Guatemala has sent back almost 3,500 Honduran migrants from a caravan that was heading to the United States over concerns they might spread Covid-19, President Alejandro Giammattei said on Sunday. In a televised message, Giammattei said Guatemalan security forces were able to “contain” the caravan, that according to the president was a factor in the […]

A historic wood market in Senegal’s capital Dakar went up in flames Saturday night, with firefighters still quenching the smouldering remains the following morning, AFP journalists saw. Named Parc Lambaye, the market lies in the built-up centre of the sprawling seaside city, and is known for its woodwork such as doorframes and cabinets. “There were no […]

The Center for Responsive Politics, an independent non-profit organisation that tracks and researches money in U.S. politics, says the cost of the United States 2020 election will shatter all-time spending records in the country. Miss Sheila Krumholz, the Executive Director of the organisation, made this known while briefing selected journalists from across the globe by […]

Mask-clad Muslims circled Islam’s holiest site along socially distanced paths on Sunday, as Saudi authorities partially resumed the year-round umrah pilgrimage amid extensive health precautions after seven-month coronavirus hiatus. Thousands of worshippers entered the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca in batches to perform the ritual of circling the sacred Kaaba, a cubic […]

Toronto lawyer Annamie Paul was Saturday named head of the Green Party, becoming the first Black woman to lead a national political party in Canada. The 47-year-old mother of two, the daughter of immigrants from the Caribbean, described herself as a “descendant of slaves.” Paul hailed her victory as a “historic moment” during her speech […]