South Africa cricket coach Shukri Conrad prepares his team for a demanding series against Zimbabwe. The Proteas will face their neighbors in two test matches starting Saturday at Bulawayo. Rain washed out their recent unofficial meeting in London before the World Test Championship. Conrad believes teams always elevate their performance when playing the world champions. He anticipates Zimbabwe will bring their strongest effort to the contest.
The coach praised Zimbabwe as a resilient cricket nation with significant test experience this year. Their home advantage at Bulawayo adds another layer of difficulty for visiting teams. Conrad expressed excitement about his squad's fresh energy after recent success against Australia. The players...
Spain holds a major United Nations meeting next week to find more money for poor countries. The conference happens as President Donald Trump cuts American aid and world conflicts make progress harder. Leaders from France, South Africa and Ecuador will join about 70 government heads from around the globe. The meeting runs from June 30 to July 3 in the southern Spanish city of Seville.
America refuses to attend the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and more than 4,000 business leaders and aid workers will participate. World Bank President Ajay Banga also plans to attend the rare gathering focused on development assistance.
Rich countries need to provide $4 trillion each...
Thailand faces major political trouble as former leader Thaksin Shinawatra prepares for trial. The 75-year-old billionaire must answer charges about insulting the royal family. Courts could sentence him to 15 years behind bars if they find him guilty. His daughter Paetongtarn serves as the current prime minister. Conservative lawmakers want to remove her from office.
The political crisis started when someone leaked a phone call between Paetongtarn and Cambodia's former leader. She spoke poorly about a Thai army commander during the conversation. Critics said she showed disrespect to the military. Many people demanded her resignation after hearing the recording. She apologized but still faces a court challenge to her leadership.
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Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo will sign a peace deal Friday in Washington. The agreement aims to end fighting in eastern Congo that has killed thousands of people. President Donald Trump helped create the deal and wants a Nobel Peace Prize for his work. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will watch the foreign ministers sign the document. Critics worry the agreement lacks clear details about economic plans.
The M23 rebel group started new attacks in late 2021 and took control of large areas. The rebels captured the important city of Goma earlier this year. Congo says Rwanda supports the M23 fighters with weapons and soldiers. Washington agrees with Congo about Rwanda's involvement. Rwanda denies helping the rebels directly...
Japan carried out its first execution since 2022 on Friday. Officials put to death Takahiro Shiraishi, a 34-year-old man who killed nine people. The justice ministry would not confirm the hanging, but news sources reported the execution. Shiraishi earned the nickname Twitter killer for his crimes. He used the social media platform to find his victims.
Shiraishi murdered nine people during 2017 after meeting them online. His victims were mostly women between ages 15 and 26. He contacted people who talked about ending their lives on social media. The killer promised to help them die but murdered them instead. Police found body parts stored around his small apartment near Tokyo.
Japan and America remain the only wealthy nations that...
Colombia will stop sending certain drug criminals to America for trial, the country's new justice minister said Thursday. Eduardo Montealegre announced this decision could damage relations between Bogota and Washington. The leftist government wants to talk with rebel leaders instead of putting them behind bars. Many of these leaders run cocaine operations across the nation. Montealegre believes his approach can still destroy criminal organizations and stop drug trafficking.
Two major rebel commanders face extradition requests from American authorities. Gabriel Yepes leads one armed faction that controls territory and drug routes. Willinton Henao Gutierrez commands another guerrilla group with similar operations. Colombia refuses to...
Brazil's top court decided Thursday that social media companies must quickly delete hate speech and posts about serious crimes. The ruling forces platforms to take responsibility for illegal content posted by users. Companies no longer need court orders before removing dangerous material. Eight out of eleven judges voted against part of a 2014 internet law. The old law said platforms only faced penalties after ignoring court removal orders.
Judges said companies must act fast against posts promoting terrorism, hate speech, attacks on democracy and child abuse images. Other illegal content still requires someone to report it first before companies face penalties. The decision creates new conflicts between Brazil's court system and...
French President Emmanuel Macron praised American military attacks against Iranian nuclear sites on Thursday. He told reporters the strikes worked well but warned about serious consequences. Macron fears Iran might leave the global treaty that stops countries from building nuclear weapons. He called this possibility the worst outcome from recent events. The French leader spoke to journalists after European Union meetings ended.
Macron plans to contact all five permanent United Nations Security Council members about the situation. He wants to keep Iran from abandoning the nuclear treaty that limits weapon development worldwide. The president already began these discussions when he called Donald Trump on Thursday. Macron told Trump about...
A Japanese climber died and rescue teams saved another during a dangerous expedition on Peru's highest peak. Authorities confirmed Thursday that Chiaki Inada, aged 40, lost his life to freezing temperatures after becoming stranded with fellow mountaineer Saki Terada, 36. The two climbers faced severe weather conditions and thick fog Monday at more than 21,000 feet above sea level on Huascaran mountain. Emergency crews located both climbers using GPS technology from equipment they carried with them. Terada survived the ordeal and received immediate medical care.
The mountaineers had traveled from Japan two weeks before their climb and chose to attempt the ascent without professional guides. General Antonio Loreno, who leads police...
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