New Twitter owner Elon Musk said Wednesday that it will be "a few more weeks" before any banned accounts -- such as that of former US president Donald Trump -- may be restored on the platform.
Qatar has rejected calls for a compensation fund for migrant workers killed or injured during World Cup preparations, with the country's labor minister calling it a "publicity stunt".
According to market specialist Darton Commodities, the Democratic Republic of Congo last year produced 72 percent of the world's cobalt, a key ingredient in batteries for electronic devices. But the sector's image is tarnished by artisanal mining, where accusations of child labour, dangerous working conditions and corruption are rampant.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday announced he will attend the UN climate change conference, reversing an initial decision not to go because of "pressing domestic commitments".
Diego Maradona's infamous "Hand of God" World Cup goal against England in 1986 was scored with a ball that will be auctioned off next month and might sell for up to £3 million euros ($3.4 million). "This ball is part of international football history. It feels like the right time to be sharing it with the world," said Ali Bin Nasser, the owner of the ball and the referee for the Argentina vs. England match in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
The first major South African retailer to accept cryptocurrency payments at some of its tills said on Tuesday it was planning to extend the system to all its stores.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday that the number of women murdered in South Africa increased by more than 50% in a year, calling it a "horror" and asking the private sector to help tackle the violence.
Tanzania on Tuesday mobilized soldiers to reinforce civilian firefighters and volunteers stretched thin by a wildfire on Africa's highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, which has been blazing for more than 10 days.
The rapper Takeoff, a member of the influential hip-hop trio Migos, was fatally shot at a bowling alley in Houston, Texas Tuesday, according to local media. He was 28 years old.
The US Treasury slapped sanctions on arms suppliers for Islamic State-Somalia and the Al-Shabaab rebels Tuesday, two days after Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for bombings that killed at least 100 in Mogadishu.
The world needs to set aside an area bigger than the United States for tree planting and other measures to meet climate pledges, according to research published Tuesday that warned against "unrealistic" carbon-cutting plans.
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that its emergency committee had determined that monkeypox should continue to be classified as a global health emergency.
U.S. factories turned out fewer goods last month, industry survey data showed Tuesday, remaining at its weakest since mid-2020 on falling orders.
Unpaid wages dominate a growing number of complaints by migrant workers in Qatar, the UN labour agency said Tuesday, 19 days from the start of the football World Cup.
A British cabinet minister on Tuesday vowed "more radical" policies to counter illegal migration as record numbers make the treacherous crossing of the Channel in small boats.
Thousands of people, women up front, have been arrested nationwide in the crackdown on the protests, rights activists say, while Iran's judiciary has said 1,000 people have already been charged in connection with what it describes as "riots".
Rights defenders say Egyptian authorities are cracking down on activists over a mysterious call for protests on November 11 -- when world leaders will convene at the COP27 climate summit.
UPDATED TO INCLUDE NEW REVISED DEATH TOLL: Somalia's president has issued an urgent plea for international help for wounded victims of devastating car bombings at the weekend that claimed the lives of scores of people.
More than 2,000 people were detained during and after the deadly clashes between security forces and protesters in Chad last month, a rights group said Monday, voicing fears of more violence to come.
U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday called on oil and gas companies to use their record profits to lower costs and increase production or face paying a higher tax rate, as Americans grapple with soaring inflation and an election looms.
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