In Tanzania, around three in ten girls are married during childhood, according to UN figures, despite, a 2016 high court decision ruling deeming it to be unconstitutional. Now, the government is considering introducing new legislation banning the pract…

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday it was suspending food aid in Ethiopia due to the widespread theft of donations, a day after the United States announced it was doing the same. A devastating two-year war in the country ended…

BTS is 10 years old: Seoul landmarks to be lit up in purple to celebrate K-pop band’s anniversary. (June 12)

Results from a major UK study into the accuracy of the Galleri blood test for 50 different types of cancer were recently released. They look promising. @DW

A ruby sold at Sotheby’s in New York on Thursday for $34.8 million, setting a new record price at auction for the precious stone. It was cut from a 101-carat rough stone discovered in July last year at the Montepeuz ruby mine in Mozambique….

On June 9, President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will deploy tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus in early July. NBC reports that this is the first time Moscow has moved nuclear weapons outside of Russia since the Soviet Union fell in 1991.

Rishi Sunak has accused Boris Johnson of asking him to “do something I wasn’t prepared to do”. It comes amid a row with former prime minister Mr Johnson and his allies, who blame Downing Street for Conservative MPs failing to appear on his resignation …

‘The Independent’ reports that nearly the entire world experiences air quality exceeding the World Health Organization’s healthy limits. According to the WHO, most of the 4.2 million deaths attributed to outdoor air pollution in 2019 occurred in develo…

Here’s the latest for Monday June 12th: Donald Trump due in court on Tuesday; Billions of dollars in pandemic relief funds went missing; Ukraine says it recaptured several villages; Fatal shooting in Annapolis, Maryland.

The charges relate to the mishandling of dozens of classified documents at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. Former President Donald Trump also received a summons to appear in court earlier in the week.