Emmanuel knows only too well the allure of illegal gold prospecting in the protected Comoe National Park for the many young without prospects in Ivory Coast's troubled northeast.
When Lawan Mustafa's wife, nine months pregnant, woke up bleeding in the middle of the night, she looked at her husband and warned him: don't go to the hospital.
Forest ranger Daouda Bamba is in no doubt about who the apex predator is in Ivory Coast's Comoe National Park, ravaged by war and unrest between 2002 and 2011.
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Asian stock markets mostly rose Friday morning, with a surge in Japanese shares coming after better-than-expected earnings reports from US tech behemoths Apple and Amazon.
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Eddie Jones has called on his Japan team to try to emulate the 2015 side that pulled off one of rugby union's biggest shocks when they beat South Africa in a game that became known as the "Miracle of Brighton".
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Wearing large rubber boots, Nadine Mitschunas joyfully handled mature rice plants peeking through the water of her small plot growing in the fertile soil of eastern England.
October 31, 2025
Stunned captain Alyssa Healy says Australia let themselves down after their reign as one-day world champions was brought to a shuddering halt by hosts India.
October 31, 2025
Culture
Can great art be made without human genius and all its flaws? It's a vital question at a time when artificial intelligence threatens to subsume Hollywood.
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With much pomp and circumstance, Cairo is due to inaugurate on Saturday the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum, widely presented as the crowning jewel on authorities' efforts to overhaul the country's vital tourism industry.
The downfall of Andrew, formerly known as prince and born into a life of royal privilege as the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, was complete on Thursday, when his brother King Charles III moved to strip him of all his titles.
With the Los Angeles Dodgers' World Series repeat bid in the balance, manager Dave Roberts reiterated Thursday that everything is on the table in game six, including using two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani as a relief pitcher.
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Politics
The General Assembly declared Saudi Arabia, represented by the General Court of Audit (GCA), as the Chair of INTOSAI starting in 2031 for a three-year term. Saudi Arabia will host delegations from over 195 countries, led by the heads of Supreme Audit Institutions, assuming leadership of the world's foremost organization in financial and performance auditing. This role positions Saudi Arabia to steer global efforts in enhancing transparency, public sector governance, and government performance, while reinforcing public trust in national economies.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers know they must get their offense firing to resuscitate their bid for a second straight World Series title as the Toronto Blue Jays host game six on Friday with a chance to clinch their first Major League Baseball crown in 32 years.
Australia's state of Victoria has passed the country's first treaty with Indigenous peoples, a landmark act of recognition long denied to the country's first inhabitants.
A stone's throw from Venezuela, in the eye of a political storm fueled by a US naval deployment, fishermen from the archipelago of Trinidad and Tobago fear getting caught up in the tumult.
Patrick Mahomes will lead the Kansas City Chiefs into Buffalo on Sunday to face Josh Allen's Bills in the latest renewal of what has become one of the NFL's top rivalries.
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