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Faith Kipyegon said she believes a woman will break the four-minute barrier for the mile “in this generation or the next”, and the challenge is what keeps her training.The Kenyan came up short in her specially arranged attempt in June to become the first woman to smash through the four-minute barrier, clocking 4min 06.42sec in Paris.”My goal …

Kipyegon says a woman will run a sub-four minute mileFri, 08 Aug 2025 07:45:17 GMT Read More »

Adam Issa struggled to explain why he quit his fisherman’s job to join one of the many jihadist groups holed up in the hundreds of islands of Lake Chad.”Some of my friends who joined Boko Haram told me that I would make a lot of money with them,” the baby-faced 20-year-old said, eyes fixed firmly …

Jihad or exile: Lake Chad’s abandoned youth face impossible choiceFri, 08 Aug 2025 05:44:57 GMT Read More »

Beneath the fresh grass and brand-new infrastructure of Abidjan’s Akouedo Park lie millions of tons of waste that for decades plagued locals’ lives and health.Transforming landfill into recreational spaces — turning trash into landscaped treasure — has become something of a trend in recent years from New York to New Zealand.Abidjan, Ivory Coast’s bustling economic …

Abidjan landfill transformed into city parklandFri, 08 Aug 2025 05:24:52 GMT Read More »

The World Health Organization on Thursday said nearly 100,000 cholera cases had been reported in Sudan since July last year, as it warned of more hunger, displacement and disease to come.Since April 2023, Sudan has been torn apart by a power struggle between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, commander of the …

WHO says nearly 100,000 struck with cholera in SudanFri, 08 Aug 2025 01:17:43 GMT Read More »

President Donald Trump’s steeper global tariffs came into effect Thursday, leaving dozens of US partners scrambling to secure relief from soaring levies that are rewriting global trade practice.Shortly before the new rates kicked in, Washington also announced it would double India tariffs to 50 percent and hit many semiconductor imports with a 100-percent duty.Trump’s trade …

US partners seek relief as Trump tariffs upend global tradeFri, 08 Aug 2025 01:03:28 GMT Read More »

Algeria on Thursday pushed back against President Emmanuel Macron’s call for Paris to get tougher with its former colony, saying France was seeking to “exonerate” itself from any blame as their standoff drags on.Tensions between Paris and Algiers have reached new levels in recent months, with Macron’s hopes of the historic post-colonial reconciliation that he …

Algeria pushes back after Macron urges tougher line in standoffThu, 07 Aug 2025 17:41:24 GMT Read More »

Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey, facing five rape charges in England, on Thursday completed a move to Spanish club Villarreal.The 32-year-old Ghana international, who denies the allegations, was granted conditional bail on August 5 after appearing in a London court on five counts of rape against two women and one count of sexual assault against …

Partey signs for Villarreal while on bail for rape chargesThu, 07 Aug 2025 16:31:23 GMT Read More »

The number of irregular migrants reaching the Greek island of Crete has plummeted since the government announced a three-month suspension of asylum hearings condemned by rights groups, the migration minister said Thursday.An unprecedented surge in arrivals from Libya to the Mediterranean island of Crete this summer caught Greece off guard as the historically more common …

Greece says migrant numbers down since asylum pauseThu, 07 Aug 2025 16:28:04 GMT Read More »

Sudan’s Prime Minister Kamil Idris arrived in Cairo on Thursday morning for his first foreign visit since assuming office in May, as his country’s army remains gripped by a brutal war with paramilitaries.Idris, a career diplomat and former UN official, held talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, according to a statement from the Egyptian …

Sudan’s PM in Egypt on first foreign visitThu, 07 Aug 2025 10:48:12 GMT Read More »

President Emmanuel Macron urged a tougher line from Paris in an intensifying standoff with former north African colony Algeria, saying France’s stance needed to “command respect”.Tensions have grown in recent months to new levels between Paris and Algiers, with Macron’s hopes of the historic post-colonial reconciliation that he espoused at the start of his presidency …

Macron urges tougher line in standoff with AlgeriaThu, 07 Aug 2025 10:06:57 GMT Read More »