West African bloc gathers for key summit on Niger coup
Leaders from West African bloc ECOWAS will meet on Thursday for an emergency summit on the coup in Niger, after the country's military chiefs defied an ultimatum to restore the elected president.
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S.Leone riot victims' families still awaiting justice a year on
Aminata Kabba says she has not seen justice in the year since learning from a social media video that armed men had shot her son dead, days after widespread riots gripped Sierra Leone.
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Inner city delivery hubs raise child health fears after UK court battle
From the third-floor window of a London primary school, parent Sarah Slotover stares out over the industrial site at the centre of a "David and Goliath" battle between online supermarket Ocado and the community.
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Japan and Sweden brace for ultimate clash of styles at World Cup
Japan are the revelation of the Women's World Cup but they must brace themselves for the ultimate clash of styles when they face Sweden in the quarter-finals at Eden Park on Friday.
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Netherlands turn to their Spanish spies for World Cup clash
Netherlands coach Andries Jonker says he "knows everything" about Spain ahead of their Women's World Cup quarter-final on Friday, thanks in part to former Spanish international Damaris Egurrola.
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China's Hangzhou to host badminton World Tour Finals for four years
International badminton's flagship event, the World Tour Finals, will be held in Hangzhou for the next four years, a further sign the post-Covid revival of major sports events in China is gathering pace.
Read moreFast-moving wildfire kills at least 6 as it razes Hawaiian town
A wildfire that turned a historic Hawaiian town to ashes killed at least six people, officials said Wednesday, with desperate residents jumping into the ocean in a bid to escape the fast-moving flames.
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Man City begin bid for Premier League history, Liverpool face Chelsea test
Manchester City kick-off the new Premier League season at Burnley on Friday to begin their bid to become the first side to ever win four consecutive English top-flight titles.
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Netherlands striker Beerensteyn glad 'big-mouth' US out of World Cup
Netherlands forward Lineth Beerensteyn said Thursday she celebrated the United States crashing out of the Women's World Cup, saying the beaten holders had "a really big mouth".
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Indonesian maid's torture highlights lack of legal protections
Beaten, forced to eat animal faeces and chained to a dog cage -- the abuse of an Indonesian maid highlights the government's failure to protect domestic workers at home even as it moves to help those abroad, critics say.
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