The long-running rebel group, M23, says it has taken the city of Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Goma is on the border with Rwanda, and Rwandan troops have been spotted in the city, working ...
The US took a big step over the weekend, freezing nearly all foreign aid. The move is expected to last approximately three months while the Trump administration reviews where the aid should go.
Heis” is Rema’s second studio album. He is is also the Greek word for the number one. The album topped the charts in his home country of Nigeria, and now Rema wants to take home his first Grammy Award ...
Comiket is the world’s largest comic festival. Twice a year, more than 200,000 comic enthusiasts from around the world travel to Tokyo to support their favorite artists. While the vast majority of ...
Director Mohammad Rasoulof is one of Iran’s most well-known filmmakers. But his most recent film, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” isn’t being shown in a single theater across the country. And Rasoulof, ...
This weekend a precious, solid gold helmet on loan from Romania was stolen in a dramatic museum heist in the Netherlands. Surveillance footage shows the thieves blowing up a door into the Drents ...
Royalty, heads of state and dignitaries from more than 50 countries gathered in southern Poland today to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, where roughly a million Jews were ...
According to one study, 1 out of 10 Spaniards between the ages 18 to 35 have ditched their smartphones for the antithesis: push-button models without internet connectivity. From Barcelona, The World’s ...
A Chinese artificial intelligence assistant called DeepSeek has become the most downloaded free app in the US. Its arrival has sent shares in firms like chipmaker Nvidia, as well as Microsoft and Meta ...
Royalty, heads of state and dignitaries from more than 50 countries gathered in southern Poland today to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Also, a solid gold helmet on loan ...
Belarus’s election commission says authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko won re-election with 87% of the vote over the weekend. The country’s political opposition is mostly in jail or exiled ...
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