Global piracy rates have reportedly dropped to their lowest level since statistics first began in 2008, figures from the Maritime Information Cooperation and Awareness Centre (Mica) show.
Banks and countries pledge $10bn to rebuild Pakistan after catastrophic floods
International funders join Pakistan PM and UN secretary general in Geneva to agree recovery plan following ‘monsoon on steroids’The international community has promised $10.5bn (£8.77bn) to help Pakistan rebuild after last summer’s catastrophic floods,…
Joy In The Traffic: Nigeria’s dancing traffic director
Traffic director Joy has a creative way to control cars and counter road rage – she dances her instructions.
Thousands take to the streets in Brazil to condemn rioters
The riot in Brasilia was a reminder of the threat to democracy posed by those that refuse to accept former President Jair Bolsonaro’s electoral defeat
Brasília’s futuristic architecture gives riots a sci-fi backdrop
Pro-Bolsonaro protesters overran modernist structures designed by Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer, damaging “valuable heritage items” include artworks.
‘What madness looks like’: Russia intensifies Bakhmut attack
Ukrainian officials say Russian forces are escalating their onslaught against Ukrainian positions around the wrecked eastern city of Bakhmut.
‘What madness looks like’: Russia intensifies Bakhmut attack
Ukrainian officials say Russian forces are escalating their onslaught against Ukrainian positions around the wrecked eastern city of Bakhmut
‘What madness looks like’: Russia intensifies Bakhmut attack
Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar said Russia has thrown “a large number of storm groups” into the battle.
Russia intensifies Bakhmut attack in battle for control of eastern Ukraine
Russian forces are escalating their onslaught against Ukrainian positions around the wrecked city of Bakhmut, Ukrainian officials said, bringing new levels of death and devastation in the grinding, monthslong battle for control of eastern Ukraine that …