Japan: host city Tokyo unveils World Athletics Championship medals/in /by
The championships are set to take place in September 2025 and are exactly 100 days away. Tokyo has now unveiled the medal designs for the winners of the sports competition.
Trump deploys National Guard to Los Angeles immigration protests/in /by
Hundreds of people have been protesting immigration arrests in Los Angeles since Friday. Late on Saturday, US president Donald Trump then announced deploying federalised National Guard troops despite objections from California's governor.
I took a 7-day trip from Paris to Istanbul on Europe’s newest transcontinental train/in /by
This luxurious slow train might just be the best new way to see Europe.
Rwanda quits ECCAS amid tensions with DRC/in /by
Kigali announced on Saturday that it would leave the Economic Community of Central African States following tensions with DRC over the presidency of the organisation, for which it was Rwanda's turn. The rotational presidency has been given to Equatorial Guinea for another year.
Desperate Palestinians queue for food at soup kitchen during Eid al-Adha/in /by
The population of the Gaza Strip has been battling acute food insecurity for months as Israeli refusals to let humanitarian aid deliveries pass the border left the small territory without access to food. While some aid trucks have since been allowed into the Gaza Strip, distribution is slow.
Novak Djokovic says that he might have played last match at Roland Garros/in /by
The world-renowned tennisman lost to Italian and current world number one Jannik Sinner in the semi-finals of the tournament.
Botswana cuts back on diamond production amid weak global demand/in /by
Botswana is one of the world's biggest diamond producers, and the biggest by value. But the country's economy has been struggling as global demand for diamonds has fallen in recent years.
Sudan faces rapidly-spreading cholera outbreak, 1000 daily cases in capital/in /by
War-ravaged Sudan is battling a cholera outbreak that could spread rapidly across the country, as health experts fear. And without a working sanitation system and most hospitals out of order, the country is ill-prepared for the influx of patients.
In a bid to aid its economy, Lebanon hopes to return to golden age of tourism/in /by
Once known as the "Riviera of the Middle East", Lebanon lost its status as popular tourist destination when it became caught in the throes of war and decades of instability gnawed away its international relations. Now, the country aims to rebuild what it lost and help its ailing economy.
Ghana ends support to Western Sahara, backs Moroccan autonomy plan instead/in /by
Accra announced on Thursday that it would endorse Morocco's autonomy plan for the disputed region, ending several decades of recognition of the independence-seeking Sarahwi Arab Democratic Republic.