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Ancient Maya myth finds new life in Mexican circus company's performance
Mexican artistic director Jorge Díaz has created a unique stage adaptation of the Maya myth Popol Vuh
AP mapping shows France's poorest regions backing Le Pen's party as support for Macron wanes
President Emmanuel Macron's promise to win over far-right voters in France is faltering
France's poorest regions backing Le Pen's party as support for Macron wanes, AP mapping shows
The date was May 7, 2017. Addressing cheering supporters, the newly elected leader of France, Emmanuel Macron, made a promise that now, in his waning 18 months as president, lies in tatters.
Guinea-Bissau’s president seeks second term in close race marked by tensions
Guinea-Bissau will vote on Sunday to elect a new president in an election held amid political and ethnic tensions
Bolsonaro's conviction brings vindication for some Brazilians who lost loved ones to COVID-19
Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro is preparing to serve a 27-year sentence for attempting a coup
Security fears rise in Nigeria after more than 300 schoolchildren kidnapped
Christian group revises up number of students and teachers missing after one of country’s largest mass abductionGunmen have kidnapped more than 300 students and teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria, a Christian group said on Saturday, as security fears mounted in Africa’s most populous nation.The early Friday raid on St Mary’s co-educational school in Niger state in western Nigeria came after gunmen on Monday stormed a secondary school in neighbouring Kebbi state, abducting 25 girls. Continue reading...
South Africa declares gender-based violence a national disaster amid G20 protests
Women’s groups welcomed the announcement on the eve of the international leaders’ summit in Johannesburg Hundreds of women gathered in cities across South Africa on Friday to protest against gender-based violence in the country before the G20 summit in Johannesburg this weekend.Demonstrators turned out in 15 locations – including Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban – wearing black as a sign of “mourning and resistance”. Continue reading...
Dutch military opens fire at drones over Volkel Air Base
The Dutch military has opened fire at drones over Volkel Air Base, but no wreckage was recovered
New Caledonia activist says France is impeding travel home after prison release
Exclusive: Kanak leader Christian Tein, who was freed from prison in June, says France is ‘deliberately dragging out’ re-issue of his passportA pro-independence leader from the French overseas territory of New Caledonia has accused the French government of “deliberately dragging out” his passport application, preventing him from flying home after his release from prison.Christian Tein, an Indigenous Kanak leader, was arrested in New Caledonia in June 2024 over allegations that he had instigated the deadly pro-independence protests that had taken place on the island a month earlier. Continue reading...
Nigeria reels after 215 children taken in second mass school abduction in a week
Twelve teachers also kidnapped from Catholic school amid threats from Trump to intervene over ‘Christian genocide’Unknown gunmen have abducted 215 schoolchildren and 12 teachers from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, the second mass abduction in the country in a week.The latest kidnapping, in Papiri community in Niger state, came against the backdrop of Donald Trump’s threat to intervene militarily to end a “Christian genocide”, which the Nigerian government has denied is happening. Continue reading...
Africa's first G20 summit opens with an ambitious agenda and tries to move on from Trump's boycott
The first Group of 20 summit to be held in Africa is opening with an ambitious agenda to make progress on solving some of the long-standing problems that have afflicted the world’s poorest nations
Japan's first female leader faces a taboo over entering the male-only sumo ring
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has broken the glass ceiling to become Japan's first female leader
