BusinessGlobal French firm Canal+ offers $2.9bn to buy MultichoiceArnold TutuApril 8, 2024(BBC) French media company Canal+ has made an offer of $2.9bn (£2.2bn) to fully acquire South African broadcasting company MultiChoi...077310 Continue reading
Global Five killed in Gaza aid drop parachute failure – reportsMichael KaumbaMarch 12, 2024BBC News Five people have died after a parachute failed on an aid package dropped by air into Gaza on Friday, reports say. An eyewit...017300 Continue reading
GlobalPolitics Former CIA hacker sentenced to 40 years in prisonArnold TutuFebruary 2, 2024(BBC) A former CIA officer has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for leaking a trove of classified hacking tools to whistle-blowi...00.9K00 Continue reading
Global Fire claims 13 in School dormitory in ChinaJoshua JereJanuary 20, 2024 January 20, 2024(BBC) Thirteen people have died after a fire broke out in a school dormitory in central China, the country’s Xinhua state news...078900 Continue reading
Global Flights cancelled as regulator grounds Boeing 737 Max 9s over blowoutJoshua JereJanuary 7, 2024(BBC) Thousands of passengers face flight cancellations after major US airlines grounded dozens of Boeing jets after a mid-flight bl...030400 Continue reading
GlobalPolitics French court jails Rwandan ex-doctor 24 years over genocideArnold TutuDecember 20, 2023(BBC) A former Rwandan doctor has been jailed for 24 years by a French court for his involvement in the 1994 genocide. Sosthene Muny...01K00 Continue reading
Global France’s Emmanuel Macron buffeted from all sides in row over secularismMichael KaumbaDecember 9, 2023By Hugh Schofield BBC News, París Emmanuel Macron has been accused of betraying the French Republic after he took part in a Jewish c...01.1K00 Continue reading
Global Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger dies aged 100Michael KaumbaNovember 30, 2023 November 30, 2023By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who played a pivotal and polarising role in...01.5K00 Continue reading
Global Far-right outsider Javier Milei wins Argentina presidential run-off electionMichael KaumbaNovember 20, 2023By Katy Watson, South America correspondent, and Emily McGarvey in London BBC News Far-right libertarian outsider Javier Milei has w...01.1K00 Continue reading
Global French march against antisemitism shakes up far right and far leftMichael KaumbaNovember 12, 2023By Hugh Schofield BBC News, Paris Something unprecedented is happening this weekend in Paris, brought about by the war between Israe...01K00 Continue reading