Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1426 EAT on Wednesday 3rd August 2022. Rice could emerge as the next challenge for global food supply as a shortage of rain in parts of India, by far the world’s biggest exporter, has caused planting area to shrink to the smallest in about three years. The threat to…
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US Justice Department sues Idaho over abortion ban.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1415 EAT on Wednesday 3rd August 2022. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has sued Idaho over the state’s near-total ban on abortion, saying the stringent ban denies pregnant women potentially life saving medical care , and therefore “directly conflicts” with federal law. The DOJ announced the lawsuit on…
Al-Zawahiri: From Cairo clinic to al-Qaeda leader.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0813 EAT on Tuesday 2nd August 2022. Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who has been killed in a US drone attack in Afghanistan, was the group’s key ideologue and strategist, masterminding its global network and planning attacks on the United States. The 71-year-old Egyptian eye doctor had central roles in…
US VP Harris to announce $1bn to states for floods, extreme heat.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0755 EAT on Tuesday 2nd August 2022. Kamala Harris, the vice president of the United States, has called climate change an “immediate” and “urgent” crisis as she detailed Biden administration efforts to respond to disasters such as the deadly flooding in kentucky and wildfires ravaging her home state of…
China’s response to Pelosi’s potential Taiwan visit could be ‘unprecedented’ but military conflict unlikely, experts say
Hong Kong The United States is no stranger to China’s angry responses over its support for Taiwan, a self-governing island that Beijing claims as its own territory. By Nectar Gan , Brad Lendon and Kylie Atwood Updated at 0810 EAT on Tuesday 26th July 2022 But last week, China’s warnings against a potential high-stakes trip…
Sri Lanka swears Dinesh Gunawardena in as new prime minister.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1535 EAT on Friday 22nd July 2022. Dinesh Gunawardena has been sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new prime minister, just hours after soldiers and police cleared an ant-government protest site in Colombo. Gunawardena, a veteran member of the ruling Sri Lanka People’s Front and an ally of the Rajapaksa political family,…
Wildfires raging in Europe: What, where and why?
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1754 EAT on Thursday 21st July 2022. Once a rare occurrence, extreme fires are now becoming more frequent and lasting longer worldwide. The destructive blazes are driven at least in part by climate change, which exacerbates their scale and intensity, even in the northern winter months With temperatures spiking…
US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly jump to 8-month high.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1659 EAT on Thursday 21st July 2022. Applications for US state unemployment insurance rose for a third week to the highest since November as more companies announce job cuts, suggesting some softening in the labor market. Initial unemployment claims increased by 7,000 to 251,000 in the week ended July…
