Opposition to Sudan military coup grows
KHARTOUM - The decision by Sudan's Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to dissolve the country's government this week sparked angry street protests but he is also...
Generation gap: Why Japan’s youth don’t vote
TOKYO - Shoma Motegi will vote for the first time in Japan's general election on Sunday, but the 19-year-old is a minority in his...
Amazon quarterly profit slips as costs climb
SAN FRANCISCO - Amazon on Thursday reported its profit in the recently ended quarter slipped to $3.2 billion as the pandemic, hiring and product...
Uncertain future for the booksellers of Kabul
KABUL - The problem with this publication, a bookseller in the Afghan capital Kabul explains, is not so much that it's by Michelle Obama,...
No tilling, no chemicals in S.African farmer’s revolution
BALFOUR (SOUTH AFRICA) - It's spring in South Africa, and Danie Bester's tillers are rusting in a corner of his farm.Freshly-turned earth stretches for...
Iran agrees to restart nuclear talks as pressure grows
BRUSSELS - Iran said Wednesday it will resume talks with world powers in November on reviving a nuclear deal after a five-month gap in...
Cambridge college hands back looted African sculpture
CAMBRIDGE (UNITED KINGDOM) - A Cambridge University college will hand over to Nigeria an African bronze looted over a century ago, in the first...
Kiwi boffins aim to clear the air on livestock emissions
PALMERSTON NORTH, New Zealand: Tucked away in rural New Zealand, a multi-million dollar research facility is working to slash the greenhouse gases released into...
In Biden shift, US denounces Israel on settlements
WASHINGTON - The United States on Tuesday forcefully criticized Israel for the first time in years on its settlements, with President Joe Biden's administration...
Hunger forces Afghans to sell young daughters into marriage
QALA I NAW (AFGHANISTAN) - Fahima has wept many times since her husband sold their two young daughters into marriage to survive the drought...
