Emmanuel Macron has vowed to fight “the forces of division that undermine France” after easily winning the run-off election for the French presidency. The centrist candidate, 39, defeated the far right’s Marine Le Pen, winning 66.06% of the vote to her 33.94%. Acknowledging his victory, Mr Macron told supporters he wanted to ensure Le Pen … Read more
The centrist candidate has won more than 60% of the vote, according to numerous estimates, comfortably beating far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, who swiftly conceded defeat. Addressing supporters in the east of Paris, she said she had already called Mr Macron to congratulate him, adding the French people had voted for “continuity”. Mr Macron’s supporters, … Read more
It was in one of the many Whatsapp groups where sports journalists share story ideas, interview clips and sometimes plain pointless stuff that one observed how Kwesi Appiah had been feted like a hero on ‘his second coming’. They have always said it is never a good idea to go back, and there have been … Read more
Members of the lower house of parliament in Germany have approved a law that partially bans the full-face Islamic veil known as the burka. The bill will now go to the upper house for approval. Civil servants, judges and soldiers will be prevented from wearing burkas at work. Right-wing parties had been pushing for a … Read more
Chocolate addicts, it’s probably a good time to start stocking up. The treats may not be this cheap much longer. Cocoa’s 42 per cent slump over the last 12 months makes it the worst performer among 34 commodities tracked by Bloomberg. Prices tumbled as output increased in Cote d’Ivoire, the world’s top grower, and the … Read more
Ernesto Valverde is leading the race to be the next Barcelona boss as the Blaugrana look ahead to a new era in the summer. At the beginning of March, current coach Luis Enrique announced his decision to leave at the end of the season and the Catalan club have been looking at a number of … Read more
President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered an expedited probe into US steel imports in a bid to bolster “America First” production and jobs — a move that risks trade blowback from steel-making giant China. Trump signed a presidential memorandum for the Commerce Department to start the investigation under a little-used law, Section 232 of the … Read more
NDC defeat: Who is to blame, the Lame Horse or the Horse Rider? “Of course as the general who led us into battle, I take ultimate responsibility for our losing the election and so if it will satisfy those people, blame me for the loss.”- President Mahama Just when NDC supporters were about moving on … Read more
Sofia Coppola’s Civil War thriller “The Beguiled” starring Nicole Kidman and “Happy End” by Austria’s Michael Haneke starring French icon Isabelle Huppert are among the 18 films picked to compete in Cannes, organisers said Thursday. Also in the running at the 70th anniversary edition of the festival will be Todd Haynes’ “Wonderstruck”, relating the parallel … Read more
The contemporary New York restaurant Eleven Madison Park was crowned 2017’s winner of the annual World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, only the second US establishment to win the influential if controversial award. Run by Swiss-born chef Daniel Humm in a lavish art deco building in the eye-wateringly expensive Flatiron District, the restaurant beat the 2016 … Read more
A New York restaurant that banned tipping and where lunch takes more than three hours has been named the best in the world after taking the crown from Italy. Contemporary New York venue Eleven Madison Park took top spot in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards held in Melbourne, Australia – considered the Oscars of the … Read more
Contemporary New York eatery Eleven Madison Park was crowned the world’s best restaurant of 2017 at a glitzy ceremony in Melbourne Wednesday, edging out last year’s winner, Italy’s Osteria Francescana. Run by chef Daniel Humm, the Manhattan institution came out on top at the World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards, widely seen as the Oscars of … Read more
Some Jewish parents in Umea were said to be too scared to send their children to school A Jewish community association in northern Sweden has decided to close following a series of far-right threats, seven years since it opened. Their centre in the town of Umea was targeted with swastikas and daubed with messages like … Read more
President Donald Trump will on Friday launch an investigation to root out unfair trade practices around the world, threatening to target countries that contribute to America’s substantial trade deficit. In a symbolic move, Trump will sign an executive order tasking staff to pinpoint countries and goods responsible for America’s nearly $50 billion a month trade … Read more
US President Donald Trump is launching a campaign to pinpoint nations and goods responsible for his country’s huge trade deficit. It’s a protectionist warning shot directed at trade partners like China and Germany. Top administration officials said Donald Trump would issue a pair of executive orders on Friday “aimed at rooting out the causes and … Read more
President Donald Trump will sign a pair of orders today directing his administration to pinpoint countries that are ‘cheating’ on trade and engaging unfair practices like currency manipulation. The president wants his staff to identify countries and products that are contributing to America’s nearly $50 billion trade deficit, in a protectionist warning shot to trade … Read more
A worldwide nuclear ban is simply not “realistic”, the US ambassador to the UN has said, as nearly 40 countries stayed away from talks on the subject. The US, Britain and France were among the countries that skipped a UN meeting to discuss a new treaty. More than 120 others endorsed a plan for a … Read more
Turkish citizens in six European countries have started to vote in a referendum, the campaign for which has caused an international dispute. Voters are choosing whether to move Turkey from a parliamentary republic to a presidential one, boosting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s powers. Some three million people are eligible to vote outside of Turkey, almost … Read more
Dominic Adiyiah: At the end of the last decade, there weren’t too many young talents in the world who were more highly regarded than Adiyiah. The forward was the Ghana Premier League’s most exciting player in the 2007-08 season, and followed that up with an outstanding performance at the U-20 World Cup in 2009 when … Read more
More than 100 countries are set to launch the first UN talks on a global nuclear weapons ban on Monday over objections from the major nuclear powers. Some 123 UN members announced in October that they would launch the UN conference to negotiate a legally binding nuclear ban treaty, even as most of the world’s … Read more