India confirms first case of deadlier mpox strain
India has confirmed its first case of a deadlier strain of mpox, which has raised alarm among health officials around the world over the rapid pace of its spread. The…
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This Nigerian company wants to be the Airbnb of car rentals
Money is often tight for university students, but for Chinazom Arinze, a limited income was an opportunity that sparked a business venture. While studying law at Babcock University, in Nigeria,…
Hezbollah is not Hamas. Can Israel afford another all-out war?
After nearly a year of fighting in Gaza, Israel is ramping up hostilities with Hezbollah in Lebanon, with covert operations targeting communications devices and a ferocious bombing campaign that has…
China fires ICBM into Pacific Ocean in first such public test in decades as regional tensions flare
China says it successfully fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, a rare public test that comes amid growing tensions with the United States and its regional…
Israeli military says it intercepted missile from Lebanon near Tel Aviv in rare attack
A missile fired from Lebanon was intercepted near Israel’s economic center Tel Aviv on Wednesday, Israel’s military said, in a rare attack far from the front lines of the conflict with…
Images show Russia’s new Sarmat missile suffered major test failure, researchers say
Russia appears to have suffered a “catastrophic failure” in a test of its Sarmat missile, a key weapon in the modernization of its nuclear arsenal, according to arms experts who…
Police arrest five people over fake Brad Pitt scam after two women lost $362,000
Police in Spain have arrested five people accused of scamming two women out of 325,000 euros ($362,000) by pretending to be Hollywood star Brad Pitt online. Ten other people were…
The left won France’s election, but its new government will be at the mercy of the far right
Since French President Emmanuel Macron’s explosive gamble to dissolve parliament before the summer, rumors have swirled over how the newly divided National Assembly would be represented in the administration. Finally, Macron has revealed his cabinet – led…
‘Turning my life into something people can watch, pains me’: Wole Soyinka on having his memoir made into a movie
Wole Soyinka became the first Black African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, and is now one of the continent’s most revered authors. But two decades earlier,…
Israeli strikes cause deadliest day in Lebanon in nearly 2 decades. Here’s what we know
Israel launched an intense barrage of airstrikes across swathes of Lebanon on Monday in what was the deadliest day for the country since at least the 2006 war fought between…