President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired leading security officials in the middle of a war. But the president's public rebuke only obscures the real problem: lack of reform, says Eugen Theise.

Four Argentine friends will cycle 10,500 kilometres from South Africa to Qatar to support their country at the World Cup in November, an initiative that will also lead to 10,500 new trees being planted in their homeland.

Ukrainian footballer Alan Aussi playing for Borussia Dortmund fearing for friends at front line

Triathlete Flora Duffy has made history as the first person from Bermuda to win gold at the Olympics. Her parents describe in an interview from Bermuda how they were blown away by the crowd watching her at a pub on the tiny island.

Lying-in-state and service of songs was held in honour of the late human rights activist, Yinka Odunmakin in Lagos.

Family and friends marched in Western Honduras to demand justice for a nurse her mother alleges was killed by police while in their custody. The police say she committed suicide.

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