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Last updated: 1 hour ago Dolphins have returned to Lisbon’s Tagus River, prompting a new wave of tourism to see them. The pandemic led to reduced pollution in the area thanks to a drop in maritime traffic, making it a more hospitable environment for the marine mammals. Biologist and guide Ines Matado says she now sees dolphins much more frequently… Read More

Last updated: 25 minutes ago Lionel Messi fought back tears on Sunday 8 August as he began a press conference at which he was expected to confirm he is leaving Barcelona, where he has played his entire career. The 34-year-old Argentinian superstar, six times a Ballon d’Or winner, has been out of contract since the end of June and Barca… Read More

South Africa’s health authorities have started vaccinating the homeless, one of the country’s most vulnerable communities, with one-dose vaccines to ensure full protection against the coronavirus. It’s estimated that around 200,000 people live on South Africa’s streets, which is a vulnerable community that’s been hit extra hard by the COVID-19 pandemic due to the harsh outdoor environment and a higher… Read More

Along the Logone River, which is shared by Cameroon and Chad, fishermen engage in artisanal fishing. The locals here live mainly from fishing, a resource that is becoming increasingly scarce. After six hours of fishing, Ahmadou Baba, a Chadian fisherman, returns to the banks of the river with little catch. “When I was a child, we could get fish just… Read More

Marathon world record-holder Eliud Kipchoge stormed to gold in one of the standout performances at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, with the curtain set to fall on the highly unusual Games. A succession of big names have failed to perform at the postponed 2020 Olympics but Kenya’s Kipchoge showed his class in Sapporo, kicking on the closing stages and clocking… Read More

Six members of a Sudanese paramilitary force were sentenced to death on Thursday by a court in the central city of Al-Obeid for the deaths of six protesters in 2019, including four school children. The trial, broadcast on Sudanese television, concerns events that took place during a mass protest in July 2019 against gasoline and bread shortages in Al-Obeid in… Read More

The European Court of Human Rights on Friday suspended the extradition from France to Burkina Faso of François Compaoré, brother of deposed President Blaise Compaoré and a defendant in the 1998 murder of investigative journalist Norbert Zongo, the ECHR announced. “The Court has decided to indicate to the French government, under Article 39” of the ECHR rules governing “interim measures”,… Read More

Egyptian batik designer Samar Hassanein has been working in Egypt for years on enhancing the art of batik, a patterned cloth made by using a wax-resistant dyeing technique. It consists of creating patterns by applying melted wax onto a cloth before dipping it in dye or painting over it with a brush. The fabric is then immersed in boiling water… Read More

Last updated: 9 hours ago An anti-government protest in Thailand turned violent on Saturday 7 August, with police in riot gear firing teargas and rubber bullets and demonstrators hurling rocks and firecrackers. Clouds of smoke billowed up around the confrontation in the Din Daeng area of Bangkok, as police lines blocked a road that leads to the military base where… Read More

Deadly fighting erupted on Saturday between rival factions of South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar’s SPLA-IO, his military spokesman said in a statement. The clashes erupted after Machar’s rivals declared this week they had deposed him as the head of the party and its military forces. Armed forces led by a rival general in the party, Simon Gatwech Dual, had… Read More