M23 rebels have captured a strategic mining hub in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, defying calls from the presidents of Rwanda and the DRC
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Women in business held back by mobile data’s cost in developing world – report
The cost of a mobile data package is all that is holding back many female entrepreneurs in developing countries, according to recent research. While social
Covid ‘benevolence bump’ endures as acts of kindness 10% higher than before 2020
The world experienced a “benevolence bump” of kindness during the Covid-19 pandemic that has remained, with generous acts more than 10% above pre-pandemic levels. The
‘He is innocent’: family of deported Venezuelan rebukes Trump claims
Donald Trump’s White House has described the Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador as “heinous monsters” and terrorists who “rape, maim
Foreign minister ‘strongly condemns’ China’s executions of four Canadians
Canada has strongly condemned the execution of four of its citizens who were put to death in China on drug-smuggling charges, amid lingering diplomatic tensions
Federal judge blocks Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in US military – as it happened
an injunction that temporarily blocks the US military from enforcing Donald Trump’s executive order barring transgender people from military service while a lawsuit by 20
Leading Garifuna musician was among 13 people dead in Honduras air crash
Garifuna leaders have paid tribute to a prominent musician from their community who died in a plane crash that killed at least 13 people off
Mexico City introduces ‘bloodless bullfighting’ in win for animal rights activists
Mexico City’s congress has voted to ban traditional bullfights and replace them with a new form of bloodless spectacle, marking the latest episode in a
Trump waging ‘sickening’ psychological war, deported Venezuelan’s lawyer says
A lawyer for one of the Venezuelan immigrants sent from the US to a notorious mega prison in El Salvador has accused the Trump administration
Hope for endangered penguins as no-fishing zones agreed off South Africa
Efforts to stop the critically endangered African penguin from going extinct took a step forward on Tuesday after South African conservationists and fishing industry groups