In central Moscow, retired businessman Igor Inkin is preparing to turn down simple pleasures like dessert as the value of the ruble in his pocket continues to slide.
AFP news Aug 10, 2023
Forty-one migrants including three children are feared dead after being shipwrecked last week in the Mediterranean, UN agencies said, citing four survivors brought to the Italian island of Lampedusa Wednesday.
AFP news Aug 10, 2023
Artificial intelligence firms must ask for permission before using copyrighted text and images to generate content, a consortium of news groups said on Wednesday.
AFP news Aug 10, 2023
Niger's new military rulers on Wednesday accused France, the country's traditional ally, of releasing captured jihadists and breaching a ban on air space on the eve of a key summit on the Sahel's latest crisis.
AFP news Aug 10, 2023
The Ethiopian government said Wednesday that major cities in the Amhara region had been "freed" after days of fighting between army troops and militia fighters.
AFP news Aug 10, 2023
Thirty-three people have been confirmed dead and 18 are still missing after Beijing's heaviest rains on record, officials said Wednesday.
AFP news Aug 10, 2023
Two weeks after the coup in Niger, France has abandoned its tough tone on the crisis and is now inclining towards diplomatic solutions, with military action seemingly ruled out for now, experts said.
AFP news Aug 09, 2023
Scientists have identified the maximum mix of heat and humidity a human body can survive.
AFP news Aug 09, 2023
China on Wednesday reported it had entered deflation for the first time since 2021 -- the latest indicator pointing to a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy.
AFP news Aug 09, 2023
The coup that shook Niger nearly two weeks ago triggered an international outcry and curbs on domestic freedoms, yet many people in the capital say the change is a breath of fresh air.
AFP news Aug 09, 2023
The World Food Programme has started distributing food aid in Ethiopia's war-scarred Tigray region, in a test for new monitoring measures after halting assistance over the diversion of supplies, the United Nations agency said on Tuesday.
AFP news Aug 09, 2023
Nigeria's president has not ruled out military intervention in neighbouring Niger after its president was ousted in a coup but believes diplomacy is the "best way forward" to resolve the crisis, his spokesman said Tuesday.
AFP news Aug 09, 2023
The United States is seeking to prevent Russia from scoring a major new win with coup-hit Niger, wagering despite initial disappointment that long-standing military ties will keep the country in the Western orbit.
AFP news Aug 09, 2023
China slipped into deflation as consumer prices contracted last month for the first time in more than two years, official data showed Wednesday, as slowing domestic spending weighs on the country's post-Covid economic recovery.
AFP news Aug 09, 2023
Two Ukrainian combat drones headed for Moscow were shot down, Russian officials said on Wednesday, the latest in a surge of drone attacks targeting the capital.
AFP news Aug 09, 2023
Kenya's government and the opposition are set to launch talks Wednesday aimed at resolving a bitter political feud following a spate of deadly protests over electoral reforms and the high cost of living.
AFP news Aug 09, 2023
July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, the European Union's climate observatory confirmed Tuesday.
AFP news Aug 08, 2023
Much of the eastern United States was lashed by intense storms Monday, leaving at least two people dead, hundreds of thousands without power and thousands of flights canceled or delayed.
AFP news Aug 08, 2023
Rescue workers combed through the rubble of damaged buildings in the city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, the day after Russian strikes killed at least seven people.
AFP news Aug 08, 2023
On election day in Zimbabwe this month, Tendai and his wife will leave home and head in opposite directions.
AFP news Aug 08, 2023
Britain on Monday began housing migrants on board a barge docked off the southwest English coast, in its latest controversial immigration policy that has drawn heavy criticism from locals and rights campaigners.
AFP news Aug 08, 2023
Kenyan victims of the 1998 US embassy bombing in Nairobi on Monday renewed calls for compensation from Washington as the East African nation marked 25 years since its deadliest terror attack.
AFP news Aug 08, 2023
Russia said Monday it plans to launch a lunar lander this week after multiple delays, hoping to return to the Moon for the first time in nearly fifty years.
AFP news Aug 08, 2023
England survived the sending-off of Lauren James to scrape past Nigeria on penalties Monday and were joined in the Women's World Cup quarter-finals by an Australia side boosted by the return of Sam Kerr.
AFP news Aug 08, 2023
Crouching beside Ukrainian-made attack drones on a runway, TV star Serhiy Prytula appeared keen to taunt Moscow with a crowdfunded fleet that experts have linked with recent strikes inside Russia.
AFP news Aug 08, 2023
Moscow escalated its attacks in Ukraine on Saturday, with President Volodymyr Zelensky denouncing a deadly strike on a blood transfusion centre as a "war crime".
AFP news Aug 07, 2023
Ethiopia's federal government on Friday declared a six-month "state of emergency" as violent clashes escalate between the national army and local fighters from the northern region of Amhara.
AFP news Aug 07, 2023
Pato looks at the picture on his phone. "I have lots of wonderful memories," Pato said, scrolling through his pictures on a new phone bought with the help of friends.
AFP news Aug 07, 2023
The coup in Niger will undermine the fight against resurgent terror groups in Africa's Sahel region, France's defence minister said this week, accusing the country's junta of taking "hostage" not just President Mohamed Bazoum but the entire country.
AFP news Aug 07, 2023
Senegal's parliament passed a vote Saturday that effectively restored the right of two key opposition deputies to run in the country's presidential election next year.
AFP news Aug 07, 2023
