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Ghana’s official creditors are scheduled to meet on Monday to discuss restructuring some $5.4 billion in loans to the country, three sources told Reuters, a key step needed for it to secure its next tranche of funding from the International Monetary Fund. The bilateral lenders, including the governments of China and France who co-chair the Official Creditor Committee (OCC), hold around a quarter of Ghana’s $20 billion external debt earmarked for restructuring. The meeting is again expected to focus on an agreement about a “cut-off date” – the date after which new loans from bilateral creditors will not be restructured,…

And with a rush of blood, a flick of the wrist and the pock of a pointed dart in the double-eight bed, it was all over. One dream made and one dream dashed, one destiny fulfilled and one destiny deferred. Luke Humphries, the world No 1, is the new champion of the world, and he did it not simply by defeating the genius of Luke Littler, but by pushing back the tides of fate: standing in the seemingly irresistible path of a great sporting fairytale and meeting it with his own singular brilliance. It was one of the great Ally Pally…

Rishi Sunak has given his strongest indication yet that he will not call a general election until the second half of 2024, puncturing Labour hopes that it could come as early as the spring. The prime minister told broadcasters on Thursday it was his “working assumption” the vote would be called in the latter part of the year, giving him more time to try to reverse the Conservatives’ deficit in the polls. The date of the election is solely in his hands after the repeal of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act in 2022. “My working assumption is we’ll have a general…

JUNIOR DOCTORS IN ENGLAND STARTED SIX-DAY INDUSTRIAL ACTION  – Demanding a commitment to prevent any future pay decreases against inflation/ cost of living Junior doctors in England started a six-day industrial action yesterday. It started from 7am on the 3rd of January and it is expected to end at 7am on the 9th of January – the longest in the history of the NHS. Health service executives have said the strike could mean “one of the most difficult starts to the year the NHS has ever faced”. But the British Medical Association (BMA) has said it was forced to take…

STORM HENK TRAVEL CHAOS AFTER 94 MPH GUSTS BROUGHT WIDESPREAD DAMAGE – The Environment Agency has 333 flood warnings in place across England Commuters are being warned to expect major travel disruption today as the clean-up begins in the wake of Storm Henk. A number of major roads have been closed, some train lines have been blocked, and there are hundreds of flood warnings in place across England, Scotland and Wales. It comes after Henk – the eighth of the 2023-24 storm season – brought lashing winds of up to 94 miles per hour and heavy rain to some parts…

SENIOR HAMAS OFFICIAL SALEH AL-AROURI KILLED –  Al-Arouri was one of the founders of Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades Senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri was killed on in an Israeli drone strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs of Dahiyeh, a stronghold of allied Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, three security sources told reporters. In response to questions from reporters, the Israeli military said it does not respond to reports in the foreign media. Al-Arouri was a senior official in Hamas and was also one of the founders of its military wing, the Qassam Brigades, which carried out a deadly assault in…

DORTMUND LOOK TO RE-SIGN SANCHO ON LOAN – Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho linked to return to Borussia Dortmund Borussia Dortmund are interested in signing Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho. It is thought initial talks have taken place over a loan deal until the end of the season, which would see Sancho return to the Bundesliga club. Man Utd signed Sancho from Dortmund in the summer of 2021 in a deal worth £73m. The England international’s contract at Old Trafford is up in 2026, with United holding the option to extend for a further year. Sancho has not played for…

TESLA EXTENDS LEAD IN NORWAY SALES –  Electric vehicles take 82% market share Tesla topped Norway’s car sales for a third straight year in 2023, extending its lead over rivals. Almost five out of six new cars sold in Norway last year were powered by battery only, with Tesla’s share of the overall market rising to 20.0% from 12.2%, registration data showed. Electric vehicles accounted for 82.4% of new vehicles sold in 2023, up from 79.3% in 2022, the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV) said. Seeking to become the first nation to end the sale of petrol and diesel cars by…

‘RECORD’ CHRISTMAS SALES FOR SUPERMARKETS – Industry figures suggest supermarkets experienced their busiest Christmas period since before Covid  Price cuts to lure shoppers helped supermarkets rake in record revenues ahead of Christmas, according to industry data. Kantar Worldpanel, which tracks sales and prices among chains, said £13.7bn passed through tills or via websites over the four weeks to 24 December and Customers made 488 million grocery trips in that same period It took average household grocery spending to an all-time high of £477 across the month, the report said, an increase of £28 on 2022. The research noted a 2%…

New mother Osaka makes winning return in Brisbane – Beating Germany’s Tamara Korpatsch 6-3 7-6(9) Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka felt the nerves but looked solid on her return to elite tennis after 15 months out as she got past Germany’s Tamara Korpatsch 6-3 7-6(9) in the first round of the Brisbane International on Monday (January 1). The 26-year-old from Japan last competed on tour at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo in September 2022 and had her first child, daughter Shai, in July before stepping up her preparations for the Jan. 14-28 Australian Open. Osaka displayed no signs…