Cityscape and Tokyo Tower at sunset, Tokyo, Japan. © Marco Bottigelli | Moment | Getty Images Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 1.5% to a fresh record, after closing at an all-time high Monday. The Topix also added 0.73% to hit a record high. Broader Asia-Pacific markets also opened higher, tracking Wall Street gains, led by…
Emergency personnel are responding to the partial collapse of an apartment building in New York City on Wednesday morning. Shortly after 8:00 a.m. ET, an incinerator shaft collapsed at the public housing apartment building on Alexander Avenue in the Bronx, NYC Deputy Mayor Kaz Daughtry wrote on X. A preliminary investigation suggests some type of…
Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar delivered another masterclass on Sunday, retaining his men’s elite road race crown at the 2025 UCI Road World Championships in Kigali, Rwanda. Launching a decisive solo attack 66 kilometers from the finish, the 26-year-old powered away on the punishing 267.5-kilometre course, which featured 5,475 meters of climbing and the cobbled roads of…
Every September, the world’s leaders descend on New York for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Lofty speeches fill the halls, cameras flash, and declarations are signed with solemn ceremony. Yet for too many in Africa, these moments leave a bitter aftertaste. Grand promises made in New York rarely translate into tangible change in Nairobi,…
What would it look like to compress more than four decades of technological upheaval into a few minutes of animated bars jostling for dominance? At first glance, these are just numbers sliding across a screen; look deeper, and they tell the story of how we live, work and play with technology. This video, by Wolf…
Caio QueroHead of BBC News Brasil Getty Images Brazil’s ex-president has been convicted of plotting a coup In September 2018, as Jair Bolsonaro campaigned in the south-eastern city of Juiz de Fora, a 40-year-old man pushed through the crowd and stabbed the presidential candidate in the stomach. Images of Bolsonaro doubled over in pain, wearing…
The city skyline of Lujiazui Shanghai Center in China, on March 13, 2024. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets rose Wednesday, tracking gains on Wall Street, as hopes for a rate cut by the Federal Reserve rose, while investors also assessed August inflation data from China. Consumer prices in China fell 0.4%…
The consumer price of wireless internet shows a 1% increase over a three-year period. South Africans are paying only slightly more for wireless internet services today than they did in 2022, with the Competition Commission’s first Cost of Living Report showing a modest 1% increase in wireless internet usage costs between 2022 and 2025. The…
As billions continue to breathe polluted air that causes more than 4.5 million premature deaths every year, UN climate experts on Friday highlighted how damaging microscopic smoke particles from wildfires play their part, travelling halfway across the world. “Air quality respects no boundaries,” said Lorenzo Labrador, Scientific Officer at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). “The…
By 2024, Rwanda had generated more than 1.6 million carbon credits—enough to offset millions of tons of carbon dioxide globally. This milestone, coupled with an ambitious portfolio of climate projects, has positioned Rwanda as a frontrunner in East Africa’s carbon diplomacy. While neighbours such as Kenya and Uganda have advanced renewable energy and conservation, Rwanda…
