Investment in cleaner energy is on the verge of overtaking spending on fossil fuels for the first time ever

Massive crowds gathered for a glimpse of Pope Francis as he made his way through the streets of Kinshasa, after arriving in DRC

Southern Africa’s regional bloc SADC on Tuesday acknowledged that political tensions were rising in the tiny kingdom of Eswatini.

Music streaming giant Spotify reported a total of 205 million paying subscribers at the end of 2022 however its losses have deepened.

France international Florian Thauvin has signed for Udinese as a free agent after his contract with Mexican outfit Tigres was terminated.

Manchester United midfielder Christian Eriksen is likely to be ruled out until early May by an ankle injury he suffered in the FA Cup win over Reading.

Gold demand struck its highest level since 2011 last year, boosted by soaring purchases from central banks and other investors.

President Vladimir Putin backed a plan to set up joint military training centres with Belarus, with fears it could enter the Ukraine war.

South Africa’s governing ANC party has asked top officials to declare a national state of disaster to end severe electricity blackouts.

China criticised Czech president-elect Petr Pavel for holding a telephone call with Taiwan’s president and foreign minister the day before.

Dozens of rights and media groups urged Rwanda to conduct an independent and impartial probe into the death of a top journalist.

Suspected jihadists have killed 13 people, most of them from the military, in the lastest such attack in Burkina Faso’s restive north.

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, said it recorded a loss of 1,637 billion Norwegian kroner ($164 billion) in 2022.

Three alleged Al-Qaeda militants were killed in a suspected US drone strike in northeastern Yemen on Monday, local government officials said.

China’s factory activity expanded in January after months of contraction, as the world’s second-largest economy stirs back to life.

London’s High Court will examine the legality of a UK government decision to renew selling arms to Saudi Arabia that could be used in the war in Yemen.

Kenyan prosecutors said they will charge a key suspect with murder over the killing of a prominent LGBTQ campaigner whose body was found dumped in a metal box on a roadside.

Nigeria’s former deputy senate president is due to go on trial in Britain on Tuesday along with family members for alleged organ harvesting.

Emirates said it successfully flew a Boeing 777 powered by sustainable aviation fuel as the airline aims to halve its jet fuel consumption.

Southwest China’s Sichuan province will lift its three-child birth limit and remove restrictions on single parents

Philips cuts 6,000 jobs worldwide in a bid to restore profitability after a massive recall of faulty sleep respirators.

Another 20 people are missing after the storm flooded several districts and cut roads linking them to the capital Antananarivo.

The EU announced it would invest more than 280 million euros ($303 million) in grants to help the country green its coal-dependent economy.

Director Shyamalan has had a string of hits, but at present works outside the Hollywood studio system, which he says has grown “sick”.

The heated debate over facial recognition technology has a new flashpoint: Manhattan’s celebrated Madison Square Garden.