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International shipping regulator urges industry to reduce carbon pollution/in /by
For years, the international shipping industry has been criticized for making little progress in reducing the carbon-belching pollution released by the vessels that move most of the cargo that people use every day, such as food, cars, clothes and many other things.
Mental health patients in Mali find their voice through theater/in /by
Koteba is a traditional form of theater practiced by Mali's largest ethnic group, the Bambara. It mixes acting, singing and dancing and is usually performed in villages as an outlet to work through problems and an open space for satire. Now psychiatrists are using it as a form of therapy
France: Revealed in the cinema, Abou Sangare still threatened with expulsion/in /by
"When I see Souleymane sitting at the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons, I put myself in his shoes, because I know what it's like to wait for your identity papers here in France, to be in this situation - the stress, the anxiety ,"...
IOC sets election timetable to succeed Thomas Bach/in /by
"This closed meeting will give IOC members the opportunity to hear from the seven candidates about their programmes ,"
Next Met Gala theme and celebrity chairs revealed/in /by
The theme of the next Met Gala and its celebrity chairs have been announced: Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton, Colman Domingo, A$AP Rocky and LeBron James will help the museum launch an exhibit examining Black style over the centuries.
China calls for foreign fighters to withdraw from Libya/in /by
In a Security Council session on Wednesday, China's deputy envoy to the UN said that the continued presence of external forces undermines Libya's political transition. Under the 2020 ceasefire agreement, all foreign forces were meant to be withdrawn within months, but few are believed to have left
Colombians of African descent march to support vice president/in /by
Crowds of protesters gathered in the Colombian capital on Wednesday, marching in support of the country's president and vice president after electoral authorities ruled in favour of investigating financial misconduct allegations against the pair's 2022 election campaign.
Africans recruited for Russian jobs say they were tricked into building Ukraine drones/in /by
To fill an urgent labour shortage in wartime Russia, the Kremlin has been recruiting women aged 18-22 from places like Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, South Sudan, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, as well as the South Asian country of Sri Lanka.
Death toll in Haiti brutal gang attack last week rises to 115/in /by
The death toll in a brutal gang attack last week on a small town in central Haiti has risen to at least 115, a local official said on Wednesday.
UN envoy urges South Sudan to ‘make transition extension count’/in /by
South Sudan’s leaders recently prolonged the mandate of the transitional government, pushing back elections by two years to December 2026