HSBC quashes Ping An-backed protest vote at annual meeting
Ping An and individual investor had been pushing HSBC to consider a radical restructure of the bank & boost dividends.
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UK to contribute to Brazil’s Amazon defence fund, PM Sunak says
Brazilian President Lula da Silva, who has promised to end Amazon deforestation, welcomes $101m pledge to Amazon Fund.
UK court jails Nigerian senator and wife for organ-harvest plot
Ike Ekweremadu sentenced to nine years and eight months and wife Beatrice sentenced to four years and six months.
Paraguay president-elect says will strengthen ties with Taiwan
Relations with the island loomed large in the election, after other countries in Latin America moved to cut ties.
US says it will not normalise relations with Syria’s Assad
Washington 'does not support' push to normalise ties to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's gov't, State Department says.
Kenyan president sets up inquiry into religious cult deaths
The presidency announced the commission of inquiry on Friday even as cult leader Paul Mackenzie remained in custody.
At least 176 people killed in eastern DR Congo floods
Torrential rain in South Kivu province causes river to overflow, washing away homes, leaving buildings encased in mud.
COVID no longer a global health emergency, WHO says
UN health agency declares end to public health emergency of international concern, in place for more than three years.
‘Crisis’: Calls grow to stem violence against Indigenous women
Advocates demand urgent action on day commemorating missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in US and Canada.
King Charles’s coronation: How will the day unfold?
King Charles III's coronation on Saturday will be full of pomp and pageantry. Here's your hour-by-hour guide.
Sudanese obstetrician delivers dozens of babies amid clashes
Huwaida al-Hassan and her daughters are among the medical staff tending to pregnant women amid Sudan's clashes.
Mapping the coronation of King Charles III
King Charles III will be crowned at Westminster Abbey on May 6. Here are five things you need to know.
S African opera singer excited to perform at Charles’s coronation
The South African is set to be the first African national to sing an opera solo at a British coronation ceremony.
Mali gov’t announces June 18 for referendum on new constitution
The military rulers previously missed a deadline to hold the referendum seen as a milestone towards elections next year.
Gardener, grandfather, king: Who is Charles III?
The UK is preparing to officially crown Charles and his wife Camilla on May 6 in a series of royal events.
Mexico: Families of missing people join volunteer search brigades
Critics say authorities are not doing enough to find tens of thousands of people who have disappeared in recent years.
Don’t use terrorism as diplomatic tool: Pakistan FM in India
Bhutto-Zardari is on a two-day visit to India for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting.
Interim Burkina Faso president hails Russia as ‘strategic ally’
Ibrahim Traore speaks about conflict in Sahel, denies Russian mercenaries are helping his government fight rebels.
‘An imminent catastrophe’: Healthcare disaster looms in Darfur
Following a week of fighting and looting, civilians are left with no access to drinking water, food and healthcare.
Myanmar military commutes 38 death sentences as part of amnesty
Four coup opponents were executed last July and more than 100 people are on death row for political reasons.