‘I could have been a Mo Farah’: trafficked boxer denied his shot at Olympic glory by Home Office
Kelvin Bilal Fawaz reveals how Farah’s TV interview was a reminder of how his own boxing career was lost to life in immigration limbo A...
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Gang warfare traps thousands in Haiti slum as fuel crisis add to desperation
Calls for aid to be let into Port-au-Prince district after ‘battlefield’ violence leaves dozens dead and cuts supplies of food and water Haiti’s capital has...
Smiles and unity at the Pacific Islands Forum mask tough questions shelved for another day
While leaders presented a picture of harmony, more vexing topics like Australia’s fossil fuel ambitions and China were kicked down the road Get our free...
‘Narco of narcos’: drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero arrested in Mexico
Co-founder of Guadalajara cartel was one of FBI’s top 10 most wanted fugitives after being freed from prison in 2013 Rafael Caro Quintero, a Mexican...
Brazil: killing of Lula’s party treasurer raises fears of violent run-up to election
Marcelo de Arruda was shot at his birthday party by a supporter of President Bolsonaro Brazilian political leaders called for calm this week after the...
UN urged to move Cop27 from Egypt over ‘LGBTQ+ torture’
US adviser to the White House and partner call on UN to move climate crisis summit over fears they would be targeted A White House...
Country Queen: first Netflix series to be produced in Kenya hits the screen
Streaming company’s family drama marks shift from locally made ‘edutainment’ to shows that reflect complex realities of Kenyan life Kenya’s first homegrown Netflix series, the...
Man acquitted of bombing 1985 Air India plane shot dead in Canada
Ripudaman Singh Malik, 70, was accused of being a part of the worst terror attack in Canadian history in which 329 people died A man...
Shanghai declares third rare extreme heat warning of summer
Temperatures of over 40C cause red alert in the city and test records as heatwave ravages parts of Europe China’s most populous city, Shanghai, has...
Ghana ‘fix the country’ activist says he was assaulted and illegally detained
Cambridge doctoral student Oliver Barker-Vormawor says ‘trauma is still there’ as he files lawsuit A prominent Ghanaian activist has accused authorities of subjecting him to...
