Category: World
Australian goldminer to pay Mali $160m to free detained CEO and executives
An Australian goldmining company has agreed to pay $160m ($A247m, £126m) to Mali’s government after the west African country’s junta detained its chief executive and [more…]
Ed Sheeran: I wish I wasn’t on 40th-anniversary version of Band Aid
Ed Sheeran has said he would rather not be on the forthcoming 40th-anniversary version of Band Aid charity single Do They Know It’s Christmas?, aligning [more…]
X-rays show shrapnel and bullets buried in children caught in Sudan war
A series of X-rays showing a piece of shrapnel buried deep inside a 20-month-old girl’s head and a bullet embedded in an 18-month-old boy’s chest [more…]
Migrant rights advocate held in Tunisia under anti-terrorist investigation
Tunisian anti-terrorist investigators are handling the case of a leading advocate for migrants who has been taken into custody, in what the head of a [more…]
Nigeria celebrates victory over South African rivals with Miss Universe runner-up
Beauty queen Chidimma Adetshina’s second place in this year’s Miss Universe competition was not only an occasion for Nigerians to rejoice at their highest ever [more…]
Keir Starmer promises Ukraine will be ‘top of the agenda’ at G20
Ukraine will be “top of the agenda” this week at a meeting of leaders from the world’s most powerful economies, Keir Starmer has pledged, though [more…]
First known US case of person infected with new mpox strain reported
US health officials reported Saturday the first known case of a person infected with the new mpox strain in the country. The person acquired mpox [more…]
Argentina seeks arrests of 61 rightwing rioters from Brazil
Argentina has ordered the arrest of 61 Brazilian citizens for participating in the 2023 storming of government buildings in Brasília by supporters of the far-right [more…]
Rescuers search for survivors after building collapses in Tanzania, killing at least one
Rescuers were using their bare hands, drills and sledgehammers to reach dozens of people trapped under a building that collapsed in the centre of Tanzania’s [more…]
Student kills eight in mass stabbing in China after failing exams
Eight people were killed and 17 others injured when a 21-year-old former student went on a stabbing spree at a vocational college in China’s eastern [more…]
