Japan’s prime minister announced on Thursday an ambitious new target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, hours before he was to join a virtual climate summit
African National Congress (ANC) MP Jacqui Mofokeng has died following the death of her daughter Thato Mofokeng, on Wednesday. The justice committee and the ruling party described this as a double blow to the family. Thato died on Wednesday and Mofokeng passed away on Thursday.
At least 22 patients died on Wednesday in a hospital in western India after a disruption to their oxygen supply caused by a leaking tank,
A son of Chad's slain leader Idriss Deby Itno is to take over as president in place of his father, according to a charter released on Wednesday by the presidency. It said General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, 37, who on Tuesday was named transitional leader
US President Joe Biden has said the conviction of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd “can be a giant
A commission of historians will on Friday, after two years of work, submit to President Emmanuel Macron a potentially explosive report scrutinizing the role played
A human rights group, on Monday, appealed to the United Nations to investigate allegations China’s government is committing crimes against humanity in the Xinjiang region. Human Rights Watch cited reports of the mass detention of Muslims, a crackdown on religious practices and other measures against
Chad's President Idriss Deby Itno died on Tuesday from wounds sustained in battle after three decades in power, the army announced. The shock news came
China’s government on Tuesday rejected accusations of abuses in the Xinjiang region after a human rights group appealed for a U.N. investigation into possible crimes
Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, a liberal icon who lost one of the most lopsided presidential elections after bluntly telling voters to expect a tax increase if he won, died Monday. He was 93. The death of the former senator, ambassador and Minnesota attorney