Hospitals across China have been overwhelmed by an explosion of Covid cases following Beijing's decision to lift strict rules that had largely kept the virus at bay but tanked its economy and sparked widespread protests.
AFP news Dec 29, 2022
The cap is close to the current price for Russian oil, but well beneath the windfall price Russia was able to sell for this year and that helped offset the impact of financial sanctions on Moscow.
Reuters Dec 29, 2022
The court in Abidjan, the country's commercial hub, found the four "guilty of the deeds for which they are accused and sentences them to life imprisonment," Judge Charles Bini announced.
AFP news Dec 29, 2022
The return of flights between Addis Ababa and Tigray's capital Mekele follows a ceasefire reached between government and rebel forces last month and the gradual reopening of the stricken region.
AFP news Dec 29, 2022
Lieutenant Mykola, who operates the French import, says it took 53 seconds to reach the target.
AFP news Dec 29, 2022
Zelenskiy, in an annual speech held behind closed doors because of Russia's war, said Ukraine's military resistance against the Kremlin had reinvigorated a belief in values across the world.
Reuters Dec 29, 2022
Congo, Western powers and United Nations experts accuse Rwanda of backing M23 rebels in eastern Congo, who have seized several towns and villages in offensives this year.
Reuters Dec 29, 2022
Oil prices ticked down on Thursday as surging COVID-19 cases in China dimmed hopes of a recovery in fuel demand in the world's second-biggest oil consumer.
Reuters Dec 29, 2022
"The idea is just to inspire everybody to thrift vintage, because secondhand goods aren't second class stuff," Dartey added.
Reuters Dec 28, 2022
The announcement comes a day after an Ethiopian delegation made the first high-level government visit to the rebel-held region since the signing of a peace deal last month.
AFP news Dec 28, 2022
Prices were also supported by news that Russia aims to ban oil sales from Feb. 1 to countries that abide by a G7 price cap imposed on Dec. 5, according to a decree by President Vladimir Putin.
Reuters Dec 28, 2022
The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday called for the full, equal and meaningful participation of women and girls in Afghanistan, denouncing a ban by the Taliban-led administration on women attending universities or working for humanitarian aid groups.
Reuters Dec 28, 2022
Mango is a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange run by Mango DAO that lets investors lend, borrow, swap, and use leverage to trade cryptocurrency assets.
Reuters Dec 28, 2022
A truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) got stuck under a bridge in Boksburg on Saturday, causing a leak and explosion that initially killed 10 people and unleashed widespread damage.
AFP news Dec 27, 2022
The mini-bus hit a mine on a road near the village of Bougui on Sunday afternoon and the explosion killed 10 passengers, Colonel Hubert Yameogo said in a statement.
AFP news Dec 27, 2022
The accident happened when the Russian-built Mi-17 crashed as it was landing at a military base at Niamey airport.
AFP news Dec 27, 2022
Bulgarian journalist Christo Grozev's name was added to a list of wanted people on Russia's interior ministry website.
AFP news Dec 27, 2022
Tunisia's powerful UGTT union will hold mass protests and "occupy the streets" soon to show its rejection of next year's austerity budget, the leader of the union said on Monday, in its strongest challenge to the government of President Kais Saied yet.
Reuters Dec 27, 2022
The group -- one of scores in the volatile region -- has conquered swathes of territory from the army and allied militias in North Kivu province in recent months and advanced towards its capital Goma.
AFP news Dec 27, 2022
Fleeing political and economic turmoil under President Daniel Ortega, dozens depart every day: leaving behind their families, selling off their belongings and entering into debt all for the chance at a new start.
AFP news Dec 27, 2022
Kyiv and its Western allies have dismissed Putin's offer to talk, with his forces battering Ukrainian towns with missiles and rockets and Moscow continuing to demand that Kyiv recognise its conquest of a fifth of the country.
Reuters Dec 27, 2022
The delegation visiting the Tigrayan capital Mekele will "supervise the implementation of major issues in the peace agreement" signed on November 2, an Ethiopian government statement said.
AFP news Dec 26, 2022
The battery swapping system not only saves time but also saves buyers money as many sellers follow a model in which they retain ownership of the battery, the bike's most expensive part.
Reuters Dec 26, 2022
After the U.S. Supreme Court this week ruled that restrictions known as Title 42 could stay in place temporarily, many migrants are facing a Christmas weekend of what Mexico's weather service called a "mass of arctic air."
Reuters Dec 26, 2022
Francis called for a resumption of dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians in the Holy Land, the place of Jesus' birth.
Reuters Dec 26, 2022
Although the controversial plan is on hold amid legal challenges, some of those who have completed the perilous journey said they are spooked by the prospect.
AFP news Dec 26, 2022
Russia on Sunday launched more than 10 rocket attacks on the Kupiansk district in the Kharkiv region, shelled more than 25 towns along the Kupiansk-Lyman frontline, and in Zaporizhzhia hit nearly 20 towns, said Ukraine's top military command.
Reuters Dec 26, 2022
It came just months after the October 2018 crash of a 737 MAX operated by Lion Air in Indonesia, which killed 189 people when it crashed moments after leaving Jakarta airport.
AFP news Dec 26, 2022
President Hakainde Hichilema, whose party was in opposition for over two decades, had promised that he would scrap the laws if elected to the top job.
AFP news Dec 26, 2022
The M23 group has conquered swaths of territory in North Kivu province in recent months and advanced to within a few dozen kilometres of Goma.
AFP news Dec 26, 2022
