Liberia fuel tanker explosion kills at least 40
Witnesses say people climbed on to vehicle to gather petrol after tanker overturned on roadside More than 40 people have been killed and dozens badly...
Month : December 2023
‘Kagame’s agents are looking for me’: dissidents in UK say Rwanda is not safe
President’s ex-bodyguard among those living in Britain who were told by police or security services they were at risk of assassination Rwandan dissidents living in...
US and Mexico hail success of unspecified border talks
Amlo hails ‘important agreements’ in closed-door meeting between US secretary of state and Mexican foreign minister US and Mexican officials have hailed the success of...
Nearly 21ft bronze statue of Shakira unveiled in her home town in Colombia
In social media posts, the singer thanked the sculptor Yino Márquez and his students for their ‘enormous artistic talent’ Shakira has been transformed into a...
Taylor Swift fan died of heat exhaustion at Rio concert, forensics report finds
Ana Clara Benevides, 23, died hours after the singer’s 17 November show – a day when temperatures hit 40C Heat exhaustion caused the death of...
Kenyan police investigate four suspected killings on Del Monte farm
Bodies of men missing for several days were retrieved from a river on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Kenyan police are investigating four suspected killings...
Weather tracker: South Africa flash floods kill six with people still missing
Catastrophic rains on Christmas Eve led to key infrastructure damage in western parts of country Catastrophic rains and flash floods in South Africa have led...
NSW drowning deaths climb to four since Christmas as lifesavers send holiday warning
Royal Life Saving Society chief says Australians may not be ‘as strong swimmers as we believe’ as December toll hits 22 Another person has drowned...
AstraZeneca buys Chinese cancer therapy firm Gracell for $1.2bn
Gracell Biotechnologies acquisition marks China’s growing importance to the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca has struck a deal to buy a Chinese cancer therapy company for up...
Two Guinean children abandoned in Bogotá airport as migrant routes shift
Migration through the treacherous Darién gap is slowing as less restrictive air routes open up between South and Central America Two children from the west...
