The BBC’s Michelle Fleury reports from Wall Street on recent government filings showing that in the first three months of this year thousands of stock market trades were made on behalf of President Donald Trump. The trading includes shares in some of America’s biggest companies. A spokesperson for the Trump Organization said that neither the…
Ana Rosa Romero lives on the 11th floor of the Granma Dos building, an imposing modernist social housing block in the Cuban capital, Havana. A widow in her 70s, she said that when her husband died recently, a blackout in her neighbourhood meant she had to sit with his body for hours before it could…
The inauguration of the new consulate comes amid a push by the US president for greater control over the island. Source link
The India-Africa summit was set to be held next week in Delhi after more than a decade. Source link
The sanctions come amid growing scrutiny of Tanzania’s human rights record in recent years. Source link
Smith, in a televised address, said the question being put to Albertans this coming autumn will be: “Should Alberta remain a province of Canada or should the Government of Alberta commence the legal process required under the Canadian Constitution to hold a binding provincial referendum on whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada?” Source…
The body of Matthew Cameron Paton, 53, was found on Thursday, about 300m (984ft) down an abyss. Source link
The announcement comes a week after the Pentagon cancelled a planned deployment of 4,000 troops to the country. Source link
It comes just a day after the firm revealed plans for a record-breaking stock market debut. Source link
A fire has destroyed the Reikado Hall on Miyajima island in the city of Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture. Reikado is part of the Daishoin Buddhist temple complex and houses the ‘eternal flame’, which the temple says has been burning for nearly 1,200 years. The temple has moved the flame to a different location and authorities said…