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Fighting last week between government forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda-backed rebels in the major eastern city of Goma left at least 900 people dead, the UN health agency has said. The World Health Organisation said…
Japan’s space agency successfully launched a navigation satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket as the country seeks to have a more precise location positioning system of its own. The H3 rocket carrying the Michibiki 6 satellite lifted off from…
US Democrats on Saturday elected Ken Martin, the party leader in Minnesota, as the national chairman, turning to a low-profile Midwestern political operative to co-ordinate their resistance to Donald Trump’s presidency. Mr Martin succeeds Jaime Harrison of South Carolina at…
An Italian navy ship took migrants to Italy from asylum processing centres in Albania on Saturday following a court decision in Rome. It was the third failed attempt by Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government to process migrants in the non-EU country.…
A delegation of senior Thai officials including the foreign minister and army chief of staff on Saturday visited the five Thai nationals who were released from Hamas captivity earlier this week. Surasak Rumnao, 32, Watchara Sriaoun, 33, Sathian Suwannakham, 35,…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Richard BrodyStaff writer You’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. Frederick Wiseman…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In 1970, six years into Brazil’s military dictatorship, Rubens Paiva, a civil engineer and a former left-wing politician, returned to the country after years of self-imposed exile. Not long after setting…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Watch “Rizoo.” When the filmmaker Azadeh Navai was five years old, her mother took her to have her photo taken for an I.D. And, before she knew it, a scarf was…
The only thing worse than marketers ignoring you is their attention. Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… As if we did not already have enough to feel aggrieved about, there’s this: Nearly half of Americans (44 percent) feel…
Sydney’s Olympic Stadium will host the 2027 Rugby World Cup final, it has been announced. Organisers on Thursday confirmed the seven Australian cities which will host the 24-team competition. The 83,000-seat Sydney venue previously hosted the nail-biting 2003 final the…