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The United States has emphasised its support for South Korea’s Yoo Myung-Hee as the next DG of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, is a leading contender for the...

Nigeria’s former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s bid to become the first African and first female director-general of the World Trade Organisation has received a major boost. This is as 27 European Union member states...

More than 90,000 people fled their homes near Los Angeles on Monday as two fast-spreading and uncontained wildfires raged across more than 14,600 acres (5,900 hectares), blocking key roadways and critically injuring two firefighters.

Security sources have said that a suspected Kurdish militant blew themselves up on Monday in a suspected suicide bomb attack in southern Turkey. The local governor had blamed an explosion that occurred in the...

Spain’s unemployment rate jumped to 16.26 percent in the third quarter as the country’s tourism-dependent economy was ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed Tuesday. The reading for the July-September period compares with...

The World Health Organization chief insisted Monday that it was still possible to rein in Covid-19 even in places with surging outbreaks, warning against giving up the fight. “We must not give up,” Tedros...

Australia’s second-biggest city will this week exit its coronavirus lockdown following nearly four months under onerous restrictions, authorities announced on Monday, after no new daily cases or deaths were recorded. Stay-at-home orders for Melbourne’s...

Pope Francis on Sunday announced the appointment of 13 new cardinals, including archbishops from the U.S., Rwanda and the Philippines. Pope Francis made the announcement of the appointment of cardinals in his Sunday Angelus...

An Italian has been arrested in France on a warrant issued by Germany, where is wanted on 160 counts of rape or sexual assault of his daughter and other minors, police told AFP on Friday.

Britain hailed its first major post-Brexit trade deal on Friday after signing an agreement with Japan that it said shows it can stand alone on the global stage, as talks on a pact with the European Union...