WHO’s Vaccine Introduction Officer for the African Region, Phionah Atuhebwe, told CNN on Monday that the continent was witnessing an unprecedented rise in coronavirus fatalities.… Read More »Delta variant has spiked Covid-19 deaths in Africa by 80% in one month, WHO says
In a speech on Sunday, Min Aung Hlaing repeated a pledge to hold elections by 2023 and said his administration was ready to work with… Read More »Myanmar’s military ruler declares himself Prime Minister, pledges to hold elections by 2023
Welcome to Lagos during rainy season. Residents of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, are used to the yearly floods that engulf the coastal city during… Read More »Africa’s most populous city is battling floods and rising seas. It may soon be unlivable
Initially, police had no reason to view the 24-year-old student’s death on June 21 as suspicious, until her family made a complaint under the country’s… Read More »Families are at war over a wedding tradition India banned decades ago
Carrie revealed she was pregnant and that she suffered a miscarriage earlier this year in an Instagram post on Saturday. “Hoping for our rainbow baby… Read More »Carrie and Boris Johnson are expecting a second baby after miscarriage heartbreak
Two crewmembers, a Briton and a Romanian, died on Thursday when the Mercer Street tanker was attacked by an armed drone believed to be operated… Read More »Deadly drone attack on tanker escalates Iran-Israel maritime tensions
“Earlier this month Cubans took to the street in a show of the will of the people of Cuba. The regime responded with violence and… Read More »Biden administration announces new sanctions on Cuba
The fine was imposed on July 16 and disclosed Friday in a financial filing. It is the largest in the law’s three-year history, followed by… Read More »Amazon hit by record $887M EU privacy fine
“We are committed to diplomacy, but this process cannot go on indefinitely,” Blinken said at a press conference in Kuwait. Referring to the deal by… Read More »Blinken warns talks with Iran can’t go on indefinitely
During a meeting with Taliban’s co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who heads the group’s political committee, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi described the Taliban as… Read More »Chinese officials meet with Taliban as US exits Afghanistan
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman led a delegation of US officials in a meeting with Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Ryabkov, the… Read More »US and Russia hold strategic stability talks as Moscow raps Biden for comments
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Recently discovered fossils belonging to… Read More »New find shows animal life may have existed millions of years before previously thought
Identified via satellite imagery, the new missile base in China’s Xinjiang region may eventually include 110 silos, said the report released Monday by the Federation… Read More »Satellite photos show massive Chinese missile silo field under construction, researchers say
Sardinia’s local government declared a state of emergency on Sunday, due to what it described as a “disaster without precedence.” “It is still not possible… Read More »Wildfires scorch Spain and cause ‘disaster without precedence’ in Sardinia
“Hey clerk, get ready for a bullet in your head, they gave you an order and you keep on doing shit,” read the July 16… Read More »Who killed Haiti’s president? Death threats, suspicious roadblocks and moved bodies revealed in leaked documents
Simon is the first Indigenous person to serve as the official representative of Queen Elizabeth II in Canada and commander-in-chief of the Canadian Armed Forces.… Read More »Canada’s first Indigenous governor general is installed