling significant amounts of a narcotic substance — an offense …