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Merz: ‘No hierarchy’ in partners as Germany and Italy deepen ties
Germany’s growing partnership with Italy does not challenge its existing relations with France, Chancellor Friedrich Merz stressed during a meeting with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Friday. “There is no hierarchy in Germany’s relationships,” Merz said. “We are happy about every country with which we have such close and cooperative relations as we…
Read MoreMorocco urges African fraternity after surge in hate speech linked to chaotic Africa Cup final
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — King Mohammed VI of Morocco is appealing for fraternity with African nations as rights groups warn of a rise of hate speech in the country following a chaotic final in the Africa Cup of Nations. Host Morocco was beaten 1-0 in extra time by Senegal in a game Sunday that saw…
Read MoreSouth Sudan army chief gives soldiers seven days to crush rebellion
The head of South Sudan’s armed forces has given soldiers seven days to “crush the rebellion” in the east that is a potential threat to the capital, Juba. Recently, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) has attacked and captured several areas in Jonglei state, a local journalist told the BBC, though this could…
Read MoreMali’s government moves to impose fuel rationing as al-Qaida-linked attacks cut off supplies
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s government has moved to impose fuel rationing to counter widespread shortages caused by al-Qaida-linked groups operating in the border regions that have in recent months cut off fuel supplies to the landlocked African country. In announcing the rationing on Thursday, officials did not say when it would start. The measure…
Read MoreAustria plans more deportations to Syria and Afghanistan
Austria intends to step up deportations to Syria and Afghanistan, Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said on Friday. In 2025, the Alpine country was one of the first in the EU to start sending back asylum seekers from the two countries, in Syria’s case since the fall of the al-Assad regime in late 2024. Such deportations…
Read More‘I didn’t hear from my son for seven months’: Inside Yemen’s UAE-run secret prisons
The BBC has been given access to detention facilities on former United Arab Emirates military bases in Yemen, confirming long-standing allegations of a network of secret prisons run by the UAE and forces allied to it in Yemen’s decade-long civil war. One former detainee told the BBC he had been beaten and sexually abused at…
Read MoreRescued white tiger’s move to UK ‘imminent’
A white tiger “waking up with freezing fur” in war-torn Ukraine is still waiting to travel to his new home in the UK. Aleks was found abandoned last year in the Kharkiv region before he was taken to an animal shelter in Chubynske, near Kyiv. Lincolnshire Wildlife Park, near Boston, said all the paperwork had…
Read MoreFrench government survives no-confidence vote amid budget wrangling
France’s minority government led by Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has once again survived two votes of no confidence brought by the opposition. Neither of the motions – one tabled by Marine Le Pen’s right-wing nationalists and the other by a group comprising leftist parties, Greens and Communists – received the required absolute majority of 288…
Read MoreSouth African court clears path for sale of Mandela’s personal items
A South African court has dismissed an appeal by the country’s heritage body to stop the sale and export of various artefacts connected to anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela. The 70 personal items include a cell key from Robben Island, where Mandela was imprisoned for 18 of the 27 years he was locked up, a pair…
Read MoreChallenging Official Histories in “Natchez” and “Mr. Nobody Against Putin”
Rev displays the rhetorical power, leavened with humor and warmth, of a skilled public speaker, but many others are charismatic, too. There’s Deborah Cosey, the first Black member of the Pilgrimage Garden Club—who says that the garden clubs had long been “slaps in the face to the African American community”—and the owner of an antebellum…
Read MoreHow Do You Write About the Inexplicable?
I’m a rational person. I grew up in a family of scientists. My dad, who studied the brain, told me when I was a kid that Santa and God didn’t exist. (Don’t say anything at school, he suggested.) My uncle, a molecular biologist, delivered impromptu poolside lectures on the recombinatory power of DNA. But my…
Read More‘I travel with school’s teddy bear to teach pupils about the world’
From the city streets of Tokyo to Cape Town’s coastline, Herry the teddy bear and his human companion Bob Hall have visited over 30 far-flung places together. But when he’s not catching flights or seeing sights, Herry-Bear has another important role – as the mascot for Hertford Vale CofE Primary School in Staxton. The teddy…
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