World
6 Jul 2023
Facebook owner Meta had challenged the 2019 finding of Germany's anti-monopoly watchdog, which ordered the firm to get consent from users for data collection. The ruling could imperil the position of other tech giants.
5 Jul 2023
Dozens of people have drowned or disappeared in the past weeks crossing from West Africa to the Canary Islands as Spain and Morocco attract criticism for slow sea rescues.
5 Jul 2023
The floods come as other parts of China battle intense heat waves. Chinese officials have warned the country to expect "multiple natural disasters" including typhoons in July.
5 Jul 2023
Many people consider cacti a nuisance, but one young Senegalese entrepreneur is putting them to good use. He’s devised a way to produce both biogas and organic fertilizer from the spiky succulents.
5 Jul 2023
We look at the latest French and international reactions to tensions in France following a week of riots. In other news: British PM Rishi Sunak is accused of breaking a climate pledge, just days after the Earth's hottest day ever. Finally, find out why humans are more similar to elephants than previously thought!
5 Jul 2023
South Korea has ended a 36-day salvage operation after the North failed to launch a spy satellite in orbit. The satellite plunged into the sea, with the South Korean government analyzing the wreckage.
5 Jul 2023
A violent summer storm swept across the Netherlands, severely affecting air and train traffic. At least one person died in the town of Haarlem.
5 Jul 2023
Carles Puigdemont and two other MEPs had appealed a 2021 vote to strip them of legal immunity. They are wanted by Spanish authorities for their role in Catalonia's unilateral declaration of independence in 2017.
5 Jul 2023
Amnesty International has reported that security forces, separatist rebels and ethnic militiamen – from both side of the country's linguistic divide – have committed "atrocities" in the English-speaking regions of western Cameroon, including executions, torture and rape.
5 Jul 2023
Strategic ties between European countries and the Philippines are set to grow as leaders recognize the importance of countering China's rising military activity near Taiwan and the South China Sea.
5 Jul 2023
Award-winning Novaya Gazeta journalist Elena Milashina has a long record of covering human rights abuses in the region, and this is not the first time she has been targeted.
5 Jul 2023
It is unclear if the Sudanese army's call for fighting volunteers is a forced conscription. Meanwhile, fighting between the army and the paramilitary RSF has persisted in the capital Khartoum and in Darfur.
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In this week’s special edition of Access Asia, we focus on India as the country's record-breaking election gets under way. In the past few years, India's ranking in the World Press Freedom Index has plummeted.
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Tunde Onakoya, a chess mastermind and founder of Chess in Slums Africa, has just wrapped up a truly inspiring challenge! He attempted to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon without a loss, aiming to surpass the existing mark of 56 hours and 9 minutes. As at 04:30 am Saturday 20th morning,…