Xi Jinping had one message for dozens of visiting African leaders: choose China
Xi Jinping had a clear aim as he hosted delegates from more than 50 African countries for a major summit in Beijing this week: proving beyond doubt that China is…
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Cockpit recordings describe ‘a lot of icing’ before plane crashed in Brazil, says early report
Brazil’s Center for Research and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents (Cenipa) said on Friday that a preliminary report into the August crash of a Voepass airliner showed icing detectors had been…
American activist shot dead during protest in West Bank, Palestinian officials say
An American activist has been shot and killed during a protest near Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian officials. The Palestinian news agency WAFA said the activist…
An Olympic athlete was set ablaze by her partner, police say. It’s the latest killing of an elite female runner in Kenya
Marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei ran in the Paris Olympics last month. This week, her boyfriend doused her with gasoline and set her ablaze, police said — the third horrific killing of…
‘It felt like Gaza’: Major Israeli military operation in West Bank enters second week
Residents of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, are taking stock after nine days of what they say has been the most intense and sustained Israeli military operation in their…
China is ending foreign adoptions of its children. That leaves hundreds of American families in limbo
China is ending most foreign adoptions of its children, leaving hundreds of American and other foreign families with pending applications in limbo. Since the early 1990s, China has sent tens…
17 students killed in Kenya elementary school fire with bodies ‘burnt beyond recognition’
At least 17 students have been killed and 14 injured following a fire in an elementary school dormitory in central Kenya. The inferno occurred late Thursday at the Hillside Endarasha…
Pope repeats remarks that some people prefer pets to children
Pope Francis has repeated his divisive comments that in some countries people prefer having pets to children, a message that has struck a chord with many conservatives around the world.…
Exclusive: Ukraine army chief reveals the strategy behind Kursk incursion
“It reduced the threat of an enemy offensive. We prevented them from acting. We moved the fighting to the enemy’s territory so that [the enemy] could feel what we feel…
Remote Indigenous tribe kills two loggers encroaching on their land in Peru
Two loggers have been killed by bow and arrow after allegedly encroaching the land of the uncontacted Mashco Piro Indigenous tribe deep in Peru’s Amazon, according to a rights group.…