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When Cape Verde walk onto the pitch for their first-ever FIFA World Cup match against Spain in Atlanta, Steven Moreira’s thoughts will not immediately be on the reigning European champions standing across from him. Instead, they will drift towards the stands, where his family will be watching a moment that once seemed unimaginable. For the…
A disciplined and courageous Cape Verde produced one of the biggest results in their football history by holding European champions Spain to a goalless draw in their opening Group H match at the FIFA World Cup 2026 in Atlanta on Monday. Making their first-ever appearance at the global showpiece, the Blue Sharks delivered a defensive…
New York — Drought, extreme heat, and heatwaves are the most prevalent trio of hazards endangering millions of children globally, according to new climate report Nearly half of the world’s children – or 1.1 billion – are now exposed to at least three overlapping climate hazards, threatening their health, education, and survival, according to a…
Rwanda has once again emerged as a promising place for entrepreneurs, with six local firms earning a place among the Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) 2026 Top 100 Entrepreneurs. They were selected from more than 24,000 applications across all 54 African countries. The 2026 edition of the competition, backed by the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba…
Thirteen nations participating in the FIFA World Cup have issued a joint statement expressing their “profound disappointment” over recent comments by UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin, who reportedly argued that the expanded tournament would produce “uninteresting” matches. Cape Verde, Curaçao, Uzbekistan, Congo, Haiti, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Ghana, Senegal, South Africa and Côte d’Ivoire said they…
Since 2020, more than 75 per cent of new power capacity added globally has come from renewable sources. PHOTO/FILE By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Scientists say the Earth is likely to shoot past a key global warming target within the decade, bringing the planet ever closer to a full-blown climate catastrophe. The good news? Several climate-friendly technologies – like…
Twenty-four years after Senegal’s historic upset over France in the opening match of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Les Bleus finally got their revenge with a 3-1 victory over the Lions of Teranga on Monday at MetLife Stadium in New York New Jersey. In front of nearly 82,000 spectators, the World Cup runners-up had to…
The world’s seas remain under pressure from a range of human-caused threats. PHOTO/PEXELS. By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT In the early 1970s, a trip to the beaches of Naples, Italy was a roll of the dice. The city’s coastal waters were so flush with sewage and industrial waste, that one summer nearly 20 per cent of Belgian and French…
The Netherlands and Japan battled to a captivating 2-2 draw in their opening Group F encounter at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, sharing the points after a pulsating second half. After a cagey first half saw both sides go into the break level at 0-0, the game exploded into life in the second period. Virgil…
Africa’s growing demand for aquatic foods creates a supply gap that sustainable aquaculture expansion could help close INFOGRAPHIC/AEN. By PATRICK MAYOYO The 2026 edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture, launched on Tuesday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) during the Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa, Kenya, finds that global production of…
