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Spain’s Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska has said that 72,000 migrants have entered Ceuta since last Thursday, adding that 70,000 of them have already returned to Morocco. During his appearance, he also stressed that the National Intelligence Centre (CNI) had not warned of the possibility of a migration crisis of this…

Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.In his 40 years as a lobster fisherman, Robert Wagner had never seen a critter like it: a half-blue,…

Clashes near Sheraro mark one of the most serious threats yet to the fragile 2022 Pretoria peace deal.Published On 1 Aug 20261 Aug 2026Fighting has broken out in western Tigray, in one of the most serious breaches yet of the three-year-old peace deal between Ethiopia’s federal government and fighters in…

Two countries have agreed to roadmap towards the full restoration of diplomatic ties, cut off after contested 2024 vote.Published On 2 Aug 20262 Aug 2026Venezuela and the Dominican Republic have agreed to work towards restoring relations, which were severed after the Dominican Republic criticised the re-election of former Venezuelan President…

Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.In his 40 years as a lobster fisherman, Robert Wagner had never seen a critter like it: a half-blue,…

PHOENIX (AP) — Three western U.S. states would take less water from the Colorado River under a federal proposal released Friday to stave off a crisis in the beleaguered waterway.The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation proposal spares four other states from facing mandatory cuts for now. It’s meant to be flexible,…

Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.A Vancouver Island couple is just steps away from completing a journey of over 15,000-kilometre on foot. Langford’s Simon…

Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.In his 40 years as a lobster fisherman, Robert Wagner had never seen a critter like it: a half-blue,…

A major rescue operation took place on Tuesday to assist more than 170 people attempting to cross from France to the United Kingdom, authorities in both countries said. It was one of the largest operations of its kind since records began in 2018. The inflatable boat was still in the…

Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo – As Ebola cases continue to emerge in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Virunga National Park – Africa’s oldest – is strengthening health measures to protect communities and the endangered mountain gorillas living in it.The measures are part of the park’s…

Lula has sought to use the Bolsonaro family’s relationship with Trump to cast the election as a choice between national independence and submission to foreign interests.By Al Jazeera, AFP and APPublished On 2 Aug 20262 Aug 2026Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has formally launched his campaign for a…

Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.In his 40 years as a lobster fisherman, Robert Wagner had never seen a critter like it: a half-blue,…

Published on 30/06/2026 – 22:19 GMT+2•Updated 22:20 French President Emmanuel Macron spoke out against a global rise in the number of executions on Tuesday during a speech at the ninth World Congress against the death penalty. “The death penalty still remains, in many regions of the world, a reality”, Macron…

Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo – It was Thursday, June 30, 1960, when Belgian and Congolese dignitaries gathered at the Palais de la Nation in Kinshasa, then known as Leopoldville, for a ceremony marking the end of more than seven decades of colonial rule.On that day, King Baudouin I…