Category: WORLD NEWS

India has recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll since the pandemic began – a day after it became the first country to register more than 400,000 new cases. Its…

Apple has been charged with breaking EU competition rules over the way it runs its App Store. European Commission anti-trust regulator Margrethe Vestager tweeted that “consumers are losing out”. It…

Germany plans to return to Nigeria by next year some historical artefacts known as Benin Bronzes that were looted during the colonial era. This followed an agreement between Germany’s cultural…

The Zulu royal family in South Africa has announced the death of its monarch Queen Shiyiwe Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu just a month after she became regent. Queen Mantfombi, 65, became…

The United States has told its citizens to leave India as soon as possible as the country battles a devastating coronavirus wave. India reported 379,257 new infections on Thursday, the…

The European Parliament has ratified the post-Brexit EU-UK trade deal – a key move to ensure that tariff-and quota-free trade continues. The Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA) has been operating…

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has admitted to the failure of the ruling party to prevent corruption during former president Jacob Zuma’s rule. He said the African National Congress (ANC)…

The communication regulator in Kenya has suspended a television station and fined it for airing a pornographic scene during a children’s programme. Mt Kenya television has been fined 500,000 Kenyan…