Azerbaijan holds a parliamentary election on September 1, 2024Polls opened Sunday in Azerbaijan for a snap parliamentary election, the first since it regained full control of a former breakaway territory in a lightning offensive last year. Previous elections since independence from the Soviet Union have not been regarded as fully free or fair, and the vote for the Milli Mejlis parliament is not […]
Harris defends policy shifts in first interview as US presidential candidate on August 31, 2024In her first interview with a major news organisation since becoming the Democratic nominee for the November 5 US election, Kamala Harris defended her past policy record and centrist shifts on key issues such as border security and fracking. “My values have not changed,” said the vice president in a primetime CNN interview. Vice President […]
How do you deal with stress? In Nigeria, swinging a sledgehammer in a ‘rage room’ helps on August 26, 2024How do you deal with stress? In Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, people are finding their reset button in a “rage room” where they pay to smash electronics and furniture with a sledgehammer as a break from the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. The Shadow Rage Room, apparently the first of its kind in Nigeria, […]
Flash flood on Indonesia’s eastern Ternate Island leaves 11 dead on August 26, 2024A flash flood following torrential rains on Indonesia´s eastern Ternate Island left 11 people dead on Sunday. Search and rescue teams working with local residents recovered 10 bodies in Rua village in North Maluku province. The team was working to retrieve one more body, according to Bram Madya Temara, an official from the island’s search […]
Israeli evacuation orders cram Palestinians into shrinking ‘humanitarian zone’ where food is scarce on August 25, 2024Young girls screamed and elbowed each other in a crush of bodies in southern Gaza, trying desperately to reach the front of the food line. Men doled out rice and chicken as fast as they could, platefuls of the nourishment falling to the ground in the tumult. Nearby, boys waited to fill plastic containers with […]
Kamala Harris vows to tackle price gouging, ease cost of living in economy plan on August 18, 2024US Vice President Kamala Harris outlined economic proposals including a federal ban on price gouging in groceries and tax breaks for families in her first major economy-focused speech as the Democratic presidential nominee during a visit to North Carolina on Friday. Though her plans do not stray far from those put forth by the Biden […]
Donald Trump says his is ‘entitled to personal attacks’ on rival Harris on August 17, 2024Former US President Donald Trump defended his personal attacks on his Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris. During a New Jersey press conference, he criticised Harris’s intelligence, claiming she had weaponised the justice system against him. Former President Donald Trump said Thursday he thinks he’s “entitled to personal attacks” on his Democratic rival, saying he’s […]
Brazil claims gold in nail-biter on August 11, 2024Not even a tense tête-à-tête in the gold medal game could spoil the vibe at Paris´ biggest beach party. Canada´s Brandie Wilkerson and Brazil´s Ana Patrícia got into a finger-pointing shouting match across the net in the tiebreaking third set of the beach volleyball final of the Paris Olympics on Friday night. The referee tried […]
Gold Within Reach: US women’s casketball team defeats Australia on August 11, 2024Breanna Stewart and the U.S. women’s basketball team cruised to a familiar place – the Olympic gold medal game. Stewart led a balanced offense as the Americans beat Australia 85-64 on Friday in the semifinals to extend their Olympic winning streak to 60 consecutive games dating back to the 1992 Barcelona Games. “The streak is […]
Top-seeded Coco Gauff tumbles out of National Bank Open on August 11, 2024Top-seeded Coco Gauff tumbled out of the National Bank Open on Friday, falling 6-4, 6-1 to 14th-seeded Diana Shnaider in windy conditions at Sobeys Stadium. Preparing for her U.S. Open title defense, Gauff was broken trailing 5-4 in the first set. The 20-year-old American double-faulted down 2-1 in the second and Shnaider held serve to […]