[ad_1] Election day has arrived in Ghana, the place a debt disaster and excessive residing prices imply the financial system is uppermost within the minds of many citizens. The West African nation is assured a brand new president as Nana Akufo-Addo steps down after reaching the official restrict of two phrases in workplace. But he…
[ad_1] Getty Images There have been protests in opposition to insurers accused of denying affected person’s claims to cowl well being prices The “brazen and targeted” killing of medical health insurance government Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, exterior a New York lodge this week shocked America. The response to the crime additionally uncovered a simmering…
[ad_1] Ivory Coast’s nationwide dish attiéké has gained UN cultural heritage standing, together with Japanese sake, Thai prawn soup and Caribbean cassava bread. But what makes this West African staple so common? BBC Africa correspondent Mayeni Jones grew up in Ivory Coast and is a self-professed superfan. One of my earliest childhood recollections is listening…
[ad_1] BBC A major industrial avenue in southern Beirut, a lot of which has been destroyed by Israeli air strikes Wedged into the center of a 3 storey-high pile of rubble and charred possessions in southern Beirut is a twisted and cracked metallic signal. “Spare parts. Jeep Cherokee,” it says. It is the one indication…
[ad_1] BBC Koh Jae-hak (left) remembers when martial regulation was widespread in South Korea Koh Jae-hak can nonetheless vividly bear in mind when he noticed troopers gunning down a bunch of younger girls in chilly blood. It was April 1960. Students had launched protests calling for the resignation of the dictatorial president Syngman Rhee. Mr…
[ad_1] Kourtney Simmang Kourtney sells unproven assessments and dietary supplements to girls with PCOS For 12 years Sophie had been experiencing painful intervals, weight achieve, despair and fatigue. She had been identified with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal situation that impacts about one in 10 girls, however she struggled to get medical assist. She…
[ad_1] A choice of information pictures from around the globe. Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images/Reuters Isaac Guerendo of the San Francisco 49ers heads for a landing in snowy circumstances in opposition to the Buffalo Bills. The Bills gained 35-10. Hannah McKay/Reuters Pop star Rihanna was the headline act at The 2024 Fashion Awards on the Royal Albert…
[ad_1] Sarah Rainsford/BBC Forty-eight hours earlier than Romanians have been attributable to vote in a presidential election run-off, the entire course of was scrapped due to an unprecedented ruling by the constitutional court docket. The court docket’s choice to annul the primary spherical got here after a far-right impartial candidate, Calin Georgescu, got here out…
[ad_1] The head of the UN nuclear watchdog has advised the BBC Iran’s determination to start producing considerably extra extremely enriched uranium was “very worrisome”. Rafael Grossi, director common of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), stated Iran was rising its stockpile of uranium enriched to 60%, just under the extent of purity wanted for…
[ad_1] BBC Rebels have launched a serious offensive towards the federal government in Syria, seizing cities in a lightning advance that has expanded the territory below their management. The rebels captured town of Hama on Thursday in a major new blow to President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian and Iranian allies. Seizing Hama provides them…