North Korea cancels World Cup qualifier against Japan
Last-minute decision on Tuesday’s match leaves football bodies searching for alternative venue North Korea has abruptly cancelled its 2026 World Cup qualifying match with Japan...
Month : March 2024
Group to search for celebrated US pilot’s fighter plane in South Pacific
Richard Bong downed 40 aircraft in a Lockheed P-38 Lightning before it crashed while being flown by another pilot A Wisconsin museum is partnering with...
Canadian students hunger-strike for college to divest from Israel-linked firms
Several McGill University students have spent more than three weeks demanding it divest $20m from various companies A group of students at McGill University have...
Senegal heads to the polls overshadowed by deadly protests
Country’s reputation as one of Africa’s model democracies under threat after weeks of violence Senegal heads to the polls on Sunday after weeks of chaos,...
Venezuelan opposition leader names successor after two close aides arrested
Corina Yoris will now take on Nicolás Maduro in presidential election in July after Maria Corina Machado stepped aside Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado...
US fears Russia’s influence in Africa after Niger junta cancels security pact
Washington fears loss of bases in Niger would risk the country following its neighbours and falling under Russian hegemony US policymakers are scrambling after the...
Mass grave of at least 65 people found in Libya, UN migration agency says
International Organization for Migration believes those discovered ‘died in process of being smuggled through the desert’ A mass grave containing at least 65 bodies has...
Kenyan Del Monte farm seeks human rights manager after claims of violence
Exclusive: new role created after Guardian uncovered allegations against company’s security guards A vast Del Monte pineapple farm in Kenya that supplies most British supermarkets...
Brazilian footballer Robinho arrested after rape conviction
Former Manchester City striker taken into custody after court in Brazil ruled he should serve a nine-year sentence for offence committed in Italy The former...
Scientists find skull of enormous ancient dolphin in Amazon
Fossil of giant river dolphin found in Peru, whose closest living relation is in South Asia, gives clues to future extinction threats Scientists have discovered...
