Ethiopia hails return of its first plane, stolen by Mussolini in 1930s
Red two-seater named after Emperor Haile Selassie’s daughter abandoned in 1936 after Italy invaded country Almost nine decades after it was stolen by Benito Mussolini’s...
Month : January 2024
South Sudan flooding hampers efforts to contain hepatitis E outbreak
MSF begins vaccine drive against incurable disease, which is spread via dirty water and kills thousands of pregnant women A push to tackle an outbreak...
Japan’s former PM, 83-year-old Aso, piles insults on female foreign minister
Taro Aso, vice-president of ruling LDP, said Yoko Kamikawa ‘not that good looking’, got her name wrong, used ageist jibe and mixed up her place...
Prominent Australians urge Albanese government to adopt activist middle power role to head off war between US and China
Statement signed by former foreign ministers, a Nobel laureate and academics outlines anxieties about possibility of conflict in Indo-Pacific region Bob Carr and Gareth Evans:...
Police raid villa of Jair Bolsonaro as part of spying investigation
Ex-president’s family retreat targeted early on Monday as nine search warrants executed in other parts of the country Brazilian police have raided the holiday home...
Somalia to launch its first current affairs TV show led by women
New show will follow Question Time format answering audience questions on taboo subjects from periods to women in politics Somalia’s only all-female media team, Bilan,...
‘Let’s find out’: shipwreck mysteriously appears on Newfoundland coast
Residents of tiny coastal community of Cape Ray excited by discovery of what appears to be 19th-century vessel A coastal community in Newfoundland has been...
Machu Picchu tourists stranded as protesters block trains to site
Train services suspended due to safety concerns as people demonstrate against Peru’s consolidation of ticket sales Protesters in Peru are blocking access to Machu Picchu,...
African Union Commission calls for ‘paradigm shift’ at Italy-Africa summit
Moussa Faki welcomes Giorgia Meloni’s plan to strengthen relations but says ‘we are not beggars’ The chair of the African Union Commission has said “we...
Ursula von der Leyen says Africa and Europe’s ‘interests are aligned more than ever before’ – Europe live
European Commission president says this is ‘moment of intense cooperation’ at Italy-Africa summit as Meloni prepares to announce plans Moussa Faki Mahamat, chairman of the...
