Five rail maintenance workers killed by train in Italy
Rome — Five railway workers died after being hit by a train during overnight maintenance on a track in northern Italy, prompting shock and outrage on Thursday. The train, which…
Hurricane Idalia intensifies as nears Florida
St. Petersburg — Hurricane Idalia intensified early on Wednesday as it hurtled towards northwest Florida, threatening “catastrophic” impacts including a dangerous storm surge, with officials forecasting it will slam the…
Amnesty calls for Venezuela to release political detainees
Caracas — Amnesty International called on Tuesday for the release of about 300 people being held in Venezuela for political reasons, slamming the country’s “politically-motivated arbitrary detentions”. In a new…
‘African countries face opportunities and risks in alienating China or the US’
Christopher Isike, University of Pretoria South Africa recently hosted a Brics summit. The event attracted international attention because the group has recently begun to emerge as a possible rival against…
Ukraine’s children losing out on education
Geneva — Years of disrupted schooling have left Ukrainian children struggling to learn language, maths and reading skills in the wake of the pandemic and Russia’s invasion, the United Nations…
Alps rockslide halts train services between France and Italy
Lyon —Train services between France and Italy have been halted until Thursday at the earliest, after a huge rockslide in the Maurienne valley of the French Alps which also blocked…
Four migrants killed in boat capsize off Greece
Athens — Four migrants died on Monday when their boat capsized off the Greek island of Lesbos, while 18 people were rescued, the coastguard said. A patrol picked up 22…
Zimbabwe arrests election monitors as opposition lashes ‘flawed’ poll
Harare, Zimbabwe – Police said on Thursday they had arrested 41 local monitors of elections in Zimbabwe as the opposition cried foul over irregularities in a poll forced by delays…
Wagner model will remain in Africa after Prigozhin’s death
Russia has been outsourcing activities in Africa to Wagner since 2014.On the security front, Wagner fighters have been deployed alongside the national armies of Libya, the Central African Republic and Mali.In…
Trump arrested in election case, mugshot released
Trump, who is accused of colluding with 18 other defendants to overturn the 2020 election result in the southern state, spent less than 30 minutes inside Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail…