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Ghana heads to the polls amid deepening economic crisis
Millions of Ghanians head to the polls in a presidential election on Saturday after a campaign dominated by what many see as the west African country’s worst economic crisis in a generation.
Twelve candidates are vying to to take over the baton from Nana Akufo-Addo. The vice-president, Mahamudu Bawumia, of …
Indonesia chases the return of ‘bonanza-era’ Chinese tourism
In the laneways of Ubud, three older Chinese women are laughing as they take photos of a friend posing under a cascade of tropical flowers. They are retired friends from Nanjing, and were frequent travellers before the pandemic.
“Bali has good people and good scenery. It’s cold in Nanjing now, …
Tesla sales in Australia are sliding for the first time. Is it stiff competition or the Musk factor?
Elon Musk may be riding high in the US with Donald Trump just weeks away from taking office, but fortunes of his electric carmaker, Tesla, are fading in Australia.
Australian sales dropped again in November, contributing to the brand’s first annual decline.
Tesla registered 2,540 sales in November, according to …
Bath comeback thwarted as La Rochelle sparkle in the rain in first-half blitz
Ronan O’Gara enjoyed plenty of wet and wild rugby nights during his playing days with Munster and this sodden contest would have stirred some fond memories. There was more than a hint of old-school Irish dog in the way his La Rochelle side took an early forward grip on a …
Netanyahu claims Melbourne synagogue attack linked to Albanese government’s ‘anti-Israel position’
The Australian government’s support for a UN resolution calling for an end to Israel’s occupation of Gaza is to blame for a widely condemned arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue, the Jewish state’s prime minister says.
“It is impossible to separate the reprehensible arson attack from the federal government’s extreme …
Israel seeks Elon Musk’s influence in resolving hostage situation in Gaza
Protest planned over Dutch parliament motion to keep records on migrants
Starmer may view Whitehall reform as essential to his missions
It was a reset designed to invigorate Keir Starmer’s premiership after flagging opinion polls, a scandal over the transport secretary and worries about the economy.
setting outnew milestones
– fleshing out the missions of his government with targets on …EU farmers plan protests as Von der Leyen approves Mercosur trade deal
The EU executive has struck a deeply controversial trade deal with four South American countries, overriding objections from France and triggering an immediate call for protest from European farmers.
Ursula von der Leyen, the European commission president, flew to Montevideo to sign what she called a “historic agreement” with the …
Long, unhurried days with a cooler: the cricket fans sticking with New Zealand’s forgotten format
From the spot where Helen Julius spread her arms across the peeling, sun-flecked green paint of the pavilion’s bench seats, Eden Park’s Outer Oval in Auckland was almost picturesque.
There were the white-clad cricketers – Auckland batting, Canterbury in the field – and a bank of agapanthus just beginning to …