International

AFP/APP Atlanta: Kamala Harris needs young, Black voters like Julian Roberts to have any hope of taking key battleground state Georgia, which became a focus for Donald Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 US presidential defeat. Joe…

AFP/APP Japan: Typhoon Shanshan, one of the strongest storms to hit Japan in decades, slowly made its way up the Japanese archipelago on Friday, unleashing torrential rains and causing widespread transport disruptions, with the reported…

AFP/APP Germany: A radical far-left politician, Sahra Wagenknecht, who advocates for peace negotiations with Russia's Vladimir Putin, is poised to play a significant role in regional elections in former East Germany on Sunday.…

News Desk Cape Town: In a decisive move to protect endangered waterfowl, South Africa has announced a plan to bomb Marion Island with pesticide-laden pellets to eliminate invasive rats that have been attacking and eating the island's…

AFP/APP Beijing: A senior Chinese military official has warned the United States to cease "collusion" with Taiwan, while top White House aide Jake Sullivan emphasized the importance of stability in the tense Taiwan Strait during a rare…

AFP/APP Brasília: Brasília's iconic futuristic buildings, designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer, have been engulfed in a thick haze of smoke in recent days. Several parts of Brazil are suffocating due to raging wildfires, but the fumes…

AFP/APP Fukuoka, Japan: Typhoon Shanshan slammed into Japan's main southern island of Kyushu early Thursday, with authorities advising thousands of people to evacuate and issuing the highest warning level for wind and storm surges.…

AFP/APP Ottawa: A study published on Wednesday revealed that record wildfires in 2023 propelled Canada into the top four greenhouse gas-emitting countries globally for that year. The wildfires, which burned 15 million hectares…

AFP/APP Geneva: The Swiss government on Wednesday criticized a landmark ruling by the European Court of Human Rights, which found Switzerland guilty of not taking adequate action to combat climate change. The April ruling marked the…

AFP/APP United States: US Vice President Kamala Harris kicked off a bus tour in Georgia, marking a crucial phase in the Democratic campaign as the race against Donald Trump intensifies. Harris, who replaced Joe Biden as the Democratic…