2024

The prime minister of the landlocked country has said that sea access was an existential question.

The year 2024 may have only just begun but it looks set to be an action-packed one. With a number of pivotal political, environmental, cultural… Read More »A lookahead for 2024: US elections, Paris Olympics, COP 29 and more

Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday struck down a key component of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul, a decision that threatens to reopen the… Read More »Israel’s top court strikes down key legal reform in blow to Netanyahu

Former world champion cyclist Rohan Dennis has been charged in connection with the death of his wife, Olympic cyclist Melissa Hoskins, Australian media said Monday.… Read More »World champion cyclist Rohan Dennis charged over death of wife, Olympian Melissa Hoskins

Chad’s transitional president General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno on Monday appointed a former leading opposition leader, who recently returned from exile, as prime minister. 

Since its launch in 2018, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has inched closer to the sun with each passing year, shedding light on key solar processes.… Read More »Nasa’s Parker mission poised for solar ‘landing’ in 2024

Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus was convicted on Monday of violating Bangladesh’s labour laws in a case decried by his supporters as politically motivated.

In Israel as elsewhere, people rang in the new year on Sunday night, but the proceedings were markedly more muted than in previous years, given… Read More »Israel marks muted New Year celebrations against backdrop of Gaza war

The future of Kylian Mbappe and his protracted courtship by Real Madrid is expected to be the key theme of the transfer window that opens… Read More »French football star Kylian Mbappé’s future to dominate transfer window

Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet breaks the women’s world 5km record at the Cursa dels Nassos road race in Barcelona.