Category: Global News
African health care poses challenges to startups filling the gaps
Startups trying to help African public health systems cater to the needs of everyday people, say they face barriers too.
Why Kenya volunteered to lead UN mission to Haiti
UN Security Council approves troop deployment, months after Kenya proposed sending 1,000 officers to Haiti.
Refugees who died off Italy 10 years ago remembered as new crisis flares
A decade after two tragic shipwrecks that shook Europe, Lampedusa is at the centre of a humanitarian crisis again.
Thailand’s Bangkok mall shooting: 3 dead, suspect arrested at Siam Paragon
People flee after gunfire is heard inside popular shopping complex in central Bangkok.
Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, Anne L’Huillier win Nobel Prize for physics
The top award in physics goes to three scientists for 'experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light'.
‘Be careful of the ball’: Raining sixes take India to Asian Games semis
Fans at the Asian Games were asked to avoid flying balls as 26 sixes were hit into the stands by India and Nepal.
Niger declares mourning after dozens of soldiers killed in attack near Mali
The government declares three days of national mourning following the attack by suspected armed groups near Mali border.
Turkey detains dozens after Ankara bomb attack
Thousands of police officers take part in operations in 21 Turkish provinces after blast in the capital, Ankara.
India tells Canada to withdraw 41 diplomats over Sikh murder rift: report
India threatens to revoke the diplomatic immunity of diplomats told to leave if they remain after October 10.
Five big names missing out on the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup
Some of the world's leading cricketers are set to miss the tournament due to injury, drama and in some cases, both.