2023

Elon Musk’s start-up Neuralink on Thursday said it has gotten approval from US regulators to test its brain implants in people.

Sudan’s warring sides accused each other on Thursday of being behind breaches of the latest ceasefire that was negotiated by the US and Saudi Arabia,… Read More »Sudan’s warring sides trade blame for breach of ceasefire

The London hotel-owner was shot by a sniper, while his wife starved to death in their house.

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week.

As Turkey enters the final stretch to Sunday’s crunch presidential runoff, politicians are turning up the heat on migrants. In Istanbul’s immigrant neighbourhoods, the political… Read More »Migrants bear the brunt of rising nationalism ahead of Turkey’s presidential runoff

The founder of the far-right militant Oath Keepers Stewart Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Thursday for seditious conspiracy, the longest sentence imposed to… Read More »Oath founder sentenced to 18 years in prison in Jan. 6 sedition case

A car collided Thursday with the gates of Downing Street in central London, where the British prime minister’s home and offices are located, setting off… Read More »Man arrested after crashing into gates at Downing Street

Rent-a-bike users in the French capital found large anti-abortion stickers plastered on their bicycles on Thursday, sparking an outcry from the government.

The Cannes Film Festival delivered its first honours on Thursday with a historic prize for Malaysia’s “Tiger Stripes” while African movies continued to enjoy the… Read More »Cannes spotlights Cameroonian film: ‘It’s high time African stories influence world cinema’

One of the most wanted suspects in Rwanda’s genocide, a police officer suspected of orchestrating the killing of more than 2,000 people at a church… Read More »One of Rwanda’s most wanted genocide suspects arrested in South Africa