[Vanguard] Three African countries: Egypt, Morocco, and South Africa have earned spots among the world's top-ranked countries in the 2024 Best Countries Rankings, published by U.S. News & World Report in collaboration with the Wharton School of the University of
[New Era] Walvis Bay -- Walvis Bay Salt Holdings has strengthened its foot hold in Africa after shifting away from the United States (US) market following fresh tariffs introduced earlier this year by US president Donald Trump.
[Nile Post] Exports of all types of coffee from Africa surged by 33.3% in May 2025 to reach 2.33 million bags, up from 1.75 million bags in the same period last year, according to the latest Coffee Market Report released by the International Coffee Organisation (ICO).
[ENA] Addis Ababa, -- The African Union (AU) is recognizing the continent's youth persistent unemployment crisis and officials called for bold actions to address Africa's employment challenges through industrialization and innovation.
An employee of G8 Education, one of Australia's largest private childcare operators, was charged with child rape.
The European Commission is inviting citizens and stakeholders to provide feedback on the CO2 emission performance standards for new cars and vans and the Car Labelling Directive. With the launch of this public consultation, the Commission is accelerating preparations for the
It'll never be the same without that melting plastic smell.
The announcement came after the Grok AI chatbot gave controversial answers to user queries.
Not only is the photo old, it's been cropped, with the original showing children waving both the Palestinian and Israeli flags.
The BRICS group of nations has just concluded its 17th annual summit in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. But, despite member states adopting a long list of commitments covering global governance, finance, health, AI and climate change, the summit was a lackluster affair.
CPI inflation climbed into the green for the first time since January, although producer prices remain in deflationary territory.
Workers dismissed in Belgium after the closure of chip manufacturer BelGaN are set to benefit from EU support through the European Globalization Adjustment Fund (EGF). The €930,000 proposal, adopted today, would support 417 people in returning to employment. The funding will
Unfortunately they're the RTX 5060 Ti 8GB models, but a miracle is a miracle.
Armed assailants abducted three Indian men from their place of work in Mali last week.
The reptile weighed around 300kg.
A 3p rise in free school meals funding is "almost an insult", school caterers organisation LACA says.
The growing pressure regarding a potential stop-the-clock mechanism is problematic, they say.
Scientists identified new types of cancer linked to Epstein-Barr virus, which most people have been infected with at some point in their lives.
Mass lobby in Westminster is kicked off with giant image on cliffs of Dover stating ‘89% of people want climate action’ More than 5,000 people from across the UK arrived in Westminster on Wednesday to meet their MPs and demand urgent climate action to protect their communities.
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Donald Trump reportedly told Germany to sell one of its Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine. But can Berlin increase its military support to Kyiv as Russia intensifies aerial attacks?
The Commission has published the fourth Environmental Implementation Review. It supports environmental enforcement and raises awareness about the importance of EU environmental rules to ensure prosperity, competitiveness and environmental security in the European Union. This
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on July 9 urged South-east Asian countries to “act with purpose” and enhance trade among each other in the face of global uncertainty, as regional foreign ministers met amid renewed jitters over US trade tariffs.
WASHINGTON - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump focused on efforts to free hostages held in Gaza, and stressed his determination to \"eliminate\" the military and governmental capabilities of Hamas.
TOKYO — As if Japan’s economy weren’t having a rotten enough 2025, Donald Trump just upped the pressure exponentially with a 25% tariff. The same day Tokyo got disastrous news from Washington, data showed that real wages in Japan fell the fastest in 20 months in May. The 2.9%
Vu Van Vuong said he committed the murders because he wanted to free his family from poverty.
The ECR group has split, with Polish and Romanians promoting the motion of censure and Italians defending the Commission.
British star Josh O’Connor dons a cowboy hat and heads to Colorado in Max Walker-Silverman’s tender drama “Rebuilding,” alongside Meghann Fahy (“The White Lotus”), Kali Reis (“True Detective: Night Country”) and Lily LaTorre. “I really love that man,” Walker-Silverman tells
[IPS] United Nations -- A coalition of UN staff unions, led by the 60,000-strong Coordinating Committee of International Staff Unions and Associations (CCISUA), has written to UN member states criticizing the UN80 reform process as "incoherent and lacking strategy".
[UN News] The UN's flagship platform on artificial intelligence opened in Geneva on Tuesday, launching four days of high-level dialogue, cutting-edge demonstrations and urgent calls for inclusive AI governance. The event comes as autonomous and generative systems evolve faster
[The Conversation Africa] Ten years ago, the world committed itself to keeping global warming well below 2°C (and preferably below 1.5°C) above the pre-industrial era. This would be done by reducing greenhouse gas emissions significantly by 2030 and ending all human-caused
[Chatham House] A lunch at the White House with an unexpected group of African leaders shows Trump's policy on Africa is active, opportunistic and shaped by personal relationships.
[The Conversation Africa] African food systems face daunting challenges in the face of climate change. They must ensure fair access to food for residents of Africa's growing cities and create decent jobs where workers and small businesses get a fair share of earnings. Food
[ISS] As armed groups shift away from direct confrontations with the military, commercial drones are increasingly used to carry out attacks.
The number of new rural content creators has soared 52 per cent on Douyin over the past year.
Lulu Simon claimed Gere had promised to "take care of the land" when he bought the property
But with no other improvements, these still aren't looking like a gamer CPU of choice.
Monday’s demonstrations, which were met with police roadblocks preventing access to downtown Nairobi, were planned to coincide with the 35th anniversary of the historic Saba Saba pro-democracy protests.
SYDNEY - Australia is “urgently seeking more detail” on U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to raise tariffs up to 200% on pharmaceutical imports, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Wednesday.
A ‘silent killer’, the June to July heatwave is estimated to have claimed many more lives than the Valencia floods last year.
Heat caused 2,300 deaths across 12 cities, of which 1,500 were down to climate crisis, scientists say Planet-heating pollution tripled the death toll from the “quietly devastating” heatwave that seared Europe at the end of June, early analysis covering a dozen cities has found,
Trump’s renewed tariff threats hit some of the closest U.S. allies. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba described the developments as “deeply regrettable.”
A four-day birthday bash is rolling out for Thailand’s biggest celebrity.
A hit Chinese game lets players turn the tables on love scams. Critics say it goes too far by portraying women as schemers.
Catherine Hardwicke opens up about how male and female directors are treated differently.