Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa won a second term in office, election officials said Saturday. The opposition rejected the result of a vote that international observers said fell short of democratic standards. Mnangagwa, 80, won 52.6 percent of the ballots against 44 percent for the main challenger, Nelson Chamisa, 45, according to official results announced by […]
At least seven people were injured Saturday morning in a shooting at a Boston parade, police said. The victims were taken to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries. Several arrests were made and firearms recovered, police said. The shooting occurred during the Jouvert Parade, which is part of the city’s Caribbean carnival, according to Boston […]
A gunman killed three black people in a racially motivated attack then killed himself in Jacksonville, Florida, the city’s sheriff said. The man, described as white and in his early 20s, entered a Dollar General store and opened fire, triggering a standoff with police. Sheriff T K Waters said two men and a woman were […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, August 24, gave the keynote speech titled “Joining Hands to Advance Modernization and Create a Great Future for China and Africa” at the China-Africa Leaders’ Dialogue event in South Africa’s Johannesburg, calling for unity and just international order while discussing how China plans to work with Africa for the […]
