South Africa’s energy crisis deepens as blackouts hit 12 hours a day CNNSouth African leader skips Davos amid electricity crisis • FRANCE 24 English FRANCE 24 EnglishSouth Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa Cancels Trip To World Eco…
World’s oldest known person, French nun, dies at 118
A French nun who was believed to be the world’s oldest person has died a few weeks before her 119th birthday, the spokesperson for her nursing home in southern France said Wednesday.
Ukraine’s interior minister killed in helicopter crash
Denys Monastyrskiy and other key officials among dead after crash near kindergarten in Kyiv suburbRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesAt least 14 people including Ukraine’s interior minister, Denys Monastyrsky, and other senior officials have been …
Escaped tiger in South Africa found and euthanized
A tiger that escaped from a private farm in South Africa and attacked a man and killed two dogs and a pig while on the loose for days has been euthanized
Jonathan Raban, travel writer and novelist, dies aged 80
The British author, who lived in the US, blended memoir and travelogue in books that were often inspired by the seaJonathan Raban, the British travel writer, critic and novelist known for his candid accounts of travelling the world in books such as Pas…
Escaped tiger in South Africa found and euthanized
A tiger that escaped from a private farm in South Africa and attacked a man and killed two dogs and a pig while on the loose for days has been euthanized.
Church of England bishops refuse to back gay marriage
Bishops resist change that would allow clergy to marry same-sex couples but propose civil marriages can be blessed in churchThe Church of England has rejected demands to allow clergy to conduct same-sex marriages but is proposing that couples who marri…
Ukraine’s interior minister among 17 killed in helicopter crash near Kyiv
The victims included two other top officials and two children, Ukrainian authorities said.
KARMOL clinches $71m loan for FSRU project in West Africa
Japanese financial behemoths are lining up behind LNG-to-electricity project in Senegal