After several years of steadily declining, the Australian dollar staged a meaningful recovery in 2025, culminating in a two-cent rally over the past month. Since the start of the year, the value of the Australian dollar has risen by more than 6% against the US dollar, reversing
A Brazilian study has confirmed that Joseph’s Coat, a plant used for generations in folk medicine, can significantly reduce inflammation and arthritis symptoms in lab tests. Researchers observed less swelling, healthier joints, and signs of tissue protection. Just as important,
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia is asserting itself as a major force in the Horn of Africa, leveraging its economic strength and strategic position to shape regional development and stability, according to Nebiyu Sihul, Director General of the Ethiopia's ruling Prosperity Party's
[RFI] Following a €70 million revamp, the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat will be the setting on Sunday night for the opening game of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, at which tournament hosts Morocco will take on Comoros.
Videos show the pair allegedly training in rural Australia and making statements in front of Islamic State flags
The case is part of a wider international movement seeking to hold major companies responsible for climate damage that imperils millions, especially in developing countries.
[This Day] The African Refiners and Distributors Association (ARDA), has said that the continent's crude oil consumption will surge from about 1.8 million barrels per day in 2024 to as much as 4.5 million barrels per day by 2050, positioning the continent's downstream energy
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has raised serious concern over a sharp surge in cholera cases across the continent, with reported infections more than doubling to over 310,000 cases in 2025.
Annual pay will grow by as much as 12 per cent to 5.9 million yen (S$48,500) from March 2026.
As the waters begin to recede across Sumatra, what lingers is something far colder than the floods that swept through Aceh, darker than the landslides in North Sumatra and more unsettling than the rubble left behind in West Sumatra at the close of 2025. It is the chill of
ZURICH, Dec 22 - A court in Switzerland has decided to admit a legal complaint linked to global warming against Swiss cement maker Holcim which alleges the company is doing too little to cut carbon emissions, parties to the case said on Monday.
HANOI, Dec 22 - Vietnam's ruling Communist Party will convene its 14th five-yearly congress on January 19-25 to select top leaders and set key targets until 2030.
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 - A Malaysian court on Monday denied a bid by jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his sentence at home, in the first of two key rulings the ex-premier faces this week over his role in the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal.
The grim conditions in Gaza exacerbate an already bleak status quo.
Eating full-fat cheese and cream may be associated with a lower risk of dementia, according to a large study that tracked people for more than 25 years. Those who consumed higher amounts of these foods developed dementia less often than those who ate little or none.
The Defense Ministry had conducted its own internal audits in August, September and October.
"The people I was most concerned about, the people that I had the deepest pain for, were my wife and my kids," he says. "Because my kids would see me sitting in a corner, you know, I couldn't even move."
[People's Dispatch] The severing of ties to the France-led judicial council, announced on December 15 as part of Burkina Faso's broader break from Françafrique.
[Afrobarometer] Predictors of financial access and implications for domestic capital mobilisation
Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, issued a statement with the top Ukrainian negotiator after discussing the latest peace plans.
Despite the rising number of cases, South Korea has no criminal standard for dating violence.
Well, it wasn’t very noble and it flinched at the last moment from sending the powerful political message that the situation warranted. But the European Union’s agreement to lend Ukraine 90 billion euros (US$105.5 billion) is nonetheless an important contribution to
Asean ministers hope to revive a ceasefire that was brokered with the help of US President Donald Trump.
A US official said the vessel was 'a sanctioned dark fleet vessel that is part of Venezuela’s illegal sanctions evasion.' The operation marks the second of its kind this weekend, and the third in less than two weeks.
After Vice President Vance slammed Minnesota state Sen. Omar Fateh (D) on Sunday, Fateh fired back, saying Vance “took time away from the couch to try out comedy.” Vance, during his speech at Turning Point’s AmericaFest in Phoenix, said that Democrats “are not sending their
The American attack on roughly 70 Islamic State targets on Saturday was an impressive display of power, but it is far from posing a challenge to the organization
The bus was headed from the capital Jakarta to Yogyakarta and was travelling at a "fairly high" speed, the head of a local rescue agency said.
The Jeju Air crash in December 2024 killed 179 people - the deadliest air disaster on South Korean soil.
President Trump named Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) as his special envoy to Greenland on Sunday, after the president repeatedly expressed interest in acquiring the autonomous territory earlier this year. Trump said on Truth Social that Landry “understands how essential
Senior officials are set to select candidates for the country's leadership positions for the next five years.
HANOI, Dec 22 - Senior officials of Vietnam's ruling Communist Party began a two-day meeting on Monday that is set to select candidates for the country's leadership positions for the next five years.
Her ratings are the highest for a Japanese prime minister in about two decades.
SEOUL, Dec 22 - South Korea's parliament passed a bill on Monday to launch an independent probe into the Jeju Air plane crash in December 2024 that killed 179 people in the deadliest air disaster on the country's soil.
The panel will investigate the possible causes of the crash.
Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Ca.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said Sunday that the House should hold Attorney General Pam Bondi in “inherent contempt” over the Department of Justice (DOJ) releasing an incomplete and heavily redacted tranche of files related to Jeffrey Epstein on Friday.
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US distillers face uncertainty after President Trump imposed tariffs on countries around the world.
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 - A Malaysian court on Monday dismissed jailed ex-premier Najib Razak's bid to serve the remainder of his sentence at home, saying a royal document allowing the move was invalid as it was not made according to procedure.
The Fulham midfielder will represent his birth country Nigeria in the competition featuring 24 nations.
The veteran character actress also showed up on television in everything from ‘Lou Grant’ and ‘Married … With Children’ to ‘Modern Family’ and ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm.’
The royal addendum order for Najib to serve house arrest is not valid because it was not deliberated on at the Pardons Board meeting in January last year, the judge ruled.
Nigerian authorities confirm the remaining students kidnapped from a Catholic school last month have been freed.
Najib was jailed for corruption in the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal.