BRUSSELS — The European Union ambassador to Sudan was attacked in his home in Khartoum on Monday, the bloc's top diplomat Josep Borrell said, as fighting between rival generals gripped the nation.
PARIS - Developed by Japan's Hoya Corporation, the Miyosmart lenses, which also function as normal glasses to help the children see clearly, have been available in numerous European countries including France and the UK for around two years.
UPDATED TO SHOW HELLEN OBIRI WINNING WOMEN'S TITLE: BOSTON - Defending champion Evans Chebet powered to back-to-back victories in the Boston Marathon on Monday as Eliud Kipchoge's quest to add to his collection of major marathon titles ended in disappointment. Another Kenyan, Hellen Obiri, won the women's title.
PARIS - Scientists found coastal species of shellfish and anemones living and breeding on floating islands of garbage in the Pacific thousands of miles from home, a study revealed Monday.
JOHANNESBURG - One of South Africa's most famous doctors, Nandipha Magudumana appeared in court Monday after she and her lover, convicted rapist and murder Thabo Bester, were was arrested while trying to flee in Tanzania -- the culmination of a dragnet that has caught public attention.
JOHANNESBURG - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed a law allowing independent candidates to run in national elections without having to be affiliated to a political party, his office announced Monday.
CAIRO - The wife of a jailed dissident in Egypt was arrested early on Monday after posting on social media that her husband had been mistreated in prison, a rights group said.
PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron is on Monday to address France for the first time since signing into law his controversial pension reform, facing warnings the political and social crisis it sparked is not over.
HELSINKI - Japanese gaming group Sega has offered to buy the creator of the popular Angry Birds franchise, Finland's Rovio, in a deal worth more than 700 million euros ($770 million), the companies said Monday.
NAIROBI - A Kenyan police officer accused of murdering two teenagers in 2017 pleaded not guilty to the charges on Monday, in a case that raised questions about extrajudicial killings after video footage of the shootings went viral.
NA BARUH, EGYPT - The overwhelming smell may be misleading, but the Egyptian town of Nabaruh, its streets lined with shops selling salty, fermented fish called feseekh, is far from the seaside.
ROME - Over 400 million euros worth of cocaine has been found floating off Sicily in packages likely left by a cargo ship for traffickers to bring ashore, Italian police said Monday.
JOHANNESBURG - A South African court on Monday ordered a four-month postponement in the much-delayed trial of former president Jacob Zuma, who faces charges of corruption in an arms scandal dating to the late 1990s.
PARIS - Solar and wind energy surged to make a record 12 percent of the world's electricity in 2022, a climate think tank calculated in a report Wednesday -- though coal remained the leading source globally.
PORTLAND, MAINE - Somewhere in a remote stretch of forest near Maine's border with Canada, rocks from space crashed to Earth and may be scattered across the ground — just waiting to be picked up. If you're the first person to find a big one, a museum says it'll pay out a $25,000 reward.
NAIROBI — African Union commission head Moussa Faki Mahamat is planning to "immediately" go on a ceasefire mission to Sudan, the body said Sunday, as fighting raged for a second day between the army and paramilitaries.
Benin faces spillover from jihadi conflict across its northern border with Burkina Faso
TOKYO - Japan's spring season for many is mostly synonymous with sneezes. Each spring, the country's cedar trees in particular release potent clouds of pollen that prompt many to seek relief from prescription medication, but also surgical masks and even special glasses.
PARIS - Misleading studies sowing doubt about climate change are getting into peer-reviewed journals, scientists warn, citing recent papers linked to a lawsuit in Germany whose authors denied conflicts of interest.
JOHANNESBURG — Netflix said this week it plans on expanding operations in Africa, building on the success of hit shows like the South African drama "Blood and Water."
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