Former United States President George W Bush released a statement Wednesday, remembering his former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as a “good-humored and big-hearted” Cabinet member concerned with the wellbeing of US military servicemen following news of Rumsfeld’s death at 88. “On the morning of September […]
Month: June 2021
Wall Street registers fifth straight quarterly gain
Wall Street notched its fifth straight quarterly gain Wednesday, a signal that the recovery from the worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is continuing. The SP 500 posted its fifth straight record closing high, while the Dow gained slightly and the […]
Wall Street registers fifth straight quarterly gain
Wall Street notched its fifth straight quarterly gain Wednesday, a signal that the recovery from the worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is continuing. The SP 500 posted its fifth straight record closing high, while the Dow gained slightly and the […]
Wall Street registers fifth straight quarterly gain
Wall Street notched its fifth straight quarterly gain Wednesday, a signal that the recovery from the worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is continuing. The SP 500 posted its fifth straight record closing high, while the Dow gained slightly and the […]
Wall Street registers fifth straight quarterly gain
Wall Street notched its fifth straight quarterly gain Wednesday, a signal that the recovery from the worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is continuing. The SP 500 posted its fifth straight record closing high, while the Dow gained slightly and the […]
Haitian journalist, activist killed in Port-au-Prince shootings
A journalist and a political activist are among at least five people killed in a spate of overnight shootings in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, the government said on Wednesday, as a press freedom group urged authorities to conduct a thorough investigation. Images showing reporter Diego Charles […]
Sudan protesters demand gov’t step down over economic reforms
Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets in Sudan’s capital Khartoum to demand the transitional government resign over controversial economic reforms. Public discontent has mounted over the reforms, backed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), that slashed subsidies on petrol and diesel, more than […]
Donald Rumsfeld, US defence chief during Iraq war, dead at 88
Donald Rumsfeld, who served as former President George W Bush’s defence secretary and was the architect of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the United States, died at the age of 88, his family […]
US House forms panel to probe January 6 attack on Capitol
The United States House of Representatives has voted to establish a special committee to investigate the events of January 6, when supporters of former President Donald Trump assaulted police and stormed Congress as it met to ratify Joe Biden’s election as US president. The new […]
Death toll at 16 a week after Florida condo collapse: Mayor
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said on Tuesday the death toll of the condo collapse in Surfside, Florida, rose to 16 on Wednesday as aid teams continue to search for the missing. “The number of deceased is at 16,” Levine Cava said in a press […]