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Macron urges Iran president to 'quickly' resume nuclear talks
France's President Emmanuel Macron urged his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian to "quickly" resume negotiations over his country's nuclear program, in talks Saturday as a conflict between Tehran and Israel escalated. Macron said in a message...
PRESIDENT HICHILEMA: “LET US NOT USE DEATH TO REVIVE CONFLICTS – THIS IS A TIME TO UNITE”
PRESIDENT HICHILEMA: “LET US NOT USE DEATH TO REVIVE CONFLICTS – THIS IS A TIME TO UNITE” Lusaka, Thursday 12 June 2025 President Hakainde Hichilema has called on Zambians to reject division and conflict during the mourning period of the late...
Putin Holds Separate Talks With Israel, Iran
Russian President Vladimir Putin held separate talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian following Israel’s attack against Iran, Newsweek reported Friday. When speaking to Netanyahu, per the...

Congress risks political oblivion in West Bengal
NEW DELHI: The Indian National Congress is facing a critical juncture in West Bengal as it grapples with deepening challenges related to a leadership vacuum, ideological disorientation, and an eroding grassroots base. Once a formidable political...
Political Leadership and National Mourning, Understanding President Hakainde Hichilema’s Role
Political Leadership and National Mourning, Understanding President Hakainde Hichilema’s Role By : Tobbius Chilembo Hamunkoyo 12/06/2025 There’s an English proverb that says, “Give someone enough rope, and they will hang themselves.” In politics,...

Parliament votes to repeal TTRA Act
News Janelle De Souza An Hour Ago Public Services Association (PSA) president Felisha Thomas, centre, and Minister in the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries Ernesto Kesar, second right, arrive with members of the PSA for the debate on the...

Senate President Karen Spilka wants a school cellphone ban in place before new academic year
Senate President Karen Spilka said she wants her chamber to approve a statewide ban on cellphones in public schools in the coming months in an attempt to put a proposal before Gov. Maura Healey before the start of the school year this fall. In an...
Political blame game over slipping standards among police recruits
A significant number of applicants are allowed into the college, despite failing preliminary tests. Photo: Supplied / Police Current and former police ministers are pointing fingers at each other over slipping standards at the Police College....

President Mahama announces 30,000-ton rice mill project in North East Region
President John Dramani Mahama has announced that his administration, in collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP), will establish a modern rice mill in Jadima, located in the Mamprugu Moagduri District of the North East Region. The rice...
Macron visits Greenland to signal European resolve after Trump annexation threats
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Greenland on Sunday, in a show of solidarity with Denmark meant to send a signal of European resolve after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to take over the island....

Government of National Unity | A year of the 'unity project'
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's government of national unity turns one soon, and it's been a turbulent time. There were some gains and lost opportunities. The GNU was formed in June 2024 following the May 2024 elections. These resulted in a hung...

Parliament lauds nurses and midwives for calling-off strike
By Godwill Arthur-Mensah Accra, June 13, GNA–Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga has praised nurses and midwives for calling-off their nationwide strike, which began on June 2,2025. Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Friday, Mr Ayariga, also the...

Putin Calls Trump to Wish Him a Happy Birthday, Discuss Iran
Amid his 79th birthday celebrations, President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that he took a call from Russian President Vladimir Putin. "President Putin called this morning to very nicely wish me a Happy Birthday, but to more importantly,...

‘Politically motivated’ shooting leaves former Minnesota house speaker dead, another official hurt
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (AP) — A man posing as a police officer shot and killed a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband in a brazen attack at their home early Saturday, and a second lawmaker and his wife were wounded in a separate shooting in what Gov....

President discusses Iran conflict with Macron and Meloni, calls for maximum restraint
UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan held separate telephone conversations with Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, and Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of the Italian Republic, during which they discussed...

Government aims to make J&K Rs 1 trillion agricultural economy by 2030: LG Manoj Sinha
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday said the government's goal is to make every farmer in the Union Territory a proud stakeholder in India's journey towards becoming a Viksit Bharat by 2047. Addressing the closing...
President Trump condemns 'horrific' shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers
WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump said the targeted shootings of two Minnesota state lawmakers "will not be tolerated in the United States of America" and vowed the shooter who carried out the brazen attacks will be prosecuted to the fullest...

Putin offers to mediate Iran Israel conflict in hour-long call with Trump, TASS reports
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin reacts as he meets with the Governor of the Moscow Region in Moscow on April 8, 2025. (Photo by VYACHESLAV PROKOFYEV/POOL/AFP via Getty...

Putin calls Trump to say ‘happy birthday’ but there was ‘no time to talk about Ukraine’
The US President, who turns 79 today, said the Russian dictator called him to wish him many happy returns (Picture: AFP) Vladimir Putin called Donald Trump to wish him a very ‘happy birthday’ while fears grow an all-out war is set to erupt in the...
President Mahama nominates two District Chief Executives for Northern Region
By Edward Dankwah Accra, June 13, GNA – President John Dramani Mahama has nominated two individuals for appointment as District Chief Executives for the Northern Region, pending approval by their respective District Assemblies. A statement signed...