Mallory Moench BBC News “I need to invent a new word to describe it – when joy and worry meet,” says Efrat Machikawa. Her uncle, Gadi Moses, was taken hostage by Hamas fighters from his home in southern Israel on 7 October 2023. But there is now very real hope for his release, after Israel and Hamas agreed a Gaza ...

By:Laura Bicker China correspondent The hum of sewing machines is a constant in parts of Guangzhou, a thriving port on the Pearl River in southern China. It rattles through the open windows of factories from morning until late at night, as they finish the t-shirts, shorts, blouses, pants and swimwear that will be shipped to fill wardrobes in more than ...

By:VOA News U.S. President Joe Biden said at a White House briefing Thursday afternoon that federal resources and additional funding have been made available to California to fight the wildfires that he described as the “worst fires to ever hit Los Angeles.” The money will be used, the president said, to cover all of the costs for 180 days for ...

Source: Anbarasan Ethirajan The body of an Indian journalist who had reported on alleged corruption in the country has been found in a septic tank in Chhattisgarh state. Mukesh Chandrakar, 32, went missing on New Year’s Day and his family registered a complaint with the police. His body was found on Friday in the compound of a road construction contractor ...

Police were called to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Station in Brooklyn after a woman on a subway car was set on fire

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Source: www.ghanaweb.com The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for the Akim Oda constituency, Alexander Akwasi Acquah, has stated that there is a spiritual orchestration behind the historic loss of the NPP in the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections. According to him, it is not normal for over two million supporters of the party in its strongholds to fail ...

Thomas Naadi in Accra & Basillioh Rukanga in Nairobi Police in Ghana have arrested more than 100 people – mostly opposition supporters of President-elect John Mahama – over acts of lawlessness. Supporters of the newly elected president who want jobs have allegedly attacked some state institutions, looted properties, and engaged in disturbances that have left some police and military personnel ...

Sam Francis Political reporter Kemi Badenoch has stood by her past comments about Nigeria, after the vice-president of the West African country accused her of denigrating it. The Conservative Party leader, who was born in the UK but mostly raised in Nigeria, has repeatedly described growing up in fear and insecurity in a country plagued by corruption. On Monday, Nigerian ...

By: Christopher Ebenezer On Saturday, November 29, 2024, the city of Ho in the Volta Region of Ghana witnessed a massive show of unity and commitment to peace as various political parties, individuals, and religious organizations came together for the Volta for Peace Walk. The walk, which was organized to promote peace ahead of the 2024 general elections scheduled for ...