Drought in Horn of Africa worse than in 2011 famine
Below-normal rainfall is expected during the rainy season over the next three months in parts of Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia, a climate research centre says. Drought trends in the Horn…
Hong Kong flags handouts to support recovery from COVID shock
Government says it will issue vouchers worth 5,000 Hong Kong dollars to all adults this year to help economic recovery. Hong Kong will give more handouts to consumers to support…
Shifting the blame: Ukraine responds to Vladimir Putin address
Kyiv, Ukraine – To many in the West, the most frightening part of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s national address on Tuesday was the suspension of Moscow’s participation in a key…
Crackdown on child marriage tears families apart in India’s Assam
Assam, India – As Saidul Islam stares at rows of wilted cauliflowers and cabbages, the 33-year-old is unable to decide what is more frightening – his dying crop or weeks…
Fault Lines wins George Polk Award for film on Abu Akleh killing
Documentary by Al Jazeera English’s programme details the killing of the renowned correspondent by Israeli forces. Al Jazeera English’s current affairs programme Fault Lines has won the prestigious George Polk…
China Renaissance shares plunge after founder goes missing
China Renaissance Holdings shares fall as much as 5 percent after earlier recovering some losses. Shares of China Renaissance Holdings, the boutique investment bank founded by missing tech dealmaker Bao…
Rescue teams treat animals saved from the rubble of Turkey quakes
Antakya, Turkey – In a field hospital set up for animals in this southern city, a cat meowed in half-hearted protest as he was gently laid on a table, examined,…
N Korea confirms ICBM test, touts nuclear counterattack ability
Pyongyang says its latest ICBM test was meant to bolster its ‘fatal nuclear counterattack’ capabilities. North Korea has said it fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) as a warning to…
Doctors rush to Turkey’s quake-hit areas to bolster health system
Kahranmanmaras, Turkey – Emine, a woman in her 20s, lies in a hospital bed in Kahranmanmaras, a city devastated by last week’s earthquakes, as medics perform an ultrasound. The sound…
Russia’s Wagner fighters suffer 30,000 casualties in Ukraine: US
The White House says 90 percent of Wagner Group fighters killed in Ukraine since December were convicts. Russia’s Wagner mercenary group has suffered more than 30,000 casualties since Moscow’s invasion…