Guinea’s President Alpha Conde on Friday announced a “slight postponement” of Sunday’s referendum on whether to adopt a new constitution, after months of protests sparked by fears the poll is a ruse to keep him in power “It is due to our national and regional responsibilities that we have accepted a slight postponement of the […]

Advertising spending on the US presidential primaries has surpassed an “unprecedented” $1 billion, half of which came from the coffers of billionaire Democratic White House hopeful Michael Bloomberg, a tracking firm said Friday. The former New York mayor, who was the ninth richest man in the world last year, has spent $539 million on television […]

Confusion between coronavirus and Corona beer has been a punchline of questionable taste during the outbreak, but for the brand, the matter may be no joke. The phrase “38% of Americans” was trending Friday on Twitter in the US following a survey showing that proportion of beer drinkers “would not buy Corona under any circumstances […]

China is slowly starting to get back to work, as it battles the coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 2 600 people and sickened tens of thousands. Government controls and the fear of going outside have curtailed spending, and many factories are still not working at full capacity due to a lack of staff, […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned top party officials of the “serious consequences” of failing to prevent an outbreak of the new coronavirus in the country, state media reported Saturday. The country has closed its borders to prevent the spread of the disease into its territory. Kim told a meeting of the ruling Workers’ […]