Africa: South Africa's Anti-Immigration Movement Raises the Stakes On Social Media
[ISS] Vigilante videos, AI-generated content and Mandela-linked framing are fuelling millions of mentions and xenophobic sentiment.
[ISS] Vigilante videos, AI-generated content and Mandela-linked framing are fuelling millions of mentions and xenophobic sentiment.
[allAfrica] Across Africa last year, fewer people were uncertain about their ability to obtain adequate food or were forced to reduce the quality and quantity of what they ate. It was the first continent-wide improvement in food insecurity in a decade. The Hunger rate declined
Paradise City Sales has boarded worldwide sales on Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Gharaei’s latest feature, “Falling House” which is set to world premiere in the Horizons section at the Venice Film Festival. “Falling House” marks his follow up to “Blockage,” a 2017 drama that
Avatar: Legends already plays like Marvel vs. Capcom, so its only logical sequel would pit Aang and Korra against Jake Sully and the Na’vi.
Physician-scientists hold a unique role in the medical field. They balance patient care with conducting research. Physician-scientists spend much of their time in laboratories performing experiments to drive innovation across a wide range of medical treatments. But their
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The veteran band’s latest album is an at times thrilling, often inscrutable, sometimes straight-up bizarre addition to the band’s story
Senate Majority Leader John Thune has been frank about the rocky road the reconciliation effort faces and careful not to guarantee he’ll be successful.
You don’t have to hit hard to win pickleball — that’s the chief lesson to be taken from “The Dink,” a sports comedy titled for the dainty signature shot of the fast-growing racket sport, and it’s one that Josh Greenbaum’s film takes to heart with its own softball comic style.
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[allAfrica] It is time for Africa to transition to sustainable health financing and turn commitments into action
Houthi rebels in Yemen said Thursday they struck a pair of Saudi Arabian oil tankers in the Red Sea, the first known attack since the group announced a blockade of Saudi ships attempting to go through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait earlier this week. The Houthis said they hit the
A massive fire in Norway has destroyed more than 100 homes and forced hundreds of people to evacuate. As the blaze spread, posts on social media began linking it to claims that Oslo had banned imports of Israeli settlement products. The Cube investigates.
[The Point] The Gambia has called for a stronger and more coordinated African security framework, with Interior Minister Abdoulie Sanyang warning that emerging threats facing the continent require collective action, intelligence cooperation and practical solutions beyond
[The Point] "Africa's development cannot be outsourced. Sustainable development must ultimately be financed through domestic resources mobilised by strong and effective institutions," says Gambia Revenue Authority Commissioner General Yankuba Darboe, who set the tone for the
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The African Union (AU)'s Director of Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment, Hersen Nyambe, stated on Wednesday (22,) in Luanda, that the continent's blue economy currently generates over 298 billion dollars in annual value, with projections pointing to USD
Reception centres open to thousands of evacuees after blaze begins in pine forest 45km west of Bordeaux Europe live – latest updates More than 20,000 people, including thousands of tourists from campsites and other holiday accommodation, have been evacuated as a “particularly
[Nyasa Times] Airtel Africa Plc has recorded a strong start to its 2026/27 financial year, with revenue climbing 31% on the back of rising customer demand for data and mobile money services, the company has announced.
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The level of inequity experienced by young people with disability has remained largely unchanged since the turn of the century, according to new research led by Flinders University. Using data from the Household, Income and Labor Dynamics in Australia Survey (HILDA),
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have captured one of the clearest views yet of how an early supermassive black hole may grow within a network of young galaxies. The compact active galaxy, seen just a billion years after the Big Bang, lies beside a
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Hits like “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” and “Michael” helped lift Imax’s second quarter earnings. During the three-month period ending in June, the big screen provider’s revenues increased 12% to $102.8 million, while net income improved 30% to $15.9 million. Imax recorded
The Venice Film Festival has suffered its steepest decline in female representation in five years, with just one woman director selected for this edition’s main competition. It marks a dramatic fall from the six female filmmakers in last year’s edition, which saw Kaouther Ben
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Michelle Zhou’s debut feature “Big Little Things” has landed backing from Hong Kong-based Moebius Entertainment, which will handle worldwide sales and festival representation after the Hong Kong-U.S. co-production earned a berth in the Horizons section of the 83rd Venice Film
Microsoft has also been accused of immediately cutting off access to group benefits health insurance by a group of Bethesda Montreal employees.
Long assumed to be an issue exclusively of the left, it is a top issue of concern among Republican voters.
July 23 - Ebola has now killed more than 1,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, official figures show, as medics struggle to contain an outbreak amid militant violence, attacks on clinics and widespread shortages.
Heretic has acquired world rights to Jelena Maksimović’s fiction feature debut “Until the Day Ends,” set against the backdrop of Serbia’s student protests. The film will celebrate its world premiere as part of Venice’s Horizons section in September. The film follows Lena (Lena
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In today's issue: ▪ Trump plows forward with tariffs ▪ Johnson on a roll ahead of recess ▪ DNC panel meets on primary calendar ▪ Cyclospora outbreak reaches new record The Trump administration is moving full steam ahead on imposing tariffs as an economic cudgel around the
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When it comes to protecting livestock from devastating diseases, simply telling people what to do may not be enough. A new review led by a researcher from the University of Vermont and collaborators from two institutions in Australia suggests that improving farm biosecurity
New Europe Film Sales has acquired the animated film “Moonfish” by Daniel Zvereff, starring Morgan Spector (“The Gilded Age,” “Homeland”) and Lucy Liu (“Kill Bill,” “Charlie’s Angels”). The film will be screened in the Biennale College section at the 83rd Venice Intl. Film
British actress Emily Watson will serve as jury president at the 32nd instalment of the Bosnian film festival in August.
Past US presidents insisted that Saudi Arabia normalise relations with Israel in exchange for nuclear technology.
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Despite a stacked season of anime, the release of Jujutsu Kaisen season 3 on Netflix this July is hard to ignore with incredible spectacle.
In January 2025, the Trump administration announced a 90-day freeze on all United States government (USG) foreign aid, which subsequently became a permanent shutdown of USAID in July 2025. New research finds that the abrupt cessation of foreign aid disrupted health and
Ukraine is now dealing the decisive blow that may win the global war that much of the Western world still fails to recognize is being waged against it.
“The Carr family took in Steven Judy, hoping to ‘save’ a troubled teen. They didn’t know he would become one of the most hated men in America.”
Spanish-language media giant TelevisaUnivision said it posted a loss in the second quarter despite a swell of revenue from its rights to air the World Cup in Mexico, a sign of the challenges the company, formed from the combination of Univision in the U.S. and Grupo Televisa in
MPs turned pastors, town councillors, presidential candidates: Ivorian evangelicalism is putting down roots on the political field. A movement that cuts across party lines and raises questions about where spiritual calling ends and electoral ambition begins.
[Shabelle] Accra, Ghana -- Somalia has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening primary healthcare and building resilient health systems as African leaders gathered in Ghana for the African Union's 20th Extraordinary Summit on Health.
[Ghanaian Times] HEADS of State and Government, health ministers and experts, policy makers and development partners have met in Accra with a resolve to advance the continent's health agenda, focusing on ending AIDS and tuberculosis by 2030, reducing maternal mortality, and