ATHENS, Aug 5 - A 26-year old professional boxer from Afghanistan accused of killing a Scottish woman whose body was found in a suitcase in central Athens last month will appear in court on Wednesday, two police officials said.
[Nyasa Times] Malawi's state broadcaster was forced into an embarrassing climbdown on Tuesday after reporting that President Peter Mutharika was jetting off to South Africa on yet another mysterious "private visit" -- only to yank the story just hours later, sparking
Severe drought is disrupting energy and freight across Europe as low Rhine and Danube levels raise risks for supply chains and economic growth.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The U.S.-based Cable News Network (CNN) has spotlighted Ethiopia's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as one of Africa's most remarkable engineering achievements.
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola and the African Union's delegations met on Tuesday in Luanda to prepare for the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the continental organization on Strengthening Mechanisms for Conflict Prevention and Resolution.
One of the most shameful episodes in Hollywood’s history is being examined in a new retrospective to screen at the Locarno Film Festival: Red & Black: Hollywood Left and the Blacklist. Speaking to Variety, the retrospective’s curator, Ehsan Khoshbakht, speaks about the
France has one of the most energetic diplomatic agendas of any European power, but its long-established position in Africa has suffered heavily in recent years. Traditionally Paris concentrated on the French-speaking world, cultivating trade in West Africa and security
From the battlefields of Sudan and the DRC to protests in Kenya and xenophobic tensions in South Africa, the EFF argues that Africa’s crises are connected by a common thread. The party says the continent risks a new era of colonial domination unless it embraces Pan-African unity.
The Swedish-Danish writer-director talks shame, Greek mythology and building a love triangle that refuses easy answers, ahead of the film's Locarno premiere.
Magic realist love story “Chapa 100,” absurdist political allegory “A Vineyard for a Lobster” and cross-continental queer drama “Hibiscus by the River” look like some of the potential standouts at Locarno’s talent-deep, wide-ranging 2026 Africa-focused Open Doors, unspooling
Born in Granada in 1944 as José Antonio Carmona Carmona, he was part of the legendary Habichuela dynasty, one of flamenco's most influential families.
[Nile Post] Africa must take charge of HIV cure research or risk repeating past delays in accessing lifesaving medical innovations, the head of the Africa HIV Cure Consortium, Albert Machinda, has warned.
By Tala Ramadan and Kanishka Singh DUBAI/WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration had "very good discussions" with Iran during all-day negotiations on Tuesday, fuelling expectations of an imminent end to the five-month conflict. Oil
Unwanted clothes are reworked and donated by Dressability in Swindon instead of going to landfill.
The quake did not trigger a tsunami warning.
[This Day] Nigeria's leading carrier, Air Peace Limited, has expanded its regional footprint with the commencement of inaugural flight operations on the Lagos-Douala-Libreville route.
[SNA] Khartoum, 4 August 2026 (SUNA) - Sudan's Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union (AU) and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Al-Zain Ibrahim Hussein, met on Tuesday with AU Commission Chair Mahmoud Ali Youssouf and delivered an
Every few years, the hospitality industry returns to the same debate: reduce VAT, cut tax and save restaurants, writes Dev Biswal (pictured). A lower rate of VAT would undoubtedly help many businesses, but after operating restaurants every day I believe we are asking the wrong
A few months ago, crowds lined the 18th green at The Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, as 26-year-old American golfer Jacob Bridgeman secured his first PGA Tour victory at the 2026 Genesis Invitational. But the tournament wasn’t just drawing golf fans.
[African Arguments] The Winter Circus: A Memoir (2026) by Leo Zeilig is published by the Uganda-based Editor House Facility (EHF). A genre-defying work blending memoir, fiction, and political reflection, it explores what it means to live through personal and global crisis.
Testing aeroplane wastewater can detect circulating pathogens weeks earlier than traditional global pathogen surveillance allows, offering a potential early-warning tool for global outbreak preparedness, a US–UK pilot study found.
Taiwan ministries raided Chinese firms suspected of illegally recruiting workers and operating unlicensed offices.
Kyiv has in recent months urged allies to supply more US-made Patriot interceptors as Russia steps up its use of ballistic missiles more than four years into its full-scale invasion.
SEOUL, Aug 5 - South Korea will restart work on a railway section that could eventually link to North Korea's eastern city of Wonsan, the Unification Ministry said on Wednesday, reviving a project halted for a decade despite frozen relations with Pyongyang.
On July 1, China brought into force its Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, converting a decade of Xi Jinping’s doctrine of “forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation” into binding law. Most attention has gone to its domestic machinery: entrenching
Europe’s regenerative farmers are providing vital wildfire protection – but they need more support.
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Beijing's investment drive in Morocco and Turkey is opening new routes into the EU market, forcing Brussels to prepare its response. But its trade defence toolbox is increasingly struggling to keep pace.
NASA has presented Artemis III, its next step toward a Moon landing, as one of the most complex missions undertaken by the space agency. Luca Parmitano explains why and how he is preparing for it.
Japan’s search for a potential secondary capital is putting a spotlight on destinations beyond Tokyo. Here’s why these contenders are worth adding to your travel bucket list.
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it Can’t you leftists understand? Mass death is good for you. Reject the woke love of life! Welcome civilisational collapse! Watch it all burn, then
This week, we launched our third annual vote to honour nature’s unsung heroes. The Guardian’s natural history writer – and woodlouse fanboy – Patrick Barkham will be here from 4pm BST (11am EDT) to discuss this year’s poll and why we must celebrate the spineless Ask a question:
Over-the-counter treatments for cats and dogs contain chemicals that are banned in pesticides and pollute waterways Over-the-counter flea treatment for cats and dogs should be banned as millions of hazardous chemicals are unnecessarily applied to UK pets each year, a
Some 82 years after the mass murder of Roma and Sinti at Auschwitz-Birkenau, anti-Roma hate persists. Today’s Roma Holocaust Memorial Day (2 August) is a warning that Europe is still failing to turn the lessons of history into political reality, writes Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka
Abuja believes regulatory reform, indigenous operators and renewed deepwater investment can lift production towards 3m barrels a day. But ageing pipelines and terminals may prove harder to fix than the politics.
The honest answer to who homeschools in America is a lot of different people, for a lot of different reasons, with a lot of different results.
Emergency services issued a red alert, the most severe warning, after Central America's most active volcano erupted on Monday morning, with conditions intensifying by nightfall.
The star's show in Kentucky was pushed back due to "unforeseen circumstances"
The bond market has been pushing interest rates higher in recent weeks. Though the Federal Reserve Board’s Federal Open Market Committee kept the benchmark federal funds rate unchanged at its Aug. 28-29 meeting, it could well follow suit by year’s end. The policy statement the
Brasilia has requested the recall of Argentina’s ambassador and reduced diplomatic representation to Charge d'Affaires level as Argentine President Javier Milei called President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva a thief.
Russia has fired scores of North Korean ballistic missiles at Ukraine since late 2023.
Former prosecutor Christina Hines is projected to win the Democratic nomination for Michigan’s 10th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ, setting up a closely-watched battle against GOP nominee Mike Bouchard in November. Incumbent Rep. John James's (R-Mich.)
Elon Musk said during a call with financial analysts that people were "underestimating" his company.
After a six-year break between solo projects, the songwriter returns with Lost Weekend , a spectacular song cycle on love and loss
Increasingly erratic weather patterns due to climate change mean people are losing homes, crops and livestock As rain lashed the Pir Panjal mountains before dawn on 19 July, Haji Mohammad Latief stepped outside his home in Murrah, a remote mountain village in
Droughts that were once a century now happen every year, and the impact on wildlife, industrial output and culture itself is catastrophic Last week, 186 passengers had to be evacuated from the cruise ship Viking Ullur, after it ran aground on a sandbank in the Danube. Others
