World

World

Race for new Japan PM starts after shock resignation

World

Fourteen killed in wake of Hurricane Laura in US

World

Berlin braces for ‘anti-corona’ demonstration

World

UK govt urges people to get back to work as job losses mount

Africa

Sudan to launch mass polio vaccination after outbreak

Africa

UN urges probe of death threats against Nobel laureate Mukwege

World

Hurricane Laura leaves six dead in Louisiana, but less damage than feared

World

Ivanka: Trump daughter-confidante makes case for four more years

World

Trump rips rival Biden as destroyer of American ‘greatness’

World

Trump to announce deal to buy 150 million rapid Covid-19 tests

Africa

Niger capital flooded as death toll rises to 45

World

Fabric of success: How ‘lotus silk’ is weaving its way into Vietnam

World

US officer who shot black man named, as NBA leads sport boycott

World

Pence warns US voters: ‘You won’t be safe’ under Joe Biden

World

Celebrated NASA scientist Japie van Zyl dies

World

Cheers, flowers as New Zealand mosque gunman jailed for life

Africa

Mali protest coalition offers to work with junta on transition

World

‘Unsurvivable’ storm surge feared as Hurricane Laura strengthens to Cat 4

Education

463 million children across the globe can’t access virtual schooling, says UN

Business

TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer calls it quits amid lawsuit challenge

World

EU trade commissioner resigns after Covid-19 breach claims

World

Finnish town offers prizes to turn residents green

World

WATCH: Fire and fury during Christchurch mosque gunman’s sentencing

Africa

African bank chief appeals for second term

Africa

Rwanda issues arrest warrant for genocide suspect in France – prosecutor

World

Two shot dead in protest-hit US city of Kenosha: police

World

Mother calls for calm over black son paralysed in US police shooting

World

Melania Trump brings compassion on pandemic, immigrants at Republican convention

Africa

Congo elephant poacher gets 30 years forced labour

Africa

Sudan, Ethiopia vow ‘all efforts’ to resolve Nile dam dispute

Africa

Libyans protest corruption, living conditions for third day

World

As neighbours build dams, Iraqis watch twin rivers dry up

Africa

UN declares Africa free of polio

Africa

DR Congo declares end to deadly measles epidemic

World

Republican convention touts Trump, stokes fears if he loses

World

US health official apologises for touting false plasma data

Business

China, US hold trade talks, agree to ‘push forward’ phase one deal

Africa

Africa to be declared polio-free

World

Contaminated water sickens nearly 500 in China

Africa

Rwanda, Uganda threaten new lockdowns as virus cases surge

World

Berlin hospital says Navalny tests ‘indicate poisoning’

Africa

Ex-Congo president Lissouba dies at 88

World

Twin storms track toward US as 13 killed in Haiti, D.Republic

Africa

Zimbabwean journalist denied bail for third time

World

Trump’s media pugilist Kellyanne Conway steps down

World

New Zealand mosque gunman unmoved as survivors recount ordeal

Africa

Gold-hunting diggers destroy Sudan’s priceless past

World

After Beirut blast, foreign workers beg to go home

Africa

Mali junta wants three-year military rule, agrees to free president

Africa

Talks on ousted Mali president’s fate enter second day

World

Canada conservatives electing new leader to take on Trudeau

World

South Korea reports highest daily Covid-19 cases since March

World

Trump’s sister calls him ‘cruel’, ‘liar’ on secret recordings: report

Africa

SA retailers feel pain from coronavirus pandemic

World

TikTok to sue over Trump crackdown, national security threat allegations

World

West Africa delegation in Mali after military coup

World

Belarus strongman orders army to defend territorial integrity

World

France delays launch of 100bn euro virus recovery plan

World

Gandhi’s iconic glasses sell for $340k in UK auction

World

The Berlin NGO behind Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s rescue

World

California fires force thousands to flee as governor asks for help

World

Venezuela state TV president slams YouTube ‘censorship’

World

Washington zoo welcomes ‘precious’ new baby panda

Africa

Thousands join Mali rally to celebrate Keita’s ouster

World

California fires spread, fouling air and spurring evacuations

Africa

US suspends military aid to Mali after coup

Africa

Ebola cases climb to 100 in latest DR Congo outbreak

World

Biden pledges to end US ‘darkness’ in accepting Democratic nomination

Africa

Madagascar sacks health minister after virus squabble

Africa

West African leaders start talks on Mali crisis

Africa

South Sudan out of foreign reserves as currency tumbles

World

Thousands flee as fast-moving wildfires spread in California

Africa

Uganda’s Besigye says he will not run in 2021 against Museveni

Africa

Jihadists take hundreds hostage in northeast Nigeria town

Africa

African Union suspends Mali over military coup