1+ hour, 58+ min ago  (593+ words) The sight of shackled, half-dressed men and women and their haunting wails that echoed through Ghana's Christiansborg Castle moved some descendants of enslaved Africans to tears on Friday, during what the West African country says is the first Juneteenth commemoration…...

3+ hour, 42+ min ago  (451+ words) Government critics in Eritrea face prison camps, forced labour and other rights violations, and the situation is worsening, the UN special rapporteur on the country warned Friday, raising the spectre of ongoing crimes against humanity. Presenting a bleak report to…...

5+ hour, 29+ min ago  (897+ words) One of the things Hong Kong superstar Tony Leung Chiu-wai likes about acting is the novelty " "you will never repeat the same role. When it comes to the changes wrought on his beloved cinema by technology like AI, though, there…...

3+ hour, 50+ min ago  (545+ words) British Transport Police said Friday it was responding to reports of a train "collision" north of London, with other emergency services saying they were attending to the incident amid media reports of injuries. "We're responding to reports of a collision…...

7+ hour, 14+ min ago  (596+ words) Oil prices and stock markets stabilised Friday after postponement of Mideast peace deal talks and following big movements for markets this week'on hopes of an end to the US-Iran conflict. Equities had largely rallied since the two countries last weekend…...

3+ hour, 56+ min ago  (401+ words) ar-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said Friday that "all of Lebanon must burn" after Israel's military announced the deaths of four soldiers there. The Israeli losses were the first to be announced since a US-Iran deal was…...

3+ hour, 38+ min ago  (655+ words) Much of Western Europe was sweltering in a gruelling heatwave on Friday with the mercury expected to continue rising in the coming days, likely shattering yet more temperature records. France was hit hard, forcing hundreds of schools to tweak their…...

3+ hour, 51+ min ago  (362+ words) Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a call Friday that a comprehensive ceasefire must be secured in order for talks with Israel to progress. The State Department, meanwhile, announced the resumption of negotiations in…...

5+ hour, 40+ min ago  (230+ words) China Nanhai Jiujiang demonstrated its dominance at the SJM Macau International Dragon Boat Races on Friday, successfully defending its championship titles in both the Open and Women's categories of the Macau International Invitation Standard Dragon Boat Race (500m). The final day…...

3+ hour, 46+ min ago  (260+ words) China's railway network is expected to handle 19. 73 million passenger trips on Friday, the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, according to the national railway operator. To meet the travel surge, a total of 1, 028 additional trains have been scheduled,…...