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IOC President Kirsty Coventry has toured the Youth Olympic Village in Dakar, just two days before the start of the 2026 Youth Olympic Games.
The French army says two fighter jets and a transport aircraft will soon make a stopover in Chad where they will carry out "training activities".
King Charles the Third’s visit to Guyana is bringing renewed attention to Britain’s colonial past and growing calls for an apology over slavery.
Nine orangutans rescued from devastating wildfires in Indonesian Borneo have returned to the forest after weeks of rehabilitation. Among them are four mothers with their young, including three females expecting another baby.
Flowers have been placed at Patrick Stewart's Hollywood Walk of Fame star following reports of the British actor's death at 86. Visitors gather in Los Angeles to remember his celebrated screen roles.
Gallimard has been caught in legal battles over accusations that French-Algerian writer, Kamel Daoud, plagiarised a women's life in his novel 'Houris'.
The Africa Cup of Nations will maintain its two-year cycle after a U-turn from the Confederation of African Football. Earlier this month, CAF announced the Africa Nations League as a new biennial competition. It said AFCON would move to a four-year cycle.
Donald and Melania Trump welcomed children in Halloween costumes to the White House on Thursday. The couple handed out sweets, posed for photographs and watched Air Force One fly overhead.
The SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee says, however, it will likely be a "multi-city" bid that would propose some events are held in other cities.
Haiti’s government has announced new election dates as the armed gangs who terrorize the country continue to fight against Haitian police and soldiers, who are now backed by the recent arrival of more than 2,000 troops from El Salvador.
South Africa has selected Durban to lead its bid for the 2036 or 2040 Summer Olympics, as the country seeks to become the first in Africa to host the Games.
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The Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) will return to its traditional two-year cycle after a review into December's decision to host it every four years instead.
A 33.4-metre Catrina has broken a Guinness World Record in Mexico City. Towering over the Zócalo, the giant skeleton is surrounded by thousands of marigolds ahead of Day of the Dead celebrations.
As opposition politicians meet to explore options for a coalition, the PM has accused Arab-led parties of election fraud.
Dancing and singing erupted at an Ebola treatment centre in DR Congo as the last patients were discharged. For the first time since May, the MSF-run facility has no confirmed cases under treatment, although the wider outbreak continues.
The alleged scheme used stolen identities to claim US student aid, with Kenyans among those charged.
With the virus in three Congolese regions bordering the country, the authorities have also launched awareness campaigns.
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ASICS and Karimoku sustainably decommission sneakers by giving them a second life as furniture
The nun who rehabilitates child victims of Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army
A Russian strike on Chernihiv killed two 15-year-old girls and injured 25 people, local officials say. Meanwhile, a US-brokered ceasefire in southern Ukraine is allowing demining work aimed at opening humanitarian routes.
Spain is mourning 69 people killed in a high-speed train collision near Toledo. As King Felipe VI visits a hospital treating the injured, rescuers continue searching the wreckage and a minute of silence is held at the crash site.
