International

The Malaysian government has agreed to resume the search for a passenger plane that disappeared a decade ago, one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history. Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared in March 2014 while en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur with 239 people on board. Efforts to find …

President Emmanuel Macron has named centrist leader François Bayrou as France’s next prime minister, in a bid to end months of political turmoil. Bayrou, 73, is a mayor from the southwest and leads the MoDem party. Ahead of the announcement, he spent almost two hours with the president, in talks …

By: AFP Tokyo plans to make day care free for all preschool children starting in September, the city governor has announced as part of efforts to boost Japan’s low birth rate. The move aims to reduce the financial burden on families by expanding a policy of free day care for …

The African Union has announced a televised debate for candidates running for the position of Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), set to take place this Friday at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Kenya’s candidate for the AUC Chairperson position, Raila Odinga, will face two challengers — …

By: BBC Burkina Faso’s military ruler Capt Ibrahim Traoré has sacked his Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and dissolved the entire government. The dismissal of the head of government and his cabinet was announced in a decree signed by the junta leader on Friday. The decree did not …

WhatsApp users globally are experiencing disruptions, with numerous reports of issues accessing the messaging platform’s web version. The outage, which impacted both personal and business accounts, prevented users from connecting or sending messages through WhatsApp Web, leading to widespread frustration and complaints on social media. Meta, WhatsApp’s parent company, has …

A new United Nations report reveals that at least 140 women and girls are murdered every day worldwide, typically by someone they know, such as a partner or a close relative. The report, released on Monday, highlights that a woman or girl is killed every 10 minutes. The data also …

Negotiations at COP29 in Baku have extended beyond the scheduled timeframe after developing countries rejected a proposal from wealthy nations offering $250 billion annually for climate finance by 2035. This amount, part of a draft finance agreement put forward by Azerbaijan’s presidency, falls significantly short of the $1.3 trillion per …

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Ukraine war was escalating towards a global conflict after the United States and Britain allowed Ukraine to hit Russia with their weapons, and warned the West that Moscow could strike back. Russia, Putin said, had responded to the use of U.S. and British missiles by firing a …

Meg Whitman, the outgoing US Ambassador to Kenya, has expressed her deep gratitude to the people of Kenya as she prepares to leave the country. In a video shared on her X account, Whitman called it an honor to serve as the US Ambassador to Kenya. Reflecting on her tenure …