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US polls: Barack and Michelle Obama endorse Kamala Harris

Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris in her White House bid, giving the vice president the expected but still crucial backing of the nation’s two most popular Democrats.

95 Libyan nationals arrested in South Africa

National police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said in a post on the social media site X that the Libyans stated they had entered the country on study visas to train as security guards, but police investigations suggest they have received military training.

Olympic flagbearer Gauff ‘nervous’ of meeting LeBron

Reigning US Open champion Coco Gauff will be competing in her first ever Olympics when she takes to the courts at Roland Garros in Paris during the Olympic Games.

Activists demand action to tackle the global food crisis

"We're talking about the empty plates, and we are using these to symbolize people around the world, 733 million people that are not having food, they are having an empty plate," activist Paul Newnham said Thursday (Jul. 25).

France buses migrants and homeless out of Paris for Olympics

Carrying backpacks and small children, hundreds of people sleeping on the streets of Paris climbed aboard buses surrounded by armed police on Thursday, the latest group of migrants and homeless people to be driven out of the city ahead of the opening c...

France’s rail network paralysed by ‘malicious’ arson attacks

France's high-speed train network was paralysed by arson attacks on Friday, just hours before the Paris Olympics opening ceremony is due to take place on Friday evening.

South Africa appoints first woman Chief Justice

Her term is due to start on Sept. 1, when she will replace Chief Justice Raymond Zondo as the head of the apex Constitutional Court.

Sudan’s agriculture minister denies the country is experiencing famine

Sudan's Agriculture Minister, Abubakr al-Bushra, denied that there is a famine in the country, challenging U.N. reports that 755,000 people are facing severe hunger.

Tunisia: pro-Saied demonstrations held, alongside counter-protest

Hundreds of supporters of President Kais Saied demonstrated in the Tunisian capital Tunis on Thursday, coinciding with the country's Republic Day.

World leaders warned Olympic ideal threatened by racism, war

Senegal president Diomaye Faye told an Olympic summit of leaders on Thursday that sport can longer allow hate speech and xenophobia to become accepted