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Chimpanzee Beats Reveal Rhythmic Roots of Human Communication, New Study Finds/in /by
The findings now raise the possibility that the human capacity for rhythm—and by extension, music and language—may be deeply rooted in our evolutionary past.
Ivory Coast: Tidjane Thiam quits as opposition party leader/in /by
Thiam blamed 'judicial harrassment' for his decision to leave the presidency of the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire (PDCI). The party was due to meet on Monday to name an interim leader
Football: PSG defender Achraf Hakimi named top African player in French league/in /by
Hakimi won the Marc-Vivien Foé award on Sunday, ahead of Nice forward Evann Guessand, from Ivory Coast, and Senegalese midfielder Habib Diarra, who plays for Strasbourg.
Pope Leo XIV reopens sealed papal apartment but will he live there?/in /by
Pope Leo XIV has reopened the papal apartment, sealed since Pope Francis' death, raising questions about his approach to tradition.
Pope Leo XIV calls for the release of imprisoned journalists/in /by
Pope Leo XIV has made a powerful appeal on Monday for the release of imprisoned journalists, highlighting the 'precious gift of free speech and the press.'
Pope Leo XIV calls for release of imprisoned journalists/in /by
Pope Leo XIV on Monday called for the release of imprisoned journalists and affirmed the “precious gift of free speech and the press” in an audience with some of the 6,000 journalists who descended on Rome to cover his election as the first American pontiff
China, U.S. agree to lower tariffs in major trade war de-escalation/in /by
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the U.S. agreed to drop its 145% tariff rate on Chinese goods by 115 percentage points to 30%, while China agreed to lower its rate on U.S. goods by the same amount to 10%
49 white South Africans head to US under Trump refugee offer/in /by
A group of 49 white South Africans departed their homeland Sunday for the United States on a private charter plane, having been offered refugee status by the Trump administration under a new program announced in February.
Cholera outbreak in Angola kills nearly 600 people/in /by
Angola is facing its worst cholera outbreak in 20 years.
Burkina Faso forces killed 100 civilians in March – HRW/in /by
The victims were all ethnic Fulani, a pastoralist community that is widespread across the region, which the government has long accused of supporting Muslim militants.