There is something deeply unsettling about the state of our municipalities. Increasingly, their public presence is defined not by roads repaired, water restored, or towns revitalised—but by images of officials visiting bereaved families, attending funerals, and posting messages of condolence on social media. Let us be clear: empathy is not the…
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0 claims checked2026 Goethe Medal: Meet the recipients April 29, 2026Music, literature and theater: While the respective disciplines of this year's recipients of the Goethe Medal differ, what unites them is the…
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The Building Industry Bargaining Council (BIBC), a platform where employers and trade unions negotiate and agree on terms and conditions of employment, says the government’s blacklisting of 52…
Bengaluru — Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is looking at Kenya as the site of a 650,000-barrel-a-day oil refinery that he intends to build in East Africa, the Financial Times reported on Sunday,…
MOSCOW, May 10. /TASS/. A breakthrough in negotiations between Washington and Tehran could occur before US President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing in the middle of May, Pakistani Ambassador to…
Trump threatens Iran with AI picture of himself with a gun: 'No more Mr. Nice guy!' U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Iran in a Truth Social post on Wednesday morning, saying the country "better…
Social media is all abuzz over a video shot in Paris over the weekend. It was posted by a cyclist who found his bike parked in front of the Louvre Museum… colonised by a swarm of tens of thousands of…
French film show: 'The Silent Run' tells a tragic migrant story To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions…