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AMMAN (Reuters) – Japan extended a $100 million loan to help Jordan’s electricity sector reforms as part of Tokyo’s support for the kingdom’s IMF-guided reforms, officials said on Sunday. “Japan will continue our support for Jordan in its economic and financial reforms and further modernization,” Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said in joint remarks with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman al Safadi at the start of a visit to Jordan. Japan is […]

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican senator Xochitl Galvez was officially named on Sunday as the 2024 presidential candidate of an alliance of opposition parties, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) said on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Galvez is seen as the main candidate to take on the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), the political party of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Supporters were gathering in Mexico City on Sunday […]

By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria is considering applying to become a member of the G20 bloc of major economies after concluding consultations on the risks and benefits, the president’s spokesperson said on Sunday. President Bola Tinubu will leave on Monday to attend the G20 summit in India at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale said. South Africa is the only African member of the group […]

MADRID (Reuters) – Madrid’s mayor on Sunday advised all residents to stay at home as the capital braced itself for torrential rain and storms affecting parts of Spain. National weather agency AEMET issued a maximum red alert, which means possible extreme danger, for Sunday in the Madrid region, Toledo province, and the city of Cadiz. It said up to 120 litres per square metre of rain could fall over 12 […]

By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria is considering applying to become a member of the G20 bloc of major economies after concluding consultations on the risks and benefits, the president’s spokesperson said on Sunday. President Bola Tinubu will leave on Monday to attend the G20 summit in India at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale said. South Africa is the only African member of the group […]

KAMPALA (Reuters) – Police in Uganda said on Sunday they had detained a 28-year-old man entering a church in the capital Kampala with an explosive device he planned to use for an attack there. Authorities were hunting three other men also believed to have been sent on similar bombing missions elsewhere in Uganda, police said. The motives were unclear, but the Islamic State (IS)-linked Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) has previously […]

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Two people were killed and another wounded when their car was ambushed by gunmen in the west of Burundi near the border with Democratic Republic of Congo, residents said on Sunday. The assault took place on Saturday night on the road from Bubanza province to Burundi’s commercial capital Bujumbura, they said. Three residents told Reuters they heard gunshots and grenade explosions from the area of the attack. […]

By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria is considering applying to become a member of the G20 bloc of major economies after concluding consultations on the risks and benefits, the president’s spokesperson said on Sunday. President Bola Tinubu will leave on Monday to attend the G20 summit in India at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale said. South Africa is the only African member of the group […]

(Reuters) – Swede Ludvig Aberg struck a six-under-par 64 to earn a two-shot victory at the European Masters on Sunday, while Matt Fitzpatrick and Robert MacIntyre claimed the final two automatic qualification spots on Team Europe for this month’s Ryder Cup. Aberg, 23, had a stretch of four straight birdies from the 14th as he claimed his maiden title on the circuit in only his second DP World Tour event […]