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A colour composite of Betelgeuse made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 by the European Southern Observatory. - ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin.

Astronomers find clear evidence that Betelgeuse star 'is not single'

6 hours ago |

The best evidence of the existence of the companion star was published in a study on Tuesday, based on observations by t ...

Ghana womens team head coach Kim Bjorkegren says his team plays better against stronger opponents. - Ghana Football Association

Björkegren expects 'better Ghana' against Cameroon at 2026 WAFCON

7 hours ago |

Ghana, who dispatched tournament debutants Cape Verde 2-0 on 29 July, go into the Group D tie in Casablanca with a chanc ...

A deer walks in a forest as a wildfire burns in Le Temple, in southwestern Frances Gironde department, amid drought conditions following a heatwave and water shortages across much of France, 29 July. - REUTERS - Yves Herman

Heatwaves to increase 'fivefold by 2050', warns French weather bureau chief

10 hours ago |

We are already seeing the effects of climate change, Schwarz told France Inter radio. We have experienced more hea ...

Lorena Wiebes won the opening stage of the 2026 Womens Tour de France. - Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone vi - Jean-Christophe Bott

Wiebes claims opening stage of Women’s Tour de France

14 hours ago |

The 27-year-old Dutchwoman, who rides for

Fifa boss Gianni Infantino (right) abandoned a project to reform the commercial operations of the World Cup following criticism from international football confederations and politicians. - DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press v - DARRYL DYCK

European football chiefs say they have lost confidence in Fifa boss Infantino

Aug 1, 2026 |

Fifa's proposals championed by Infantino had triggered a backlash from regional confederations who said they were un ...

Football federations across the globe combined to voice their unhappiness with plans from the world games governing body Fifa to reform the commercial operations of its competitions. - REUTERS - Lee Smith

No go for Infantino: How Fifa's World Cup private investment plan imploded

Aug 1, 2026 |

The setback to his authority came less than two weeks after the 56-year-old declared the 2026 World Cup in the United St ...

Burkina Fasos military leader Ibrahim Traor took power in September 2022. - AP - Stanislav Krasilnikov

Burkina Faso added to human rights watchlist over crackdown on civil society

Aug 1, 2026 |

We have witnessed an escalating pattern of repression. But what pushed us to include the country this year is the sharp ...

Fifa president Gianni Infantino abandoned his plan to reform the commercial operations of the World Cup. - Benoit Tessier / REUTERS

Fifa boss Infantino scraps plan to sell off World Cup profits to private equity

Aug 1, 2026 |

The move followed savage critiques of his plans from the organisations overseeing football in Asia, Europe and North Ame ...

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama (left) and Ivorian President Alassane Quattara (right) speaking at the recent bilateral summit. - Presidency of Ghana

Africa's top cocoa producers pledge fairer prices for farmers

Aug 1, 2026 |

The declaration was signed at a high-level bilateral summit in Abidjan between

The 2026 Womens Tour de France starts in Switzerland on 1 August and ends in Nice in France on 9 August. - Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone vi - Jean-Christophe Bott

Women's Tour de France pits France's Ferrand-Prévot against history

Aug 1, 2026 |

Starting the Tour de France as the defending champion is something very special and something I'm incredibly proud of, ...

Activists protesting the impact of environmental devastation caused by Shell in Nigeria, outside The Royal Courts of Justice, ahead of the Ogale and Bille communities versus Shell court case in London, on 13 February, 2025. - AP - Kirsty Wigglesworth

SAT: Oil pollution in Nigeria: NGOs accuse Shell of bad pipeline maintenance

Aug 1, 2026 |

Shell must answer for decades of pollution in the Niger Delta after internal company documents revealed broken rules, fa ...

The Azerbaijan flag seen against the skyline of the capital Baku. - AP - Luca Bruno

French national's spying conviction upheld by Azerbaijan court

Aug 1, 2026 |

The trial of the businessman, who had been living in

Nurses at a hospital in Paris. - Michel Euler / AP

French public hospital deficit at third highest level in 20 years, study shows

Aug 1, 2026 |

The overall deficit of public hospitals is thus expected to reach 2.1 per cent of revenue in 2025, amounting to around ...

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