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Africa’s most populous country ground to a halt on Monday with electricity cut and major airports closed, as Nigeria’s largest labour unions began striking to demand a salary increase amid the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades. President Bola Tinubu’s economic…

Kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, began erupting early on Monday in an area that last erupted a half-century ago, the US Geological Survey’s (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said. The eruption is about 1.6km south of…

Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda has apologised for massive cheating on certification tests for seven vehicle models as the Japanese car giant suspended production on three of them. The wide-ranging faulty testing at Toyota involved the use of inadequate or outdated…

Israeli strikes have killed 11 people overnight, including a woman and three children, in central Gaza, Palestinian health officials said. A strike on a home in the built-up Bureij refugee camp late on Sunday killed four people, including the three…

Tens of thousands of children in Afghanistan remain affected by ongoing flash floods, especially in the north and west, the UN children’s agency said. Unusually heavy seasonal rains have been wreaking havoc on multiple parts of the country, killing hundreds…

Sri Lanka has closed schools as heavy rain triggered floods and mudslides in many parts of the island nation, leaving at least 10 people dead and six others missing, officials said. The education ministry announced that the reopening of schools…

One of Iceland’s biggest tourist attractions has reopened after eruptions at a nearby volcano. The popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa was reopened on Sunday after authorities said the volcano had stabilised after erupting four days earlier. Oddny Arnarsdottir, the head…

Donald Trump said he would accept home confinement or jail time after his historic conviction by a New York jury last week but that it would be tough for the public to accept. “I’m not sure the public would stand…

Donald Trump has joined the popular video-sharing app TikTok, a platform he once tried to ban while in the White House, and posted from a UFC fight two days after he became the first former US president and presumptive major…

Humbled by a stinging election result, South Africa’s African National Congress was talking to everyone in an effort to form a stable coalition government for Africa’s most advanced economy, after it lost its 30-year majority, a top party official said…