Amazon to pay customers up to $1,000 if a product causes injury | Insurance News
The policy is meant to address complaints that customers have lodged about third-party merchants who use Amazon’s online marketplace to…
In a world first, South Africa grants patent to an artificial intelligence system
On closer inspection, the patent is anything but mundane. That’s because the inventor is not a human being – it…
Banks face new ESG hurdle after Liberian mining pollution complaint
Canadian gold miner Avesoro may be drawn into a formal mediation process with victims of pollution from Liberia’s largest commercial…
Free speech vs Islamophobia: A teenager fuels debate in France | Islamophobia News
Paris, France – It all started with an Instagram broadcast on January 18 last year. Mila, then 16, with a…
How a cooperative union rescued the wine industry
This is part 2 of a 5-part series. After Tunisia’s unsuccessful experiment with the semi-collectivisation of its agriculture industry in…
Afghanistan IDPs recount escape to Kabul as Taliban tightens grip | Conflict News
Kabul, Afghanistan – Samia gathered her seven children, packed a few clothes and left her home in Takhar for the…
Anti-Muslim slogans raised in Indian capital, suspects in custody | Islamophobia News
New Delhi, India – At least five people, including a former spokesman of India’s governing right-wing party, are in police…
Bayer loses appeal of ruling that its weed killer causes cancer | Agriculture News
A US appeals court refused to overturn 2019 verdict which ruled in favour of a couple who fell ill after…
Nicaragua recalls ambassadors to 4 countries in tit-for-tat move | Human Rights News
Ortega government recalls Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Costa Rica ambassadors after countries took similar measures. Nicaragua has recalled its ambassadors…
Brazil Indigenous group sues Bolsonaro at ICC for ‘genocide’ | Human Rights News
Far-right president has led ‘an explicit, systematic’ anti-Indigenous policy since taking office in 2019, group alleges. An Indigenous organisation in…
African Union: Governments divided over Israel’s observer status
“We learned it like you, by reading the press release distributed on the website of the organisation!” said a diplomat…
US to make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for all US troops | Coronavirus pandemic News
Pentagon eyes mid-September to require vaccines for US military forces as FDA nears full approval of Pfizer jab. Beginning next…
Four ideas for boosting agricultural productivity in Africa
From Burkina Faso to Côte d’Ivoire to Tunisia, The Africa Report highlights four agricultural success stories that are sowing the…
Several soldiers killed in northern Burkina Faso ambush | Burkina Faso News
At least eight other soldiers were wounded in the attack near the country’s border with Mali, the government says. Twelve…
South Africa must leave old ideas behind to move forward
In this moment of crisis, South Africa urgently needs decisive action. But all too often South Africans of all political…
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway boosted by US economic rebound | Business and Economy News
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is reaping the benefits of the U.S. economic recovery. The conglomerate’s collection of manufacturers and…
Australian PM approves use of Moderna COVID vaccine | Coronavirus pandemic News
Australia has a shortage of the Pfizer vaccine and a glut of locally manufactured AstraZeneca, which many are refusing to…
‘I defended Libya’s sovereignty more than the Libyans themselves!’, says Ghassan Salamé
This is part 1 of a two-part interview. By the time he finally decided to throw in the towel in…
Indonesia’s Aceh medics offer COVID lifeline for the isolated | Coronavirus pandemic News
Medan, Indonesia – It was the evening after the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on July 20 when Hambal M…
Fintech Ozow plans expansion into SADC and West Africa
Plans to enter Namibia are the furthest advanced, with a regulatory application to operate having been finalised, Pays says from…