BBC: Mali has suspended schools and universities nationwide due to a severe fuel scarcity caused by a blockade on fuel imports imposed by Islamist insurgents. Education Minister Amadou Sy Savane announced on state television that all education institutions would remain shut until 9 November, saying the movement of staff and students had been affected by […]
BBC: Following another week of intensive and lethal Russian bombardment of Ukraine’s cities, a composite image has been doing the rounds on Ukrainian social media. Underneath an old, black-and-white photo of Londoners queuing at a fruit and vegetable stall surrounded by the bombed-out rubble of the Blitz, a second image – this time in colour […]
BBC: With no heavyweightopposition candidates cleared to compete in Wednesday’s election, many Tanzanians feel the vote is less like a contest and more like a coronation for President Samia Suluhu Hassan, as she faces her first presidential election. The 65-year-old became the East African nation’s first female head of state after the death in 2021 […]
BBC: At least four people have been killed during protests in Cameroon’s economic capital of Douala, authorities say, ahead of the official announcement of results in a highly-contested presidential election. The regional governor, Samuel Dieudonné Diboua, said police posts had come under attack and security forces had defended themselves. Hundreds of supporters of opposition presidential […]
BBC: Direct flights between India and China have resumed as relations between the world’s two most populous nations. IndiGo flight 6E 1703 from Kolkata landed in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Monday, carrying about 180 passengers. Flights between the two countries were first suspended during the Covid pandemic in early 2020 and did […]
BBC: Former US Vice-President Kamala Harris has expressed concern that she didn’t ask Joe Biden to pull out of the race for the White House. In an interview with the BBC for Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, she said: “I do reflect on whether I should have had a conversation with him, urging him not to […]
BBC: It was, as everyone knew it would be, all about US President Donald Trump. He literally towered over everyone else at the ceremony in Kuala Lumpur where Cambodia and Thailand signed their agreement. He gave the longest speech – and made the biggest claims. It was all superlatives. “This is a momentous day for […]
BBC: US President Donald Trump has said he is increasing tariffs on goods imported from Canada after the province of Ontario aired an anti-tariff advertisement featuring former President Ronald Reagan. In a post on social media on Saturday, Trump called the advert a “fraud” and lashed out at Canadian officials for not removing it ahead […]
BBC: Four children were among at least 14 people injured in an overnight Russian air attack on the capital Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said. Two high-rise residential buildings were hit in the strikes, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said, without specifying if they were hit directly or as a result of falling debris. “Everyone is receiving medical […]
BBC: A bus fire that killed at least 20 people in southern India was intensified by hundreds of smartphones being onboard, local reports say, citing forensics officials. Flames rapidly engulfed the Bangalore-bound bus after it collided with a motorcycle that ruptured its fuel tank and triggered an explosion early on Friday. Eyewitnesses said the approximately […]
