Namibian President Hage Geingob will start treatment for cancer, his office says
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Namibian President Hage Geingob will start treatment for cancer after routine medical checkups and a follow-up biopsy led to the detection of cancerous cells, his office said Friday.
The Namibian Presidency said the 82-year-old had a colonoscopy and a gastroscopy on Jan. 8, followed by a biopsy. Geingob’s office gave no more details on his diagnosis but said he would continue to carry out his duties.
Geingob, who has been president of the southern African
Dior puts on a daytime fashion ballet under the Parisian stars
PARIS (AP) — Dior’s menswear maestro Kim Jones transformed a sunny afternoon in Paris into a starlit evening of balletic grandeur at Paris Fashion Week, in a display of fashion theatrics.
Inspired by the legendary ballet icons Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev, Jones delivered an exuberant spectacle at the Ecole Militaire annex on Friday.
Amid the haunting melodies of Sergei Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet,” the collection intertwined Dior’s fine tailoring with a joyful explosion of theatrical glamour. It drew screams and cheers from a
Fetterman backs Andy Kim as Democrats scramble to keep Menendez’s Senate seat in New Jersey
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. John Fetterman has backed Rep. in the congressman’s bid to win a contested primary for New Jersey’s Senate seat, as to push out of office.
Fetterman was an early proponent of from Congress after federal prosecutors charged Menendez, his wife and business associates with taking bribes in cash and gold bars in exchange for helping the government of Egypt — and, in a , Qatar as well.
Menendez and the other defendants have
Lawyer hired to prosecute Trump in Georgia is thrust into the spotlight over affair claims
ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis hired attorney Nathan Wade to lead the and 18 others over efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Now, allegations of a romantic relationship between Willis and Wade are raising questions about his past work and qualifications and threaten to taint one of .
She — who has little prosecutorial experience — and has not directly denied a romantic relationship. The claim surfaced last week in a motion filed by a defense attorney representing a former Trump campaign staffer, who did not
An ally of Slovakia’s populist prime minister is preparing a run for president
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The speaker of Slovakia’s Parliament, Peter Pellegrini, a close ally of , announced on Friday he will run for president.
Pellegrini, 48, is considered a favorite in the race for the largely ceremonial post, according to public polls. Zuzana Čaputová, the country’s first female president, .
The first round of the election is scheduled for March 23.
Pellegrini, who favors a strong role for the state in society, heads the left-wing
‘Toronto forever’: Pascal Siakam pens heartfelt letter on trade, time with Raptors
Pascal Siakam has officially said goodbye to the Raptors organization, but not Toronto.
The former Raptors star and current Indiana Pacer took to on Friday morning. The article detailed both his mentality over the past couple of weeks amid a flurry of trade rumours and the love that he grew for a city that he called home since he was drafted 27th overall in the 2016 NBA Draft.
“I felt like it’s something I can’t control, so let me just block out the noise and
Fifty Ontario workers included in global layoff at home goods company Wayfair
Wayfair says about 50 Canadians are part of a layoff impacting 1,650 employees at the home goods company.
Spokesperson Susan Frechette says the 50 Canadians are all in Ontario.
They make up part of the 13 per cent reduction to Wayfair’s global workforce, which also includes cutting 19 per cent of corporate staff.
Wayfair chief executive Niraj Shah says he’s making the cut because the Boston-based company “went overboard” in hiring during a strong economic period.
He says Wayfair
Biden is skipping New Hampshire’s primary. One of his opponents says he’s as elusive as Bigfoot
PETERBOROUGH, N.H. (AP) — Trying to upset President Joe Biden in New Hampshire’s primary, Democratic challenger Dean Phillips is running a TV ad across the state comparing him to Bigfoot — the argument being both are hard to find.
“I’m something of an expert on elusive creatures,” a man dressed as sasquatch intones in the spot. “So I challenged myself to find President Biden in New Hampshire during this primary season. I thought I was good at hiding.”
Biden isn
Now eyeing a longer haul, the US reshuffles its warships in the Mediterranean
ON BOARD THE USS BATAAN (AP) — When attacks with missiles and drones surged in the Red Sea late last year, crewmembers of the USS Bataan worked round the clock to make sure they were shot down before reaching passing merchant vessels.
Weeks later, they are still perfecting that operation in training and simulations, along with a dozen other scenarios, despite moving north to the Mediterranean where commercial marine traffic is at little risk.
The U.S. Navy is reshuffling its warship deployment in the Middle East to maintain dominance
Prince Harry drops libel case against Daily Mail after damaging pretrial ruling
LONDON (AP) — dropped his libel lawsuit Friday against the publisher of the Daily Mail tabloid following a ruling in which a judge cast doubt on his case as it was headed to trial.
Lawyers for the Duke of Sussex notified the High Court in London that he would not continue the suit against Associated Newspapers Ltd.
No reason was given, but it came the day he was due to hand over documents in the case and after a punishing ruling last month in which nearly 50,000 pounds (more