Australia: New South Wales confirms first Covid-related death in 10 months
Coronavirus pandemic Australia has reported its first locally contracted coronavirus death this year. The authorities said a woman, in her…
Foreign aid: Gates and others to partially cover UK aid cuts
By James Landale & Becky Morton Diplomatic correspondent A group of philanthropists, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, are…
Jovenel Moïse: President’s widow speaks for first time
Jovenel Moise assassination The injured widow of Haiti’s president has described the moment assassins “riddled” her husband with bullets…
Sulli Deals: The Indian Muslim women ‘up for sale’ on an app
By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi Last Sunday, dozens of Muslim women in India found they had been put up…
Jehan Sadat: Egypt’s first lady who transformed women’s rights
By Sarah Fowler BBC News Jehan Sadat was sitting in the stands, just a few metres away from her husband,…
Jovenel Moïse: Haiti requests foreign troops after president’s assassination
Jovenel Moise assassination Haiti has asked for foreign troops to be sent to the country to protect key infrastructure after…
Locked-down Sydney warned worse may be ahead, COVID-19 cases at 2021 high
Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE, July 10 (Reuters) – Australia’s New South Wales state reported its biggest daily rise in locally acquired…
At least 8 killed in Mogadishu by suicide bomb targeting government convoy
Reuters Rescuers, security and paramedics are seen at the scene of a car explosion near Banadir hospital in Mogadishu,…
Cairn Energy gets right to seize Indian assets in tax row
UK oil firm Cairn Energy has gained the right to seize Indian state assets in France worth more than €20m…
Zika: India’s Kerala state reports first case
Zika virus outbreak Health authorities in the Indian state of Kerala have declared a state of alert in all…