Votes are being counted in South Africa after Wednesday’s general election. Ahead of the vote, opinion polls suggested the ruling African National Congress (ANC) could win less than 50% of the vote for the first time in three decades. Growing criticism of the party that led the fight against apartheid under the late Nelson Mandela […]

Local news site from the Middle East Amwal Al-Ghad reports that the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) has signed a usufruct agreement with Eroğlu Egypt. The $40 million deal will see the construction of a ready-made garment factory in the Qantara West Industrial Zone, to make the zone a regional hub

Insights from Al Jazeera, the Financial Times, Reuters and The Guardian The news More than half a million people have been forced to flee their homes due to flooding in southern Brazil, in what officials have described as “the worst disaster” in the history of the area. The floods, which have killed at least 160

Planned in H1 2025 China’s Geely has announced it will launch hybrid models with its more fuel-efficient next-generation engine in the first half of 2025, Reuters reports. The new models will be launched for the Galaxy series and the Lynk & Co brand. According to a product certificate issued by government-owned CATARC Huacheng Certification Co,

Title icon The news JOHANNESBURG – The African National Congress in South Africa appears to be losing its parliamentary majority for the first time since it came to power after the end of apartheid thirty years ago, according to forecasts based on early election results. Polling stations for Wednesday’s elections closed at 9 p.m. On

The agency revealed that in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, cases of recruitment and use of children in armed groups, along with killings and mutilations, increased by more than 130 percent between the two periods. Protect the vulnerable Gilles Fagninou, UNICEF‘s Regional Director for West and Central Asia, underlined the need to curb the worrying

The registration period has begun for candidates who want to participate in the Iranian presidential elections in just over a month. To register their bids, candidates must appear in person at the Ministry of Home Affairs in the next five days. The early elections were called because the previous incumbent president, Ebrahim Raisi, died in

That was the strong message from the President of the western Pacific country of Palau, Surangel Whipps, who spoke during an interactive dialogue on Wednesday during the Fourth International Conference on SIDS (SIDS4)which takes place this week on the twin islands of Antigua and Barbuda in the Caribbean. He told deputies that there was a

Growing piles of rubbish in Gaza mean families are fleeing to areas where “acceptable living conditions” do not exist, the UN said. “Everywhere you look there is a pile of rubbish,” the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) posted on its X account alongside photos of rubbish

The updated global employment and social prospects The report predicts that the global unemployment rate will reach 4.9 percent in 2024, slightly lower than 5.0 percent in 2023. This represents a revision from the previous January projection of 5.2 percent for this year, which is expected to level off in 2025, with unemployment remaining at