The TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup 2026/27 First Preliminary Round moves into its decisive return legs this weekend, with clubs across the continent battling to keep alive their hopes of reaching the group stage. Singida Black Stars, ASKO de Kara, ZED FC, Al Ahly Tripoli and El Kanemi Warriors are among the sides carrying commanding advantages…
A further 55,000 people have been evacuated from six towns in France, as wildfires which have caused devastation across the country pick up pace. The most recent evacuations took place in towns to the south of Bordeaux, in the Gironde region. Wildfires have raged across Europe over the past week, primarily France and Spain, where…
US secretary of state Marco Rubio. Eloisa Lopez/Reuters US secretary of state Marco Rubio has asked diplomats to push back against talk of a “kill switch” in American technology products following the White House’s short-lived decision to keep foreigners from the US’s most advanced AI models, according to a recent cable. The talking points, which…
A powerful winter storm sweeping across large parts of South Africa has caused widespread power outages, with the Western Cape worst affected after the South African Weather Service issued warnings for damaging winds and disruptive rainfall. Eskom said on Monday that heavy rain and flooding had left customers across the Cape Metro, Cape Winelands and…
The quarter-finals of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 bring together a collection of teams whose combined pedigree underlines the scale of the challenge ahead, with the eight remaining nations having collectively won the continental title 22 times. Seven of the eight quarter-finalists are former African champions, a level of historical concentration…
Russian forces pressed into Ukraine’s eastern towns of Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad during the past week as Kyiv’s military mounted a stout defence. On Tuesday, Ukraine’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskii said almost half of the battles on a 1,200km (745-mile) front were happening in the two towns, claiming Russia has committed 150,000 troops – almost a quarter…
