Africa
Australia v South Africa: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live! | Sport
8.57am EDT 08:57 6th over: South Africa 48-0 (Markram 25, de Kock 16) Jim Maxwell is on BBC radio. “This ground, if it didn’t have a boundary, the ball would roll into the North Sea.” Value for shots today. Aaron Finch turns to Nathan Lyon, hoping that spin will slow the South Africans, but Markram …
Record-breaking seaweed bloom stretches from west Africa to Mexico
Researchers at the University of Southern Florida used satellite imagery to determine that the giant floating mass of seaweed is a whopping 8,850 kilometers (5,000 miles) long. It weighs an estimated 20 million metric tons, or the equivalent of 1.6 million double-decker buses. Scientists first noticed that seaweed was spreading rapidly across the Atlantic and …
Armed conflicts and national trends in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health in sub-Saharan Africa: What can national health surveys tell us? – World
Abstract Armed conflicts are widespread in sub-Saharan Africa and considered to be an important factor in slowing down national progress in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH). The measurement of the impact of conflicts on national levels and trends in RMNCH is difficult. National surveys conducted before and sometimes during and after conflicts are …
Shane Warne’s crisis of confidence
Few in the game have ever had as much bravado as Shane Warne and none has ever been able to do what he could as a wrist spinner. With his ripping legbreaks, unerring accuracy and natural cricketing nous, Warne was the first man to ever take 700 Test wickets and for much of his career …
Boat with dozens of migrants capsizes off Tunisia coast | World news
Dozens of African migrants capsized off the coast of Tunisia after setting off for Europe from Libya, a government source and the Tunisian Red Crescent have said. Some of the four initial survivors told the Tunisian coast guard on Thursday the boat had sunk off the town of Zarzis the day before, the Red Crescent …
Man who fell from plane ‘could be Nairobi airport employee’ | World news
The fingerprints of a man whose frozen body fell into a garden in London from the landing gear of a Kenya Airways plane are being analysed after being sent by British police to Nairobi, where investigators suspect he may have been an airport employee. A bag, water and some food were discovered in the landing …
Libya airstrike targeting migrant center kills at least 40
Images from the ground showed piles of rubble left where the buildings had been, while emergency crews worked to remove both the wounded and the dead. The UN Refugee Agency posted to its official Twitter page that it was “extremely concerned” about the news of the airstrikes targeting the Tajoura detention center. In a statement, …
Australia v New Zealand live scores, news, updates, video
Welcome to our coverage of the Cricket World Cup match between Australia and New Zealand, live from Lord’s. For Australia the match is a chance to cement their spot at the top of the ladder, while a win for New Zealand would guarantee them a semi-final berth and heap even more pressure on underperforming England. …
Sri Lanka v South Africa: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live! | Sport
It has taken 30 days, but at long last this World Cup gets some north-eastern exposure, arriving at Durham for the first of three fixtures. A week ago, this looked like a stinker between two sides with no chance. But then the butterly flapped it wings: Sri Lanka beat England and the race for the …
Health of hospitalised Tunisian president begins to improve: adviser
FILE PHOTO: Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi holds a news conference at the Carthage Palace in Tunis, Tunisia, October 25, 2018. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi/File Photo TUNIS (Reuters) – The condition of 92-year-old Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi has begun to improve, a presidential adviser told Reuters on Thursday, hours after his office said he was hospitalised …