Voters set to choose new president
Election day has arrived in Ghana, where a debt crisis and high living costs mean the economy is uppermost in the minds of many voters. The West African nation is…
Ivory Coast’s timeless culinary treasure, which now has Unesco status
Ivory Coast’s national dish attiéké has gained UN cultural heritage status, along with Japanese sake, Thai prawn soup and Caribbean cassava bread. But what makes this West African staple so…
Lebanon’s bombed businesses face unknown future
BBC A main commercial street in southern Beirut, much of which has been destroyed by Israeli air strikes Wedged into the middle of a three storey-high pile of rubble and…
Killing of insurance CEO exposes simmering anger at US health system
Getty Images The “brazen and targeted” killing of a health insurance executive outside a New York hotel this week shocked America. The reaction to the crime also exposed a simmering…
South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol apologises for martial law declaration
Getty Images President Yoon declared martial law on Tuesday, saying it was to save the country from dark forces and the threat from North Korea (file image) South Korea President…
Embattled Macron seeks boost from reopening
Reuters Emmanuel Macron plans to use the reopening of the cathedral for a political boost A gravely weakened President Emmanuel Macron hopes to win a new lease of political life…
South Korea’s traumatic history of martial law inspires resistance
BBC Koh Jea-hak (left) remembers when martial law was common in South Korea Koh Jae-hak can still vividly remember when he saw soldiers gunning down a group of young women…
Influencers selling fake cures for polycystic ovary syndrome
Kourtney Simmang Kourtney sells unproven tests and supplements to women with PCOS For 12 years Sophie had been experiencing painful periods, weight gain, depression and fatigue. She had been diagnosed…
San Francisco 49ers, Rihanna at the Royal Fashion Awards, Syria and Santa Claus on Harley Davidson
A selection of news photographs from around the world. Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images/Reuters Isaac Guerendo of the San Francisco 49ers heads for a touchdown in snowy conditions against the Buffalo Bills.…
Romania’s cancelled presidential election and why it matters
Sarah Rainsford/BBC Forty-eight hours before Romanians were due to vote in a presidential election run-off, the whole process was scrapped because of an unprecedented ruling by the constitutional court. The…