Oliver Farry is pleased to welcome Paul Melly, Consulting Fellow on the Africa Program at Chatham House. According to Melly, what we are witnessing is the convergence of multiple fractures: political, territorial, and military. The recent attacks il...

Hundreds of visitors travel each weekend to Reg-e-Rawan -- "the moving sands" in Dari -- to practice parkour or roll down the honey-coloured sand in Kapisa province. "I feel afraid when I'm going for a flip or a jump, and of course I can get injure...

The teenage Indian batsman smacked a 36-ball century to become the youngest and fastest to score 1,000 T20 runs, following a couple of rare flops including a golden duck. His 103 off 37 balls for Rajasthan Royals against Sunrisers Hyderabad came af...

The Tokyo-based Institute for AIM Medicine filed the treatment with the agriculture ministry on Friday, researcher Toru Miyazaki said, after a trial showed the drug significantly extended the life of afflicted cats. "Most cats suffer from chronic k...

Crews have been working for weeks to assemble a stage on the sands of the Brazilian city's Copacabana beach, where crowds are expected from around the world to see the Colombian singer perform on May 2 as part of her record-breaking world tour. The...

The "Lunch a la Russe" master class she was attending on the secrets of classic Russian dishes is just one example of how many Muscovites are trying to reconnect with their ancestral "roots" amid the war in Ukraine. The push is encouraged by the Kr...

Kenyan athlete Sabastian Sawe entered the history books by becoming the first man to run a marathon in under two hours. He won the London race in 1 hour, 59 minutes, and 30 seconds.

The days when foreign firms saw such partnerships largely as a necessary entrance fee to the world's largest auto market are long gone. Legacy overseas brands are now seeking out collaboration, hoping the domestic market's blistering pace and techn...

Colombia's Environment Minister Irene Velez Torres has been prominent as host of this breakaway climate conference, which has drawn nations wanting to accelerate the fossil fuel phaseout despite the stalemate in the UN-led "COP" summits. These coun...

Markets ramped up their bets on a rate hike after the US-Israeli war on Iran sparked a global energy shock, which is already pushing up eurozone consumer prices. Inflation in the 21-nation single currency area jumped to 2.6 percent in March, above...

Whoever makes it through Bayern's Champions League semi-final against holders Paris Saint-Germain, with the first leg in the French capital on Tuesday, will be the favourites for the final in Budapest in May. Last season's Bundesliga title was Kane...

But he fully expects the 19-year-old to keep improving and one day blitz everyone in the field in much the same way as Pogacar has in recent years. Seixas was the only rider able to stay with world champion Pogacar when he launched hs customary att...

Singers Amy Winehouse, Adele and Raye, as well as actor Tom Holland -- better known as Spiderman -- are among the alumni of the state‑funded school, which prides itself on being free. 2026 started strong, with former pupils Olivia Dean and Lola Y...

Wealthy countries and developing nations are at loggerheads in the World Health Organization talks over how the pandemic treaty, adopted last year, will work in practice. The agreement's Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) system deals with ...

Hopes that the two sides could make progress during negotiations in Pakistan were dashed Saturday by the US president, who said there was no point "sitting around talking about nothing". He said on Fox News that he told his team: "We have all the c...