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ICYMI: Spring and summer highlights from the Office of International Engagement
The team at the Office of International Engagement have been like ducks: Calmly swimming on the surface, feet paddling furiously below. It has been an eventful year, and we have many projects and successes to share. Our creative work often stems...

US weighs Costco ban for Iranians at UN meet
HOUSTON — The Trump administration already has denied visas for Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and his large delegation to attend a high-level UN meeting this month and is now considering ramping up restrictions on several other delegations that...

Thousands thrilled by Red Bull Air Race and aerobatics
ABU DHABI // The return of the Red Bull Air Race captivated thousands of spectators all along the Corniche on Friday afternoon. The race’s qualifying day, in which 12 master pilots competed to determine their starting positions for Saturday’s...
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Preview: T20: England vs. South Africa - prediction, team news, form
Sports Mole previews the first T20 between England and South Africa, including predictions, team news and form. After losing the thrilling ODI series 2-1 to South Africa, England will be looking to right some wrongs when the shortest form of...
Mark Ruffalo and Olivia Colman among 1,300 rejecting Israeli film institutions
More than 1,300 actors, directors and producers have pledged not to work with Israeli film institutions they say are “complicit in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people”. The signatories include Academy Award winners Olivia Colman,...

Sheikh Khaled chairs Adnoc board meeting as it plans global expansion
Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, has led a meeting of the executive committee of Adnoc's board as the company seeks international expansion through new deals. During the meeting,...

Migrant Battalion: How African governments collude with Russia to recruit young women into its arms industry
Young Africans recruited from at least fifteen African countries were promised good salaries and skills training, but once there, they were often trapped, facing dangerous working conditions, strict surveillance, and difficulties returning home....

To Hell and Back
Every year I go visit my parents in Florida for the Christmas holidays. I always try and leave town a little earlier to avoid the onslaught of the masses who are fleeing to to be with their family and friends. There’s something about people that...

US Issues Visa Application Update
US Issues Visa Application Update By A Correspondent-The United States embassy in Harare has suspended routine visa services until further notice, citing unresolved concerns with the Government of Zimbabwe. The embassy clarified in a notice issued...

South Africa vs Nigeria: World Cup qualifier – start, team news and lineups
Who: South Africa vs Nigeria What: CAF qualifiers for FIFA 2026 World Cup Where: Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, Free State province, South Africa When: Tuesday at 6pm (16:00 GMT) How to follow: We’ll have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport...

Celebration to mark 150 years of rowing in Whanganui
The first recorded success for the club was a win in the New Zealand outrigger fours in 1881. Wanganui Collegiate School’s association with the club in 1885 was the first case of secondary school rowing in New Zealand. The Wanganui Rowing Club...

Video shows insane reality of fight between elephant and honey badger despite it being tiny in comparison
An unexpected battle between a honey badger and a full-sized elephant has left a group of Hwange National Park visitors with minds of the melted variety. Captured on video, this epically disproportionate meeting of species displays exactly why you...

Mnangagwa hosts Qatari delegation at State House
A high-level Qatari delegation led by His Highness Sheikh Mansour Bin Jabor Bin Jassim Al Thani is set to meet President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House today to deepen diplomatic and economic cooperation between Zimbabwe and Qatar. The...

High Court rejects Walter Mzembi’s bail plea, citing seven year absence
HARARE – Former Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi has been denied bail by the High Court after Justice Regis Dembure ruled that his seven-year absence from Zimbabwe and previous failure to stand trial proved he could not be trusted to appear in court...

Draft communique 2nd Africa-CARICOM summit in Ethiopia
The Heads of State and Government of Member States of the African Union (AU) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) convened for the historic Second Africa-CARICOM Summit on 7 September 2025, hosted by the Government of the Federal Democratic...

Timeline of President Russell M. Nelson’s life and ministry
7 Sept 2025, 7:20 a.m. MDT President Russell M. Nelson — who turns 101 on Sept. 9 — was set apart as the 17th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Jan. 14, 2018, after serving 34 years in the Quorum of the Twelve...

Xi-Modi-Putin economic axis hardens as Trump tariffs backfire
Call it the axis of major economies that are moving on without the US. US officials wondering what effect President Donald Trump’s move to slap 50% tariffs on India might have need look no further than Prime Minister Modi’s travel schedule. This...
US considers banning Iranians from shopping at Costco during UN meeting
HOUSTON (AP) — The Trump administration already has denied visas for Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and his large delegation to attend a high-level U.N. meeting this month and is now considering ramping up restrictions on several other...

Sustainable Facilities Management and Site Decommissioning
Tsebo Solutions, a leading Pan-African workplace management brand, is deepening its commitment to ESG principles, playing a pivotal role in advancing sustainability across mining and industrial sectors. The brand’s focus goes beyond optimizing...

The Mexicali Committee in Solidarity with Palestine as a Case of Decolonial Praxis
This is a part of the article series ‘Decolonial Praxis: Going Beyond Empty Words‘ edited by Fernando David Márquez Duarte, Dulce Alarcón Payán and Javier Daniel Alarcón Mares. Editorial and Translation Assistant: Lorenia Gutiérrez Moreto Cruz. A...