At the University of Kentucky, Black students organised their own graduation event after the establishment recently called off celebrations for minority graduates, citing federal and state policy changes.

The 30-year-old English rugbyman has been made captain of the prestigious Lions team. The squad will tour Australia in June.

Pope Leo XIV, the first US pope, addressed the faithful on St Peter’s Square, emphasising peace, dialogue and unity, recalling his roots as an Augustinian priest.

White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel, signalling the election of the 267th pope. Crowds in St Peter’s Square cheered, as they awaited the new pope to emerge.

The 133 cardinals agreed on a new pope on Thursday, 8 May, with white smoke rising from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel to announce the election of the next pontiff. The chosen candidate’s name is not yet known.

As Putin and Xi project unity and shared purpose from Moscow, the summit signals a deeper alignment not just in trade and diplomacy—but in a vision for reshaping global power structures.

Ceremonies in the cities of Guelma, Kherrata and Setif on Thursday paid homage to the thousands of Algerians killed by French troops following anti-French riots in May 1945.

Each splash is a defiance of the odds in a country where swimming is not part of the school curriculum and access to public pools is scarce

The co-founder of Microsoft, who has an estimated $113.1 billion fortune according to Forbes, announced Thursday that he aimed at giving virtually all of it away over the next two decades.

Cardinals failed to elect a new head for the Catholic Church on Thursday midday, with black smoke rising from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel. The cardinals are set to vote twice more on Thursday.

As the region sits on edge, the spectre of nuclear conflict looms in the background. Both countries possess nuclear weapons and a history of conflict stretching back to their partition in 1947.

Kinshasa has accused Kabila, in self-imposed exile since 2023, of supporting an armed rebellion in the country’s east

As the papal conclave enters its second day, catholic faithful in DR Congo are cheering for Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, the archibishop of Kinshasa

Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa said Wednesday that his country is holding indirect talks with Israel to prevent recent hostilities from getting out of control.

Reaction in St. Peter’s Square to black smoke on first day of Conclave to elect new pope

Muya warned against taking ants from their natural habitats, saying they were unlikely to survive if not supported to adapt to their new environment.

The secretive conclave to elect a new pope got underway in the Vatican on Wednesday.

Al Shamal winger Sliti remains hopeful about Tunisia’s qualification for the 2026 World Cup in North America.

Judges in the court case authorised the raid following revelations that clinical tests were missing from his official records.

Greece and Egypt reaffirmed their commitment Wednesday to a proposed undersea electricity interconnection designed to transport renewable energy from North Africa to Europe.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel are on the guest list which also includes Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

US President Donald Trump announced he’s calling off further airstrikes against Yemen. He said the country’s rulers had agreed to stop attacks in the Red Sea

Authorities said the giant insects were destined for collectors in Europe and Asia in an emerging trend of trafficking lesser-known wildlife species.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Denis Mukwege denounced on Wednesday the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Wounded in the crossfire and cut off by war, Munzir lost track of his family. But with the help of a local charity, he has been reunited after two years apart

In the heart of Kibera, Nairobi’s largest informal settlement, a new solution is bringing clean water — from above

A group of Moscow students dressed in vintage Soviet WWII uniforms and dresses danced to old tunes at the third annual Victory Waltz in Moscow on Tuesday

Sudan has severed diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) amid growing tensions over the ongoing civil war

The latest influx comes after the bombing of the Zamzam camp in Darfur and the city of al-Fasher by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

The College of Cardinals is set to start the voting process to elect the next pope on Wednesday, 7 May. While several cardinals are seen as potential contenders for the papacy, nothing is certain.

While the timing has not yet been finalised, the an Iranian source said discussions will take place in Muscat over two days.

The star from Barbados is already a mother of two little boys, born in 2022 and 2023. Her partner A$AP Rocky confirmed her third pregnancy to reporters ahead of her appearance on the Met Gala carpet.

The scheme is the latest step in Donald Trump’s mass deportations plan

Drone strikes hit a major power station in Port Sudan, causing a complete power outage.

Catholics represent about 20% of the population in Africa, giving the continent an advantage over regions with fewer numbers

It is challenge the amended employment law that sets racial targets for large employers in an attempt to address the economic inequality.

In Togo, the opposition has denounced the controversial appointment of the President of the Republic as head of a new powerful executive body.

Muna refugee camps welcomed more than 10,000 families in early 2024.

Five months before the presidential elections in Ivory Coast, the recently-formed opposition coalition, called CAP Côte d’Ivoire, has called upon the government to implement electoral reforms ahead of the crucial vote in October.

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