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Germany’s climate effort to lag below 2030 targets, say experts
Germany aims to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 65 percent by 2030, on the road to greenhouse gas neutral by 2045.
Ruling party, opposition hold last-push rallies for Zimbabwe’s vote
Zimbabwe's governing party and main opposition candidates are hoping to outdo each other in the August 23 elections.
Libya repatriates 161 Nigerian refugees in UN-backed scheme
Nigerian embassy official in Tripoli says they are happy to be returning to their home country.
California cleans up after record rainfall from tropical Storm Hilary
Southern California is cleaning up after record rainfall triggered landslides and flooding.
Over 200 former Afghan troops, officials killed since Taliban takeover: UN
The UN mission documents 800 cases of serious rights violations despite amnesty; Taliban dismisses the report.
Can Nelson Chamisa deliver a new Zimbabwe?
The young opposition leader is everything President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not.
South Africa’s Ramaphosa welcomes China’s Xi ahead of BRICS summit
The Chinese president is on his fourth state visit to the African nation and will participate in the BRICS summit.
India must end ‘inhumane’ detention of activist GN Saibaba, says UN expert
Alarm over nearly decade-long detention of former English professor who is 90 percent disabled and bound to wheelchair.
Richardson claims gold for US in 100m at World Athletics Championships
Favourites Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce from Jamaica take silver and bronze.
BRICS expansion could be a bad idea. Here’s why
Taking in more members too quickly could leave BRICS incoherent, weakening rather than strengthening the bloc.