September 15, 2024

Fifty years after fall of Ethiopia’s empire, survivors remember terror

Exactly 50 years ago, on September 12, 1974, Ethiopia's last emperor, Haile Selassie, was deposed after 44 years in power. A popular uprising and series of nationwide strikes put an end to…

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Africa

Vietnam: Cleanup begins in wake of Typhoon Yagi

The most powerful storm to hit Asia this year has weakened to a tropical depression. Typhoon Yagi has left a trail of destruction across the Philippines, southern China and Vietnam, where a…

4 days ago

World

Germany tries to woo foreign students and skilled workers

German Labor Minister Hubertus Heil is in India for a meeting of his G20 counterparts, amid an unprecedented labor shortage in Germany. He's promoting a new system that lowers entry hurdles for…

4 days ago

Business

Surgeons perform world’s first human eye transplant

Surgeons in New York have performed the first ever transplant of an entire human eye. In surgery that took 21 hours, they restored large parts of a patient's face and reconnected a…

4 days ago

Science & Tech

The cocoa connection: How ‘brown gold’ is smuggled between Ivory Coast, Liberia and Guinea

As the world's top cocoa producer, Ivory Coast faces many challenges – first and foremost the fight against illegal smuggling of this "brown gold". Some cocoa farmers consider the prices set by…

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Africa

Amazon deforestation slows in Brazil, Colombia

Brazil and Colombia experienced a "remarkable" decrease in forest loss in 2022 and 2023, a new report finds. The two countries are home to the Amazon rainforest, one of the world's greatest…

4 days ago

World

Fears that China overtaking car country Germany

As Germany falls in international competitiveness rankings, even its formerly venerable auto industry risks being surpassed by electric vehicles made in China. Are tariffs the answer?…

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Business

From marginalisation to national icons: Bolivia’s ‘cholitas’ in the limelight

In Bolivia, "cholitas", or indigenous women, were long marginalised and discriminated against. Forty years ago, these women, recognisable by their traditional large skirts, bowler hats, and long braids, were barred from entering…

4 days ago

Entertainment

Nigeria floods exacerbate existing food shortage crisis

Emergency workers are trying to deliver food to people – while also searching for those who remain missing.…

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World

Citizen Musk: Will Brazil’s ban on X mark a turning point for tech giants?

First the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov, now the ban on Twitter in Brazil. After years of making outrage and tribalism their business model, are tech titans getting their comeuppance? In…

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Science & Tech

September 15, 2024

Fifty years after fall of Ethiopia’s empire, survivors remember terror

Vietnam: Cleanup begins in wake of Typhoon Yagi

Germany tries to woo foreign students and skilled workers

Surgeons perform world’s first human eye transplant

The cocoa connection: How ‘brown gold’ is smuggled between Ivory Coast, Liberia and Guinea

Amazon deforestation slows in Brazil, Colombia

Fears that China overtaking car country Germany

From marginalisation to national icons: Bolivia’s ‘cholitas’ in the limelight

Nigeria floods exacerbate existing food shortage crisis

Citizen Musk: Will Brazil’s ban on X mark a turning point for tech giants?

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