By Reuters South Africa has temporarily closed a key border crossing with Botswana due to heavy rainfall and flooding, the country’s border authority said. The Grobler’s Bridge crossing in northern South Africa is used for trade, especially by miners in the Copperbelt region straddling Zambia and the Democratic Republic of […]
By Reuters German soccer clubs must pay their share of increased policing costs during high-risk matches, the country’s federal Constitutional Court said on Tuesday, ending a more than decade-long dispute over who should shoulder the additional financial burden of such games. The court ruled that a 2014 law of Bremen, […]
By Reuters The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has postponed the announcement of this year’s Oscar nominations for a second time because of the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles, organizers said on Monday. The nominations for the film industry’s highest honors will now be announced on Jan. 23. […]
By Reuters Suspected Islamist militants killed 40 farmers in an attack on the Dumba community in Nigeria’s Borno State on Sunday, a senior state official said on Monday. Initial reports indicate the farmers strayed outside a security corridor set up by the military, venturing into an area known for insurgent […]
By Reuters Civilians and soldiers celebrated in Wad Madani, the capital of Sudan’s El Gezira state, after it was recaptured by the Sudanese army from the paramilitary Rapid Support Services, marking a possible turning point in a devastating near two-year civil war. “We are so happy, we can’t express ourselves,” […]
