Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected as the first female president of Mexico in a historic landslide win. The 61-year-old former Mayor of Mexico City won between 58 per cent and 60 per cent of the preliminary results of votes cast in Sunday’s election. The result gives her a comfortable lead of almost 30 percentage points over her main rival, businesswoman …

Ahead of Ghana’s December 2024 general elections, elder statesman and former chairman of the Citizens’ Vetting Committee (CVC), Major Kwabena Adutu (rtd.) has advised Ghanaians, especially the current crop of leaders, not to allow corruption derail the country’s hard-won democratic achievements. Adutu was CVC chairman under the erstwhile Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC), as the Ghanaian military regime was known …

With more than 97 per cent of the ballots counted, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) is leading with just over 40 per cent share of the national vote, three days after the country voted in national elections that could throw up the biggest challenge to the ANC’s political dominance since the end of apartheid in South Africa 30 years ago. …

Two cars and a motorcycle plunged from a partially collapsed bridge in northern Colombia Friday, killing four people and wounding three, authorities said. A traffic police chief, Julio Olaya said a section of a bridge connecting the city of Barranquilla to the airport in Soledad failed in heavy rains. “Three people died on the scene and another later in the …

Former United States President, Donald Trump, lashed out in rambling, angry comments Friday at his “sick” opponents and “fascists” after what he called a “very unfair” trial that made him the first former United States president to become a convicted felon. The 77-year-old Republican, who is neck and neck with President Joe Biden in the 2024 White House race, confirmed …

A New York jury has found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records — the first time a former U.S. President has been convicted of a crime, NBC News reports. The verdict was read in the Manhattan courtroom, where Trump had been on trial since 15 April. He had pleaded not guilty to all 34 …

The Federal Government has condemned Israel’s recent airstrike on a civilian camp in Rafah, Gaza, which resulted in the deaths of around 45 people, predominantly women and children. In a statement on Thursday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar denounced the attack as part of a disturbing pattern of strikes targeting non-combatants in the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict. …

Spain, Ireland and Norway have made good their threat as the European countries have formally recognised the Palestinian state. The move has angered Israel and led to the withdrawal of its ambassadors from the three countries. The three countries said the recognition of Palestinian State was an attempt to refocus attention on efforts to find a political solution to the …

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nations’ highest judicial body, has issued a landmark ruling demanding Israel immediately cease its military operations in Rafah. This decision, announced on Friday, came more than seven months into the Gaza conflict and is expected to amplify international pressure on Israel. The ICJ’s order specifies that Israel must “immediately halt its military …

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a decree allowing the confiscation of assets inside Russia belonging to the United States, its citizens and companies, to compensate those hit by Western sanctions against Moscow. The West froze around $300 billion of Russian financial assets, mostly its central bank reserves, after Moscow ordered troops into Ukraine in February 2022. And the …