Hong Kong officials mark beginning of official mourning period with moment of silence Hong Kong officials have held a moment of silence at the start of a three-day mourning period to remember those killed after the city’s deadliest fire in nearly 80 years. At least 128 people are now known to have died in the…
Shanghai — A Chinese robot has stepped into the Guinness World Records after completing a three-day, 66-mile trek, the longest reported distance ever walked by a humanoid machine. The AgiBot A2, which stands about five feet and six inches tall, set off from the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou on the evening of November 10, traversing…
Brazil’s federal police arrested former President Jair Bolsonaro preemptively on Saturday, days before he was set to begin his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt, officials said. A close aide said the embattled former leader was taken to the police force headquarters in the capital, Brasilia, from his house arrest. The force said…
Armed men attacked a Catholic boarding school in northwestern region of Nigeria and abducted several schoolchildren and staff early Friday. It’s the latest in a spate of abductions in Africa’s most populous country and came just days after 25 schoolgirls were kidnapped in a neighboring state. The latest abduction comes as the country is facing scrutiny…
An unlikely coincidence of ballots, in a forty-five day period from the middle of September to the end of October, has cast a new light on the state of democratic governance in Africa Consensus is also growing around the urgent need for an independent, international investigation and accountability. Meanwhile, Tanzania’s young people prepare for nation-wide…
The US president sent mixed signals over his plans for Venezuela as his military build-up in the Caribbean continues. Published On 3 Nov 20253 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share President Donald Trump has sent mixed signals over the potential for a United States military intervention in Venezuela, as he…
Time’s running out. The Climate Media Awards close on Monday, 27 October 2025 with R130,000 in prizes for Africa’s top climate stories. If you’ve created content about how climate change is hitting your community, or what people are doing about it, this is your moment to enter. Here’s the thing: loads of people across Africa…
Sebastien Lecornu, France’s prime minister, during the handover ceremony at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, France, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images France’s new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has resigned just weeks after his appointment, plunging the country into a fresh political crisis. Lecornu, France’s fifth PM in less than…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza “in the coming days,” after Hamas said it has agreed to parts of the peace plan that President Trump outlined earlier this week. In a brief statement late Saturday, Netanyahu said he has sent a delegation to Egypt “to…
One hundred days into the presidency of Dr. Sidi Ould Tah, the African Development Bank stands at a defining moment. With an historic 76 percent mandate from shareholders, Dr. Tah has been entrusted to lead Africa’s premier development institution into a new era. His election reflects both confidence and expectation: confidence in his track record…
