US chief envoy to South Africa celebrates bilateral commonalities
Washington’s chief envoy to Pretoria says the shared humanity between South and the United States is more important than issues that divide the two democracies. Jessica Lapenn was speaking at her last US Independence Day reception as Charge d’Affairs. She is moving on to become the US Ambassador to the African Union in Addis Ababa. […]
Migrants killed by air strike on detention centre in Libya
Militia fighting for Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar are blamed for killing 40 migrants in a detention centre near Tripoli. The rebel Libyan National Army denies it mountain the airstrike that wounded more than70 people. The dead migrants were housed in a hangar on the outskirts of the capital that also the site of military camps […]
Stowaway falling from Kenyan airliner falls close to London sunbather
London police are trying to identify the body of a stowaway that fell from a Kenyan plane approaching Heathrow Airport. Frozen solid, the body fell thousands of feet to land a meter away from a sunbather in the garden of his Clapham home. No fewer than six stowaways have been found on Britain-bound planes in […]
Rockstar financier Christine Lagarde nominated to head European Central Bank
Christine Lagarde and temporarily stood down as managing director of the International Monetary Fund after being nominated to head the European Central Bank. The 63-year-old lawyer-turned financier will be the first woman in that job. Christine Lagarde has developed an image as the rock star of international finance. Appointed finance minister by then French President […]
German Defense Minister nominated to become first woman to head European Commission
After weeks of wrangling by European leaders, Ursula von der Leyen, who made history becoming Germany’s first woman Defense Minister, has been nominated to lead the European Commission. The ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be the first woman in that job. Domestic politics caused Germany to abstain in the vote nominating Ursula von […]