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UK's National Grid makes green power play with $11 billion WPD buy Via Reuters: National Grid will buy England’s largest electricity distribution business WPD from U.S.-based PPL for 7.8 billion pounds ($10.9 billion) as it positions itself for a climate-driven transition from gas to electric power. London-listed National Grid, which took over the English and Welsh power networks in 1990, also said on Thursday it would sell Rhode Island utility […]

Senegal restricts internet as protests escalate Via Reuters: Senegalese authorities have restricted internet access as protests over the detention of an opposition leader intensify, internet monitor NetBlocks said on Friday. Over the past two days, at least one person has been killed in clashes between riot police and supporters of Ousmane Sonko, who say his detention on Wednesday in the wake of a rape allegation is politically motivated. NetBlocks said […]

Trial Of 'Hotel Rwanda Hero' Begins Amid Family's Fears Of Injustice Via Reuters: Paul Rusesabagina, the hotelier depicted as a hero in a Hollywood film about Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, was charged with nine terrorism-related offences in a Kigali court on Wednesday, at the start of a trial that has drawn international scrutiny. His family say Rusesabagina, a critic of President Paul Kagame, is in poor health and his trial is […]

Tokyo Olympics Chief Quits, Apologises Again Over Sexist Remarks Via Reuters: Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori resigned on Friday and apologised again for sexist remarks that sparked a global outcry, leaving the troubled Olympics searching for a chief five months from the opening ceremony. The resignation of former prime minister Mori, 83, will further erode confidence in the organisers’ ability to pull off the postponed Summer Games during a […]