US-based Ghanaian journalist Berko Akoto mourned the loss of his uncle, former Antoahene Nana Kwame Owusu Agyeman, who passed away at 99, just shy of a century.
The UK government updated its Skilled Worker visa occupations list in July 2025, raising skill thresholds and salaries, affecting 180 roles, including care workers.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz heads Thursday to East Africa, seeking clean energy partnerships particularly with "trailblazer" Kenya where 90 percent of power needs are covered by renewables. Kenya is already Germany's biggest trading partner from East Africa and is planning to fully cover its energy needs with renewables by 2030.
Pfizer reported a drop in first-quarter profits Tuesday on declining Covid-19 vaccine revenues, but said it was on track for a heavy series of product launches later in 2023. Pfizer has also forecast a 2023 decline in revenues in Paxlovid, its Covid-19 therapeutic.
Global banking giant HSBC reported Tuesday a surge in quarterly net profit, boosted by rising interest rates and its rescue of the UK arm of failed US lender Silicon Valley Bank. - 'Positively exposed' to rates - HSBC said it was "positively exposed to rising interest rates" and forecast $34 billion in net interest income this year.
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