2023

The last surviving Frenchman to participate in the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944 died Monday aged 100, local authorities said.

Vietnam has banned Warner Bros’ highly-anticipated film “Barbie” from domestic distribution over a scene featuring a map that shows China’s unilaterally claimed territory in the… Read More »Vietnam bans ‘Barbie’ movie over controversial South China Sea map

Germany’s far-right AfD notched up another first Sunday when its candidate was elected a full-time town mayor, in a further boost for the anti-immigration party.

Yaya Toure, Efan Ekoku and Gabriel Zakuani debate all things African football in a new podcast starting Monday 3 July.

An international office to probe Russia over its invasion of Ukraine opens on Monday in The Hague in the first step towards a possible tribunal… Read More »🔴 Live: International office investigating Russian invasion of Ukraine opens in The Hague

France’s mayors have called on the public and elected officials to gather at town halls across the country on Monday in a show of mass… Read More »🔴 Live: France’s mayors call for public to mobilise against riots

The fashion world is on edge as haute couture week kicks off on Monday in Paris, which has seen nights of violent riots over the… Read More »Haute couture week kicks off in Paris amid violent riot fears

The Israeli army said Monday it was striking targets in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin in an “extensive counterterrorism effort” that the Palestinian… Read More »Israeli army strikes West Bank, Palestinians say one killed

Two massive reforms are aimed at improving Nigeria’s dilapidated universities – but will they work?

Popular Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko called on the public to “come out en masse” on the eve of a speech in which President Macky… Read More »Opposition leader urges Senegalese to ‘come out en masse’ ahead of president’s speech