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St Vincent prime minister seeks record sixth term in tight election
Nov 27, 2025 - World 
Ralph Gonsalves campaigns on strong economy in bid to retain office he has held since 2001Voters in St Vincent and the Grenadines will go to the polls on Thursday with Ralph Gonsalves seeking a record sixth consecutive term as prime minister.The elections are expected to be a tight contest between the ruling Unity Labour party, which has been in power since 2001, and the opposition New Democratic party. In the last election, ULP won nine of 15 seats, but the NDP won the popular vote. Continue reading...
Indonesia intensifies search for victims after floods and landslides kill 49 people
Nov 27, 2025 - World 
Rescuers are searching in rivers and the rubble of devastated villages for bodies and possible survivors after floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island
Nigerian parents say they are kept in the dark over abducted schoolchildren
Nov 27, 2025 - World 
Several parents of the over 300 schoolchildren seized by armed men in the latest mass abduction in Nigeria tell The Associated Press the government has told them nothing about rescue efforts
Jakarta overtakes Tokyo as world’s most populous city, according to UN
Nov 27, 2025 - World 
The rankings were changed after the UN used new criteria to give a more accurate picture of the rapid urbanisation driving the growth of megacitiesJakarta has overtaken Tokyo as the world’s most populous city, according to a UN study that uses new criteria to give a more accurate picture of the rapid urbanisation driving the growth of megacities.The Indonesian capital is home to 42 million people, according to an estimate by the population division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs in its World Urbanisation Prospects 2025 report published this month. Continue reading...
Ambitious plan to store CO2 beneath the North Sea set to start operations
Nov 26, 2025 - World 
INEOS plans to transform the Nini oil field in the North Sea into a carbon storage site
