2023

A senior lawmaker announced the decision after a public outcry over plans to spend $6m on the yacht.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Thursday for a “united, sustained, global response” to artificial intelligence (AI) threats, as world leaders met in Britain to discuss… Read More »UN chief Guterres calls for ‘united’ response to AI threats at UK summit

Russian journalist Elena Kostyuchenko has survived a poisoning attempt and managed to evade a Chechen hit squad, but the attempts on her life have not… Read More »‘People are resisting’: Russian journalist Elena Kostyuchenko on Ukraine, Putin and being poisoned

After more than 600 days since the Russian invasion, psychics and fortune tellers offering predictions on when the war will end are becoming increasingly popular… Read More »‘Unbearable uncertainty’: Ukrainians turn to psychics to know when war will end

A Tanzanian student tells the BBC how a timetable change stopped him being taken hostage with his friends.

Thursday the 2nd November marks the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. The date was chosen as it also marks the death… Read More »RFI reporters murder anniversary marks Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists

Police inflicted “big blows to the head” of Joe Ajaero and detained him, trade union officials say.

As Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza rages on, the other part of the Palestinian Territories, the West Bank, is also witnessing deadly violence in… Read More »‘We’re fighting for our land’: West Bank Palestinians decry deadly Israeli raids

It is a year since a peace deal was agreed to end the bloody conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.

South Africans remain in celebration mode as their rugby team embarks on a four-day tour.