Viktor Orbán’s bid to make his new far-right alliance the third force in the European Parliament reaches its climax this week – but whether the group will be able to wield clout in the Parliament remains moot.
Despite the EPP's push for a specific health committee in the new European Parliament, the proposal is resisted by other political groups and stakeholders.
The studio has struggled over the past five years, as companies struggle to transition to streaming.
No date has been set, but the Thai government estimates their closure will increase foreign visitors' spending by 570 baht per person, per trip.
[Mastercard Foundation] Kampala, Uganda -- Children's Rights and Violence Prevention Fund (CRVPF), and gnuGrid CRB, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, have extended their partnership for the Empowering Youth Through Data and Community Development (EYDCD) program.
Swathes of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh have been inundated in recent days, killing scores of people.
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[VOA] Geneva -- Thousands of refugees and migrants who risk their lives on dangerous land routes across the African continent are subject to violence, abuse and exploitation, according to a report released Friday by the U.N. Refugee Agency, International Organization for
[VOA] Harare, Zimbabwe -- The U.N. and the African Union are urging countries on the continent to invest in natural disaster insurance because conditions like droughts, cyclones, diseases and floods are becoming more frequent with climate change.
[DW] Despite their dwindling influence, Western countries continue investing in Africa. But Russia, China and others have been catching up. Is Africa finally able to dictate its own terms in attracting foreign investment?
Teeming with artists and energy, the XVI annual UCCN conference seeks to improve cultural life across the globe. But did you know it existed?
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Russian troops invading Ukraine’s Kharkiv region are short of food and water, Ukrainian soldiers say, citing intercepted communications and interrogations of POWs.
A new study has found that TikTok’s search suggestions contained toxic language towards women and minorities in Finland.
This week, investors will closely monitor the market reactions to the French election in Europe. Additionally, both China and the US are set to release their Consumer Price Index (CPI) data, providing insights into the inflation trajectory of the world's two largest economies.
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Now that Shari Redstone has signed on the dotted line to sell her father’s media empire to Skydance and RedBird Capital, what future awaits? The vision for a combined Skydance – tech scion David Ellison’s production entity behind franchises like “Mission: Impossible” – and
[Africa Renewal] Celebrating the World Kiswahili Language Day that is marked on 7 July annually
[The Conversation Africa] When it comes to accurately diagnosing a disease, you might think you need expensive, high-tech machinery and equipment capable of looking deep beneath the skin at what's going on in the body. But while these high-tech implements certainly are
[Afropop] On June 26, Seun Kuti and Damian Marley released "Dey" -jazzy, funky, and indicative of the sound that defined Nigerian star Fela Kuti's Afrobeat.
After months of talks, Paramount Global and Skydance Media officially announced a deal to merge Sunday night. Shari Redstone, non-executive chair of Paramount Global and its controlling shareholder through National Amusements Inc., addressed the pact in a memo to employees, as
There was relief among many left-wing voters after they were projected to get the most seats in France’s lower house of parliament, but some are worried about whether the alliance will be able to stay together.
Worst fears of a far-right takeover may not have come to pass, but French politics could now find itself in unprecedented chaos.
Hezbollah said its fighters sent 'multiple, successive squadrons of drones to target' a reconnaissance centre on Jabal Al-Sheikh in the occupied Golan Heights.
Families of the people who died on the flights five years ago have criticised it as a "sweetheart deal".
The left-wing New Popular Front coalition was the surprise winner of Sunday's snap legislative elections in France with Macron's centrist coalition coming in second.
The lifting of a long-held ban has angered conservationists, but others argue trophy hunting can support local economies and even help protect threatened species In the borderlands of Tanzania and Kenya, the “super tuskers” roam. A combination of old age, genetic pooling and
Up on the "roof of the world," one of the world's largest ecosystem restoration projects is taking place. The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) in western China is the world's highest plateau and covers a land area roughly five times the size of France.
A sense of vulnerability and anxiety prompted by the rise of populist, far-right factions around the world looms over the upcoming NATO summit in Washington.