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Colombia is confronting rising water shortages as the El Niño weather phenomenon (a periodic warming of Pacific Ocean waters that reduces rainfall and raises temperatures across the region) drives up demand while shrinking the rivers and reservoirs that supply entire communities.
For many years, our politics could have been understood as a contest between the left and the right, with different interests playing out within this prism. There can now be no more argument: the left has lost and the right has won.
A widening funding gap is leaving South Africa’s postgraduate students with fewer options to complete their studies. A new bursary toolkit aims to help funders design more effective support and…
US president’s Super Pac has yet to deploy significant money in midterms race despite polls pointing to his party’s defeat in November
The ride-hailing giant says the layoffs aim to make the platform 'simpler and faster' and reduce coordination delays in its a sprawling operation.
People’s Party of Kenya leader Ndindi Nyoro has revealed that some leaders warned President William Ruto against removing him as chairperson of the National Assembly Budget and Appropriations…
Women farmers face major obstacles in accessing land, credit and other productive resources. The development has limited their capacity to expand agricultural production and contribute fully to…
The Mexican economy minister took advantage of the encounter to stress the need to address the "unjustified" U.S. tariffs on cars, steel, and aluminum which have stalled negotiations over the renewal…
The wait for a showdown between the two former world heavyweight champions continues amid another round of verbal sparring.
For the second day in a row, the jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial reported that they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict. CBS News' Shanelle Kaul and Caroline Polisi have the details.
Recently, I joined Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau Ying-wah in Malaysia for the official opening of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Kuala Lumpur.
Mumbai, September 2, 2026: Indian law does not recognise the concept of compulsory joint parenting and that the welfare of the child must remain the paramount consideration in custody disputes, the Bombay High Court has held.
"Even though the minister does not count socks and cartridges and does not hold contract negotiations...I must take political responsibility for the entire defense field today," Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said.
Sylvester Idowu in Warri The newly deployed Commissioner of Police in Delta State, Samuel Etaifo Erale, has unveiled an intelligence-driven policing strategy aimed at tackling kidnapping, cultism…
United States Bets on Failing Tactic by Resuming Strikes The United States launched new reported strikes on vessels suspected of transporting drugs in late August—the first bombings after a two-month…
Russia is planning sabotage in Denmark, according to the Danish domestic intelligence service, and is even trying to recruit clueless citizens for this purpose.
Brent crude climbed to around $95 a barrel as Iran attacked U.S. allies following a new round of American strikes.
The national leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has said it has taken note of the recent comments by Precious Oruche, popularly known as Mama Pee, in which she referenced Jesus Christ while making a political point about Peter Obi and the 2027 elections.
City council will consider an annual program that would review, approve and catalogue homebuilding plans to speed up new construction. The program would apply to house and detached garage plans […]
Half of Americans think post-9/11 wars were worth it, poll shows Submitted by Yasmine El-Sabawi on Wed, 09/02/2026 - 16:43 The same number of people seem to agree that Muslims are the worst-treated…
'Inappropriate to say': Trump may still be considering CIA-led uprising in Iran Submitted by Yasmine El-Sabawi on Wed, 09/02/2026 - 20:32 The US president insisted that the Iranian government was…
The case of Paola Buenrostro in 2016 is emblematic for members of the trans community in Mexico, as it was the first to be recognized as a transfemicide by the Mexico City Human Rights Commission.
A future Coalition government would slash the tobacco excise by 80 per cent, legalise and tax vapes and nicotine pouches and bolster law enforcement to shut down the illicit trade.
Travelers arriving in Ghana with several new mobile phones and other electronic devices could be required to pay commercial duties on the items, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Customs Division has…
An 18-year-old inmate serving time outside Paris has been formally charged after investigators discovered a chilling list inside his prison cell. One of the names on that list? Kylian Mbappé.
More than a decade after his death at the hands of ISIS militants in Libya, the name of Ghanaian martyr Matthew Ayariga is being given a permanent place in the Catholic Church in the United States.
Segalovich is meant to help him solve a problem far more difficult than gaining another Knesset seat: legitimacy.
The statutory body charged with regulating the professional competence and ethical conduct of South Africa’s environmental consultants and assessors has cracked open the door to its secret…
The government has secured a US$300 million World Bank facility to support the transformation of Ghana’s secondary education and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector.
The National Service Authority (NSA) has warned the public against a fraudulent letter circulating on social media and purporting to introduce validation fees and other payments for national service…
The issue erupted in the summer of 2023 and led Monique LaGrange to resign from the board of Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools after fellow members voted to disqualify her.
Hakeem Jeffries is facing comparisons to Nancy Pelosi's leadership after two Democrats defected on a key GOP procedural vote.
The pair and their wives were joined by British prime minister Andy Burnham at a special previewing event to mark the historic exhibition in London.
Singaporeans got candid about what happened when their marriages hit rock bottom — and whether they managed to come back from it.
The Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Aaron Kanors, has cautioned travellers arriving in Ghana against carrying multiple mobile phones on behalf of other…
The Council of State, the highest court of the contentious-administrative jurisdiction and the supreme consultative body of the Government in Colombia, has just issued a ruling that places limits on…
LONDON — Secretary General of the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) Maj. Gen.Mohammed Al-Moghedi met with UK Defense Senior Advisor to the Middle East and North Africa Vice Admiral…
A stone Buddha whose fallen head once lay at its base underwent restoration in the twentieth century, and its downward gaze now invites viewers to look up with renewed reverence.
On today’s Big Take Asia podcast: The latest on Nepal’s deadly floods and how the disaster could undermine the country’s burgeoning hydropower ambitions. (Source: Bloomberg)
People must always carry their residency permit (RP) card and present it to a police officer upon request, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) reminded during a webinar organised by its Central…
Safari Hypermarket has handed over the cars to the winners of the sixth draw of its mega promotion “Shop & Drive – Win 30 Bestune Cars”.The cars were presented to the winners of the draw held on…
Electric cars for export waiting to be loaded on a domestically manufactured vessel intended to export Chinese automobiles, at Yantai port, in eastern China's Shandong province (file). A group r...
Donald Trump’s West Wing renovations and DC arch could be on the chopping block, should Democrats win the midterms—they could also be leverage.
Kemi Badenoch has urged the government to cut housing benefits, child benefits and re-route public investment in order to fund a £10bn boost on defence spending every year. The Tory leader, who had previously called for an increase in defence expenditure without laying out full funding plans, said that Chancellor John Healey “should…
Buffel grass is thriving and spreading across South Australia, increasing the risk of bushfires. But not everyone agrees on how to manage it.
It sounds like the plot of an outback thriller, but for a property owner outside Blackall in rural Queensland, it is a very real and costly nightmare.
The Ministry of Education has warned private schools against compelling parents to purchase unapproved textbooks, describing the practice as an exploitation of families for commercial gain.
“We are very confident that there is life in there,” Nepal Electricity Authority board member Amshu Kiran Shahi says of trapped workers in hydropower tunnels.
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has recalled how the Nigerian Air Force assisted the Nigeria Police Force in bringing down a notorious criminal in Rivers State known as…
An arrest has been made in connection with the attempted burglary at the home of Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley.
A GOP-proposed constitutional amendment to limit the Supreme Court to nine justices failed in the House, coming up well short of the two-thirds majority needed.
Activist lawyer Maduabuchi Idam on Wednesday described Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State as a “miniature Hitler.” Idam made the remark while reacting to Nwifuru’s warning to council chairmen in…
Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? A Sydney man whose parents are missing in Nepal fears Australia is losing interest in the aftermath of the devastating flooding disaster and has pleaded…
School athletes claiming podium positions at the Western Province Schools Games will receive medals for the first time in more than half a decade this year.
Russia has begun mass production of the Volna Kupol Garant system, designed to jam SpaceX’s Starlink, state-controlled news agency TASS reported late last week.
Russian forces destroyed the central logistics warehouse belonging to Okwine and Wine Hunters, Ukraine's largest wine retailer and alcohol importer.
Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) said the purported letter of appointment of Mr.
North Korea enacted sweeping revisions to its Road Traffic Law in May 2025, expanding the regulation from 103 to 124 articles across eight chapters to tighten restrictions on commercial vehicle operations and monitor citizen mobility more closely.
