Showing 1 - 10 of 17
The best and worst places for expats to live now
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/12/2024
» After a turbulent year, with headlines dominated by divisive politics, war and trepidation over the future, is it time to make that move you have always dreamed about? If so, the question is, where next?
Sydney to review plaques on colonial statues
AFP, Published on 25/10/2023
» SYDNEY - Australia's oldest city, Sydney, is reviewing statues of its colonial figureheads after an Indigenous leader raised concerns about "offensive" plaques ignoring historical atrocities.
Sunak to kickstart UK election season at Tory conference
AFP, Published on 04/10/2023
» MANCHESTER (UNITED KINGDOM) - Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to fire the starting gun Wednesday on Britain's next general election campaign, with a much-anticipated keynote speech closing his ruling Conservatives' annual conference.
High-speed rail row derails UK Tory conference
AFP, Published on 03/10/2023
» MANCHESTER, England - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday dodged questions over the future of the UK's second high-speed train line, as the issue overshadowed his Conservative party's annual conference.
Britain celebrates 'Windrush' anniversary after deportation scandal
AFP, Published on 22/06/2023
» LONDON - Britain on Thursday celebrates the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush ship bringing workers from the West Indies, but with the bitter legacy of a wrongful deportation scandal still fresh.
In Sierra Leone, the people fighting the sea to build a home
AFP, Published on 28/02/2023
» FREETOWN - Off a path in Cockle Bay, a slum in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, lies the squat, tin-roofed house where Lamrana Bah lives and works.
Eighty dead in Sierra Leone fuel explosion
AFP, Published on 06/11/2021
» FREETOWN - A massive explosion at a petrol station in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown killed at least 80 people, burning people in cars and streets nearby, a rescue worker and nurse said Saturday.
Mining firm, eco-activists battle over unique Chile archipelago
AFP, Published on 18/10/2021
» LA HIGUERA (CHILE) - The Humboldt archipelago off the northern Pacific coast of Chile is a "natural treasure" and refuge for unique species of fauna, including a particular type of penguin and an otter on the brink of extinction.
20 migrants dead after thrown into sea off Djibouti: IOM
AFP, Published on 04/03/2021
» NAIROBI - At least 20 people drowned after smugglers threw dozens of migrants overboard during a crossing between Djibouti and Yemen, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Thursday.
Bomb kills two French soldiers in Mali
AFP, Published on 03/01/2021
» PARIS - Two French soldiers died when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in northeastern Mali on Saturday, just days after three others were killed in similar fashion.