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Johan Norberg on what drove history’s influential civilisations; Ben Chu on the rise of zero-sum economic thinking; plus Germany’s decline and a must-read for monetary aficionados

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Africa: Researchers Unveil Africa's First Smart Soil Sensor to Revolutionise Farming

[Ghanaian Times] A Team of Ghanaian researchers has developed Africa's first smart soil sensing technology aimed at transforming the way farmers manage soil health, make fertiliser decisions, and increase crop productivity.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica

US shifts Africa strategy and urges countries to handle their own security

The move reflects a broader rebalancing under President Trump, as Washington trims its global footprint while China and Russia expand influence.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Malawi-Israel healthworkers deal: Who benefits the most?

Malawi churns out more nurses from college than it can employ. A new deal to send health workers to Israel promises jobs and relief, but will it drain Malawi's already fragile healthcare system?

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

South Africa: Violent Crime and the Myth of South Africa's 'White Genocide'

[ISS] Murder and armed robbery affect everyone living in South Africa - to say otherwise suggests a worrying ideological agenda.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica

Liberia: Speaker Koon Admits Koffa's Ouster Was Political Payback Against Opposition CDC

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- House Speaker Richard Nagbe Koon has confessed that the removal of former Speaker Jonathan Fonati Koffa was driven by political motives rather than the ethical breaches previously cited by lawmakers.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica

Liberia: Liberia Launches Campaign for Re-Election On Imo Council, At Category a Level

[New Dawn] The Liberian Permanent Mission to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London, the United Kingdom, headed by Ambassador Robert Wilmot Kpadeh, in collaboration with the Liberian Embassy to the Court of St. James, will officially launch Liberia's campaign for re-election to 'Category A' on the IMO Council on Monday, May 26, 2025, from 6 pm to 10 pm London time.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica

Nigeria: Why Delegates Disrupt Atiku, Obi Coalition Meeting

[Premium Times] The meeting held in Abuja was disrupted over who should speak for the Jigawa delegation.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica

Nigeria: Actor Godwin Nnadiekwe Hospitalised After Unauthorised Chest Kick On Movie Set

[Premium Times] Nollywood actor Godwin Nnadiekwe has been hospitalised after his colleague, Zubby Michael, kicked him in the chest during a film shoot.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica

FirstFT: Trump calls Putin β€˜absolutely crazy’

Also in today’s newsletter, oil chiefs warn of end to US shale boom, China’s banking sector consolidation and Wall Street competes for graduate talent

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

US investment firm Redbird plans to buy Britain’s Telegraph newspaper

The Telegraph Group's previous owner, the Barclay family, is expected to use this sale to pay off significant existing debts.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Is Europe doing enough to prepare for the potential threat of bird flu to humans?

Public health risks remain low, but experts in Europe are calling for more surveillance given the virus is so widespread among birds.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Nepal Continues to Fail Victims of the Maoist Insurgency

Transitional justice, the last leg of the peace process, will remain incomplete unless the victims have adequate say in the process.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Roaming roosters claim the streets of Miami

Flamingos and parrots may be Miami’s best-known birds, but it’s the roosters and hens that have taken over its streets and stolen the spotlight.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

What role does your money play in fueling the climate crisis?

What roles do our pensions, investments and banking decisions play in supporting fossil fuel projects? And how green are the sustainable alternatives?

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Macron touts France as β€˜reliable’ partner for south-east Asia

French president’s visit to Vietnam, Indonesia and Singapore will portray Paris as more respectful than US or China

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Merz says Israeli actions in Gaza 'no longer justified'

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the fight against "Hamas terrorism" does not justify the suffering of civilians in Gaza. He no longer "understands what Israel is trying to achieve." DW has more.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Mexico embarks on β€˜Kafkaesque’ experiment to elect judges

Investors fear radical overhaul will make it impossible to win any case against government

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Private equity portfolios underperform at big Canadian investors

Three large pension plans lagged their benchmarks over the past year

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Cloud computing is too important to be left to the Big Three

Unlike traditional utilities, Amazon, Microsoft and Google operate with minimal transparency

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Latest news bulletin | May 26th – Midday

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Marcel Ophuls, Oscar-winning director of 'The Sorrow and the Pity', dies aged 97

His most famous work, The Sorrow and the Pity (1969), was a groundbreaking four-hour documentary that shattered France’s myths about resistance during World War II.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

What happens to reading comprehension when students focus on the main idea

Why do so many students struggle to understand what they read, even after they learn how to read? That’s a topic of hot debate among reading researchers. One camp has been arguing that schools have been going about it all wrong. These critics say that instead of drilling students on the main idea (similar to […] The post What happens to reading comprehension when students focus on the main idea appeared first on The...

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: The Hechinger Report favicon The Hechinger Report

Russia's casualties in its war against Ukraine near 1 million troops, Kyiv says

Russia's losses have neared 1 million soldiers since its full-scale invasion in February 2022, the Ukrainian General Staff reported on Monday, amid Moscow's preparations for a new summer offensive.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

South Africa: Are Children Living With HIV Being Left Behind? What the Stats Tell Us

[spotlight] Massive gains have been made in reducing new HIV infections and deaths in children. Yet, many of the statistics for children still look worse than those for adults. Spotlight asked experts why this is the case and what factors prevent children living with HIV from starting and staying on the treatment that can keep them healthy.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica

Somalia: Former National Football Player Killed in Mogadishu - Police Apprehend Key Murder Suspect in Hodan District

[Radio Dalsan] Mogadishu -- In a swift response to a high-profile homicide case that has sparked public outrage and sorrow across Somalia's sports and civic communities, the Somali Police Force has arrested a suspect linked to the murder of former national football player Abdifatah Abdi Osmaan.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica

Nord Stream: Could Germany return to Russian gas imports?

For months, there has been speculation that the US and Russia want to repair the Nord Stream gas pipelines running through the Baltic Sea and bring them back online. The question remains whether Germany might agree.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Austria: Ex-Chancellor Kurz acquitted of perjury conviction

An Austrian court has overturned an eight-month suspended jail sentence former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz had received after being found guilty of giving false testimony.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

China student says college made her 'take off trousers' for period leave

While the college said its staff had "followed protocol", many decry an alleged invasion of privacy.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

MEPs on special mission to Washington, Newsletter

This week's key events presented by Euronews' senior trade reporter Peggy Corlin.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Family in Gaza displaced for tenth time as bombardment continues

After nearly 20 months of war in Gaza, the Abu Jarad family has been displaced for the tenth time, forced once more to abandon their home in the north.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Putin 'needlessly killing a lot of people,' Trump says, as Russia continues drone onslaught in Ukraine

Russia has attacked Ukraine for a third night in a row, Ukrainian regional officials and emergency services said, a day after the biggest aerial attack of the war so far killed at least 12 people and drew condemnation from U.S. President Donald Trump.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

Japan flight made emergency landing after man tried opening door

Police said the man was "having a medical crisis" and was restrained by fellow passengers and crew.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

Europe's Gaza protests are starting to have results

I read Israeli newspapers every day, and in them I notice that European protests do get coverage and are thus noticed. Nor should one doubt that Israeli embassies relay every protest to the foreign ministry in Jerusalem. And European politicians are not insensitive to these protests either, even if they often seem not to be, writes Koert Debeuf.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: EU Observer favicon EU Observer

North Korea detains four officials over naval destroyer debacle

Kim Jong-un last week described the damage to the 5,000-tonne ship as a "criminal act caused by absolute carelessness".

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews