Just hours after Brazil’s new president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was officially sworn in, the wake began on Monday for the football legend Pelé on the field at Santos FC’s Vila Belmiro stadium where he played for most of his storied career.
Afghanistan’s NGO ban for women exposes rifts in Taliban ranks
The Taliban’s latest edict banning women from working for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has sparked international condemnation and domestic opposition in a country facing economic collapse. It has also revealed splits within the Taliban, with …
NATO Military Chiefs of Defence Meeting – 18-19 January 2023
NATO’s highest Military Authority, the Military Committee, will meet in person on 18-19 January 2023, in Brussels, Belgium. Admiral Rob Bauer, Chair of the Military Committee, will preside over the meeting, which will be attended by the Allied Chiefs o…
UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ at deaths from South Africa gas tanker explosion
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday expressed his deep sadness over the reported death of at least 34 people in South Africa, due to a fuel tanker explosion in a suburb of the capital, Johannesburg, on Christmas Eve.Read the full story,…
Don’t think of Africa as a hungry child, says a champion of Africa’s food prowess – WUSF Public Media
Don’t think of Africa as a hungry child, says a champion of Africa’s food prowess WUSF Public MediaView Full Coverage on Google News
Russia Acknowledges That Scores Of Its Troops Were Killed By A Ukrainian HIMARS Attack
Daily Mail: Russia admits 63 of its soldiers were killed by Ukrainian HIMARS attack on barracks and more than 100 were wounded in one of the Kremlin’s biggest single losses of life in the war * As 2022 ended, Ukrainian missiles struck a sc…
Colombia: ‘Renewed hope’ for consolidating peace says Guterres
The agreement between the Colombian Government and the five largest remaining armed groups there provides “renewed hope for comprehensive peace” into the new year, said the UN chief in a statement released by his Spokesperson late on Sunday.Read the fu…
23 things we think will happen in 2023
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Will Biden and Trump remain the frontrunners? Will Putin remain in charge of Russia? Will China start a war? These and other forecasts of the year to come. This will be the fourth year in a row that the staf…
UK weather: drivers warned as Met Office issues ice alert
Scotland, Northern Ireland and most of north of England affected by yellow weather warningDrivers are being urged to take care on the roads as a yellow weather warning for ice covered large areas of the UK.The Met Office issued the alert for Scotland, …