WASHINGTON - Much-anticipated data released May 10 showed U.S. consumer inflation had eased only slightly in April.
STOCKHOLM - Ecstatic Beyonce fans sang and danced in feverish excitement in Stockholm Wednesday in the final countdown to the superstar kicking off her first solo tour in seven years. Among the people massed outside the stadium were some who had travelled halfway around the world to catch the show.
CAIRO - An Egyptian archaeologist on Wednesday released a documentary on the life of Cleopatra, the same day Netflix began streaming a controversial production depicting the ancient queen as Black.
GOMA - Ten people were killed in a landslide in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Lubero territory overnight on Wednesday, local authorities said - further victims of recent heavy rains that have killed hundreds in floods in the broader region.
LONDON - The Church of England's most senior cleric, Justin Welby, on Wednesday renewed his attacks on the U.K. government's contentious plans to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda, branding the policy "morally unacceptable."
Security officers in Tunisia were deployed to the Ghriba synagogue Tuesday night after an attack that saw police shooting dead the attacker. The death toll has now risen to six following the death of an injured police officer according to hospital sources. During the attack, a Tunisian police officer shot dead two visitors and two fellow officers in an attack that marred the annual pilgrimage to Africa's oldest synagogue on Djerba, an island off the Coast of Tunisia.
NIAMEY - Nearly 1,400 followers of Nigeria's notorious Boko Haram jihadist group have been intercepted fleeing into Niger following clashes with a rival Islamic State group, according to the army.
TUNIS - A Tunisian security officer who was wounded in Tuesday's shooting attack outside a synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba has died, hospital sources said, bringing the death toll to six including the shooter.
SAN FRANCISCO - Google is expected to enrich its popular online services with more artificial intelligence on Wednesday as it scrambles to catch up with rival Microsoft despite fears that AI poses a threat to society.
OUAGADOUGOU - Amadou Kabore, the prefect - the highest representative of the state - in the Boucle du Mouhoun region, died on Monday, the ministry of territorial administration and security said in a statement.
METEMA, ETHIOPIA - After a perilous journey from Sudan, Muhamad Yusuf reached the Ethiopian border town of Metema. But his relief was clouded by anxiety. His prospects were limited to a seemingly interminable wait in a makeshift camp in northwestern Ethiopia, where everything was in short supply.
PARIS - A former Rwandan military policeman, Philippe Hategekimana, went on trial in France on Wednesday, charged with genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1994 slaughter in his home country.
KANO, NIGERIA - Fifteen children drowned and 25 others were missing when their overloaded boat capsized in a river in northwest Nigeria, a local official said on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON - All women should get mammogram screening for breast cancer starting from age 40, rather than 50, the Preventive Services Task Force, an influential U.S. health body announced Tuesday, a move it said could save thousands of lives.
BRUSSELS - Over 250 mixed-race offspring of Belgians taken from their families during the colonial period have begun tracing their origins under a scheme aimed at helping heal the wounds of the past.
NIAMEY - More than 13,000 women and children have fled islands on the Niger River in western Niger following "atrocities" carried out by jihadists, state radio said on Tuesday.
HARARE - A pristine wildlife habitat in Zimbabwe designated as a World Heritage Site by the U.N. is being eyed for oil and gas exploration by a mining firm, official documents released Tuesday show.
BERLIN - China and Germany traded barbs Tuesday over Ukraine, with Beijing warning the EU against sanctions targeting its companies while Berlin said "neutrality" in the conflict meant taking Russia's side.
NEW DELHI - A cheetah brought to India from South Africa in a scheme to reintroduce the world's fastest land animal was killed by its partner while mating Tuesday, officials said, the project's third recent fatality.
KINSHASA - Nine people have died in an attack near the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, Kinshasa, where two ethnic groups are locked in a deadly dispute over land, villagers and a security official said.
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