Deadly rains that pummelled China’s capital in recent days were the heaviest since records began 140 years ago, Beijing’s weather service said on Wednesday, as… Read More »Cleanup operation under way as Beijing reels from ‘heaviest rainfall in 140 years’
Pope Francis plans to head to Portugal on Wednesday to open the first post-pandemic edition of World Youth Day, hoping to inspire the next generation… Read More »Pope Francis heads to Portugal for World Youth Day as church grapples with sex abuse scandal
South Africa can build towards hosting a “world-class” Commonwealth Games after 2026, the country’s Sports and Olympic Committee tells BBC Sport Africa.
Russian drones attacked port and grain storage facilities in the south of Ukraine’s coastal Odesa region in the early hours of Wednesday, setting some of… Read More »🔴 Live: Russian drone attacks target Kyiv and Odesa region port
Tunisian President Kais Saied has dismissed Prime Minister Najla Bouden, the first woman to lead a government in the North African country, according to a… Read More »Tunisian president fires Prime Minister Najla Bouden
The first of three planes carrying mostly French and European people evacuated from Niger landed in Paris early Wednesday, a week after a coup toppled… Read More »🔴 Live: First evacuation flight from Niger lands at Paris airport
Former Ivory Coast President Henri Konan Bédié, part of an old guard of politicians who dominated politics in the West African nation for a generation, has… Read More »Former Ivorian president Henri Konan Bédié has died at 89
Fitch downgraded the United States’ top-tier credit rating by a step on Tuesday, citing a growing federal debt burden and an “erosion of governance” that… Read More »US government angry after Fitch downgrades country’s credit rating
Regional leaders have threatened military action against the junta if it refuses to give up power.
Donald Trump was charged Tuesday in a Justice Department investigation into his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the run-up… Read More »Trump indicted for efforts to overturn results of 2020 presidential election
