China’s banks to lower mortgage rates amid housing slumps
Six of China’s biggest banks said they would tweak interest rates on mortgages for existing home loans following a request to lower them from Beijing’s...
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12-year-old wins $50,000 US spelling bee prize
Mastering words such as “cricetine” and “indumentum”, 12-year-old Bruhat Soma clinched victory Thursday in the United States spelling bee. The seventh-grade student from St. Petersburg,...
Mali junta bans media coverage of political parties
Mali’s ruling military junta on Thursday banned media coverage of political parties a day after suspending their activities, marking the latest crackdown on dissent in...
Israel pounds Gaza ahead of UN truce vote
Israel hit Gaza with new air strikes on Tuesday as world powers grappled with how to broker a ceasefire ahead of a UN Security...
NTSB provides details of how helicopter crash claimed Herbert Wigwe, wife, son, others
The NTSB is an agency charged by the US Congress to investigate every civil aviation accident and significant accidents in the other modes of transportation...
Brazil’s ex-leader Bolsonaro surrenders passport over coup probe
Brazil’s ex-President Jair Bolsonaro has surrendered his passport as the investigation continues into the 2023 storming of Brazil’s Congress by his supporters. Police accuse him...
No charge for Biden over classified documents but report questions memory
US President Joe Biden was found by a special counsel to have “wilfully retained and disclosed classified materials” but he will not face charges. A...
Super Bowl 2024: Usher promises to roller-skate during half-time performance
R&B singer Usher has promised to roller-skate during his Super Bowl half-time show, in Las Vegas, on Sunday. He would recreate a skating sequence...
Ghana struggling with tsunami of secondhand clothes
It takes Nii Armah and his crew of 30 fishermen hours to haul their weighty nets to shore on the bustling Korle-Gonno beach of Ghana’s...
22 killed, 37 wounded in twin blasts on eve of Pakistan election
At least 22 people were killed Wednesday in two separate bomb blasts outside poll candidate offices in southwestern Pakistan, officials said, on the eve of...