AFP The death on Thursday of South Africa’s last white president FW de Klerk drew mixed reactions, with some hailing his role in ending apartheid while...
AFP Promises by governments to cut carbon emissions “ring hollow” as long as they continue to funnel trillions of investment to oil, gas and coal projects,...
AFP Ghana’s parliament began hearing testimony Thursday on a bill that will further curb gay rights in a proposal widely condemned by the international community. The...
AFP Paralympian quadruple amputee Theo Curin on Wednesday began his challenge to swim 122 kilometers (75 miles) across the world’s highest navigable lake to raise awareness...
AFP Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been without a political party since 2019, will join the right-wing Liberal Party (PL), it said Wednesday, as Brazil...
AFP German Chancellor Angela Merkel has telephoned Russian President Vladimir Putin to ask him to get Belarus to stop the “inhumane” instrumentalisation of migrants, her spokesman...
AFP Human Rights Watch warned Wednesday that a new Iranian law aimed at raising the birth rate would put women’s lives at risk by denying them...
AFP French international and Paris Saint-Germain woman footballer Aminata Diallo was detained by police on Wednesday in connection with a vicious street assault on a teammate...