China rolled out the red carpet on Monday for leaders from across Africa, seeking to deepen ties with the resource-rich continent it has furnished with billions in loans for infrastructure and development. This week's summit comes as African leaders eye mounting great power competition between the United States and China over resources and influence on the continent.

China rolls out the red carpet for African leaders

South African Johann Rupert controls Richemont, one of the world's largest luxury goods firms.

SA billionaire overtakes Dangote as Africa’s richest man

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  Oil activities on the shores of Uganda’s Lake Albert have triggered widespread suffering among locals facing forced displacement and other violent abuses, a U.S. climate watchdog said Monday.The report by Climate Rights International says banks and insurers should withhold further funding for an oil development project run by the China National Offshore Oil Corporation, or CNOOC.The project, one of two linked to the planned construction of a heated pipeline that would link Uganda’s emerging oil fields to a port in Tanzania, involves the construction of a central processing facility in a vast zone of shoreline that many locals...

US rights watchdog cites "a climate of fear" in Uganda oil development project

UK government tightrope walk risks satisfying no-one The government is trying to walk a delicate tightrope on the question of arms exports to Israel. That was clear from Foreign Secretary David Lammy’s announcement in the House of Commons yesterday. It’s even more clear from the interviews given by John Healey, the defence secretary, this morning.

UK defends partial Israel arms ban as Netanyahu calls it 'shameful'

A daughter of South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma was among hundreds of women and girls who danced for the king of Eswatini in a traditional ceremony Monday, confirming her engagement to the monarch. At Monday's evening ceremony, she was among hundreds of young women and girls in colourful traditional dress, some holding imitation swords and shields, who danced before Mswati and an entourage of men in traditional skins. 

Daughter of S.Africa's Zuma engaged to Eswatini's king

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The Kingdom's sovereign wealth fund has risen in prominence as it has invested in everything from Uber and Heathrow airport to a Blackstone fund.

Saudi Arabia is on a high-stakes mission to buy the world

A woman says she felt "amazing" walking down the aisle in a wedding dress that her brother had made for her from scratch. Brooke Jones, 30, married her now-husband Alex in Newport earlier this month. Her brother Reagen Evans, 28, a couture fashion designer, spent about 120 hours making her...

Bride married in dream dress made by her brother

The 10 pods offer a safe space for vulnerable people between November and March when temperatures plummet.

Homeless sleeping cabins to stay for another winter

A man who was found dead in a relative's back garden died of blunt force trauma from dog bites, an inquest has heard. Nicholas Glass, 33, was attacked by up to four dogs before his body was discovered outside a property in Hereford Close in Rednal, Birmingham on 21 August.

Man died of blunt force trauma from dog bites

A jury finds Huw Orphan responsible for an attack that left Amy Burley with a broken back.

Police officer guilty of kicking wife down stairs

The BBC understands that three children found dead in Staines were not known to social services.

Children found dead not known to social services

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Regional sources tell Fox News that Iran and its proxies could launch an attack on Israel within the next 24 hours as Western powers are calling on Tehran to show restraint.

Iran could attack Israel in less than 24 hours, sources say, as Western powers issue Tehran a warning

Russian athlete Tatyana Tomashova is banned for 10 years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport and is stripped of her London 2012 1500m silver medal for doping.

Runner in 2012 'dirtiest race' gets 10-year ban

Nigerian powerlifter Folashade Oluwafemiayo on the challenges she has overcome to become a Paralympic gold medallist. Video by: Isaiah Akinremi, Ameer Ahmed, Joshua Akinyemi and Emmanuel Akindubuwa.

Meet one of Nigeria's powerlifting heroines

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It's been over twenty-five years since actor/photographer Roddy McDowall died of lung cancer in 1998. McDowall, despite some career challenges, was one of that breed of rare former child actors who successfully transitioned into Hollywood adulthood. He was also, however, one of the industry's "openly closeted" actors, which came with its own sense of issues. This is his story.

The Not-So-Secret Gay Life of Actor Roddy McDowell: 25 Years After His Tragic Death From Lung Cancer

Warning: This article contains details that readers may find distressing. Two people have died in the Japanese city of Yokohama after a teenage girl jumped to her death from a shopping centre, hitting a pedestrian below. The 17-year-old high school student jumped from a building in a crowded shopping district,...

Japan teen jumps to death, killing pedestrian below

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Command Sgt. Maj. Harold “Ed” Jarrell has been relieved as the senior enlisted for the Army’s 1st Information Operations Command, an Army spokesperson confirmed, marking the third time within a month and the second within a week, that the Army has fired a command sergeant major of a brigade or larger unit as per Task and Purpose.

The Army Fires 3rd Command Sergeant Major in a Month: Command Sgt. Maj. Harold "Ed" Jarrel

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A former Miss South Africa contestant took home the Miss Universe Nigeria title on Aug. 31 despite xenophobic backlash on her identity. 



Originally, Chidimma Adetshina was vying for Miss South Africa. However, her nationality faced public concern due to her Nigerian heritage through her father. Despite being born in South Africa, the pushback led her to withdraw from the beauty pageant in August. 



She stated the choice sought to protect “the safety and well-being of my family.” The attacks began after she became a finalist for the competition in July. In the midst of the controversy, the South African government...

Former Miss South Africa Contestant Wins Miss Nigeria After Xenophobic Backlash

A rat-infested jail where prisoners face rising violence and self-harm needs urgent improvement, the chief inspector of prisons has told the justice secretary. Rochester Prison in Kent had squalid conditions, decrepit buildings, widespread illicit drug-use and a “dearth of activity” to prepare men for release, inspectors said. Infestations...

Rat-infested jail needs urgent measures - report

The collapse of a massive statue of a 17th Century ruler has sparked protests and a political controversy in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. Shivaji Shahaji Bhosale was a warrior king whose exploits against the Mughals made him a hero during his own lifetime. He is revered in the state and celebrated as an icon of the Hindu right.

A statue's collapse shakes up politics in an Indian state

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'No preaching' and other tactics as China woos African leaders

China is feting African leaders at a summit in Beijing aimed at strengthening...

'No preaching' and other tactics as China woos African leaders

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