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A rural community in Chivi has received a new solar-powered water source that will help farmers grow crops all year round. The Chirogwe area struggled with water shortages that made farming difficult during dry seasons. Local lawmaker Xavier Maoneke helped bring the project to the village as...

Southern African leaders want to create a new university that will help their countries build more factories and businesses. The SADC University of Transformation could teach students skills that companies actually need instead of just giving them degrees. Education ministers from across the...

The Supreme Court told oil companies they can challenge California's strict car pollution rules. The state wants only electric cars sold there starting in 2035. Justice Brett Kavanawhile wrote the 7-2 decision that lets fuel producers sue over these clean car standards. California received...

Colombia became the first South American country to join a Chinese-backed bank called the New Development Bank. President Gustavo Petro wants to find new ways to pay for major building projects without depending on Western lenders. The government promised to invest 512 million dollars to become...

Iran built a network of armed groups across the Middle East to protect itself from direct attacks. These proxy forces helped Iran spread its power without fighting wars on Iranian soil. Israel spent years planning to destroy these protective layers before targeting Iran directly. Israel started...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Friday that the Israel-Iran fight could lead to complete chaos. He spoke to diplomats meeting about the conflict that started one week ago. Iran asked for a special Security Council session. Their ambassador called Israel's attack large and...

Tesla agreed to build a massive battery storage system in China for $556.8 million. The electric car company signed the deal with China Kangfu International Leasing and Shanghai government officials on Friday. The project will create Tesla's first major battery storage facility in mainland...

Latin America buys lots of electronic gadgets but struggles with the trash they create. Countries across the region lack proper rules for handling old phones, computers and other devices. This creates major problems for the environment and people's health. Electronic waste jumped 49 percent...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toured a damaged research center on Friday after Iranian missiles destroyed two buildings there. He called Iran an evil regime during his visit to the Weizmann Institute of Science near Tel Aviv. The famous research facility studies cancer, heart...

Air India released the names of 10 cabin crew members who died when Flight AI171 crashed last week. The airline called them beloved workers and cherished friends on social media. The Boeing 787 went down right after leaving Ahmedabad airport and was heading to London. The crash killed more than...

Bad weather and broken airport gear likely caused the plane crash that killed six people last month in San Diego. The runway lights that help pilots land safely had been broken since March 2022 at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport. Pilots should have known about the problem because aviation...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano started shooting lava more than 1,000 feet high on Friday morning. The eruption began around 1:40 a.m. local time with hot rock fountains coming from the north opening. Scientists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said the lava plume reached over 20,000 feet tall. The...

A small plane crash killed John Ostlund, a county leader from Montana. The 73-year-old Republican was flying his single-engine Cessna 172 when it went down Thursday afternoon. The crash happened near a road outside Billings in a rural area south of the city center. Records show the aircraft...

The Senate's rule keeper shot down major parts of Tim Scott's budget plan on Thursday. Elizabeth MacDonough said key pieces of the Republican senator's bill break the rules for fast-track voting. Scott chairs the Banking Committee and wanted to use a special process called reconciliation to pass...

Hackers broke into Aflac and stole customer information. The insurance company said criminals took health records and Social Security numbers from their computer systems. Aflac stopped the attack within hours after finding out about it. The company helps 50 million people around the world with...

A turtle caused a deadly plane crash at Sugar Valley Airport in North Carolina. The National Transportation Safety Board said the accident happened June 3 near Farmwhile two people died and another person suffered serious injuries. The pilot tried to avoid hitting the turtle during landing but...

Stock market futures fell early Friday as traders worried about fighting between Israel and Iran. The Dow Jones futures lost 83 points before markets opened after being closed Thursday for Juneteenth. Nasdaq and S&P 500 futures also went down about 0.2 percent each. All three market indicators...

Chris Brown told a London court Friday he did not commit assault charges against him. The R&B singer faces accusations of attacking music producer Abraham Diaw with a tequila bottle at Tape nightclub back in February 2023. Police arrested Brown in May and charged him with trying to cause serious...

MBK Partners faces serious trouble after losing billions on bad investments. The private equity firm must give up its entire stake in Home Plus without getting any money back. Chairman Michael Kim built the company into a major Asian fund over twenty years, but recent deals have gone wrong. The...

Former Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza questions why opposition leaders want her to join them after staying quiet during her removal from office. She demands answers about their past silence when the Senate kicked her out in August 2024. The High Court later confirmed her ouster in March 2025. Her...