Category: World
Canada says Russia and China are ramping up spy efforts in Arctic region
Canada’s spy agency says it has observed intelligence threats targeting country’s government and private sectorCanada’s domestic spy agency says Russi [...]
Row over definition of ‘gender’ hangs over Cop30 plans to support women
Advocates say conservative states’ push to define gender as ‘biological sex’ would backslide on decade-old language within the UNA row over the defini [...]
Cop30: ‘We will exterminate ourselves’ if we keep extracting fossil fuels, activists say – as it happened
Climate Action Tracker report finds pledges made in past year have not cut the forecast for global heatingMore than half of all delegation members at [...]
State-sanctioned fuel smuggling cost Libya $20bn over three years – report
Policy body calls for western-backed investigation into oil officials known to be at heart of illegal enterpriseA surge in state-sanctioned fuel smugg [...]
Over 200 Kenyans fighting for Russia in Ukraine – minister
Russian recruitment networks are targeting Kenyans with fake job offers, authorities say. [...]
Nigeria cancels mother-tongue teaching in primary schools and reverts to English
Exam results from areas which dropped English have declined, the education minister says, announcing the U-turn. [...]
Deadly Rio police raid failed to loosen gang’s iron grip, residents say
More than 120 people were killed in the raid which targeted the Comando Vermelho criminal gang. [...]
PC gaming giant Valve unveils new console to rival Xbox and PlayStation
The Steam Machine is a console designed to allow gamers to play PC games on their TV. [...]
US calls for international action to cut weapons supply to Sudan paramilitaries
"They're committing acts of sexual violence and atrocities," says the US secretary of state, "and it needs to end immediately". [...]
Israel receives body Hamas says belongs to hostage
Confirmation of the remains would mean that only three deceased hostages' bodies now remain in Gaza. [...]