TYLER ARNOLD A 17-member commission created by the Archdiocese of Baltimore will investigate the roles that bishops, clergy, and other prominent Catholic figures within the archdiocese played in American slavery. The commission, which is still in its early stages, includes academics, archivists, and other researchers who are poring through old documents for information on the […]
May 30 2023 | Posted in
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Prince Alemayehu, who was taken to England after his father’s citadel was looted, was buried at Windsor Castle in 19th century JAMIE GRIERSON Buckingham Palace has reportedly declined a request to return the remains of an Ethiopian prince who came to be buried at Windsor Castle in the 19th century. Prince Alemayehu, a claimed descendant […]
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JAN VAN DER MADE Six African leaders plan to travel to Russia and Ukraine “as soon as is possible” to help find a resolution to the war, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have agreed to receive the mission in both Moscow and Kyiv, Ramaphosa […]
May 29 2023 | Posted in
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JASON DeROSE The importance of religion in the lives of Americans is on the decline. However, for people who do still attend religious services, they say they’re optimistic about the future of their house of worship. Those are among the findings of a new report from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). Just 16% of […]
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BRIAN NEELEY When Cyril Ramaphosa became president of South Africa in 2018, business leaders were overjoyed. Here was one of them: a pragmatic tycoon out to fix Jacob Zuma’s inefficient kleptocracy. Yet five years later, those running big businesses are desperate. Bosses from many different industries—such as Neil Frohnman of Siboney-Stillwater, a mining company; Daniel […]
May 29 2023 | Posted in
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KATIE RAZZALL The ruler of Ghana’s Asante people is pressing the British Museum to return gold items in its collection. The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, who attended the Coronation of King Charles, later met the museum director Dr Hartwig Fischer for discussions. The British Museum’s collection includes works taken from the Asante palace in […]
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JOEL SNAPE Is red wine good for you? Is it healthier to drink a little than not at all? Is there such a thing as hangxiety? It’s time to sort fact from fiction Birds do it, when they eat berries that have fermented in the first frost. Bees do it, when they suck on tree […]
May 29 2023 | Posted in
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Officials destroyed Sudanese passports on security grounds as they evacuated the Khartoum embassy. Now the passport owners are trapped in a war zone. DECLAN WALSH In the frantic days before American diplomats evacuated their Khartoum embassy under darkness by helicopter last month, one crucial task remained. Armed with shredders, sledgehammers and gasoline, American officials, following […]
May 29 2023 | Posted in
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GREGOIRE SAUVAGE Formerly praised for its stability and good governance, Ghana has been facing a severe economic crisis since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. To prevent Accra from defaulting on its debt, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday approved a $3 billion loan in exchange for austerity measures. […]
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The demand for a major highway to connect the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor has been a priority project following the conception by heads of state and government at the inception of the ECOWAS. Similar projects are also envisaged along the entire coastal corridor. The key element in the 1,028 kilometer road is a six-lane dual carriage way […]
May 29 2023 | Posted in
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