MPs have backed a plan to ban anyone born after 2009 from buying cigarettes, effectively ensuring it will become law. The measures, championed by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, survived despite opposition from several leading Tory figures – including two ex-PMs. Health Secretary Victoria Atkins told MPs “there is no liberty in addiction” as she defended...
CHAMWE KAIRA The Botswana government and local communities living in wildlife areas this week protested to the British Parliament about the potential of the UK passing a bill that prohibits trophy imports from Botswana and other Southern African states known as Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA) countries from entering the United Kingdom. The UK is...
China has warned that a proposed ban on TikTok would “come back to bite” the United States (US), ahead of a congressional vote that could lead to the app being banned. The bill in the House of Representatives would force the Chinese-owned app to sever ties with China or become unavailable in the US. US...
China has warned that a proposed ban on TikTok would “come back to bite” the United States (US), ahead of a congressional vote that could lead to the app being banned. The bill in the House of Representatives would force the Chinese-owned app to sever ties with China or become unavailable in the US. US...
A bill aimed at lifting the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) has been tabled in The Gambia’s parliament by an independent lawmaker. Female genital mutilation was outlawed in the mainly Muslim nation in 2015 when Yahya Jammeh was president.He said it was not required in Islam. However, influential Muslim clerics have been pushing for...
By Bernd Debusmann Jr The United States Supreme Court has struck down efforts by individual states to disqualify Donald Trump from running for president using an anti-insurrection constitutional clause. The unanimous ruling is specific to Colorado, but it also overrides challenges brought in other states. Colorado had barred Trump from its Republican primary, arguing he...
The US Supreme Court has struck down efforts by individual states to disqualify Donald Trump from running for president using an anti-insurrection constitutional clause. The unanimous ruling is specific to Colorado, but it also overrides challenges brought in other states. Colorado had barred Mr Trump from its Republican primary, arguing he incited the 2021 Capitol...
France star Paul Pogba said he was “shocked and heartbroken” after being given a four-year ban from football by Italy’s anti-doping tribunal following a positive test for testosterone last August, his club Juventus said on Thursday. A spokesman for the club told AFP it had been notified of the decision against the 30-year-old World Cup...
Windhoek, Namibia- Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi, the Police Spokesperson, announced a strict prohibition on the sale of alcohol this coming Sunday. In a move aimed at ensuring public order, all liquor outlets across the country are mandated to keep their doors closed throughout the day. The directive comes as part of broader measures to maintain...
The Namibia Transport and Taxi Union (NTTU) and the Namibian Bus and Taxi Association (NABTA) are intensifying efforts to ban the operations of ride-hailing services such as Yango and Indrive in the country. They have argued that these services are not subject to the same regulations as traditional taxis and that this gives them an...