Category: Global News
South Korea’s Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel Prize in literature
First South Korean to win literature prize praised for 'her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas'.
Can a pandemic treaty end vaccine inequity in Africa?
Can a global treaty end the vaccine inequity that plagued Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic?
New Zealand minister condemns ‘misogyny’ over sinking of navy ship
New Zealand's defence minister has condemned online abuse towards the female captain of a navy ship that sank.
Israeli troops fire on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon
The UN says Israeli troops have opened fire at three positions held by UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon.
Over 79 million girls in sub-Saharan Africa raped, sexually assaulted: UN
UNICEF report finds more than 370 million girls worldwide have faced sexual violence before the age of 18.
Tennis great Rafael Nadal to retire after Davis Cup finals in November
Nadal will bring down the curtain on a 23-year career that saw him win 22 Grand Slam singles title and an Olympic gold.
Rebecca Cheptegei and the epidemic of women athletes killed by men in Kenya
At least four professional female runners have been murdered by their intimate male partners since 2021.
Sudan’s RSF accuses Egypt of involvement in air strikes on its forces
Egypt denies the allegations by the paramilitary group's leader and says its military is not involved in the conflict.
Scene at north Gaza hospital under threat from Israeli forces
Al Jazeera’s Moath al-Kahlout has been seeing casualties arrive at Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza.
Heavy winds and flooding as Hurricane Milton makes landfall in US
Videos from Florida show Hurricane Milton making landfall with winds of more than 200 kilometres per hour.