
Afghanistan’s opium crop falls 20 percent as synthetic drugs surge
UN says the area devoted to opium poppies has dropped to a fraction of that cultivated before Taliban’s narcotics ban.
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UN says the area devoted to opium poppies has dropped to a fraction of that cultivated before Taliban’s narcotics ban.

Miss Mexico, Fatima Bosch, said Nawat Itsaragrisil was ‘not respectful’ at a pre-pageant ceremony on Tuesday

The Online Safety Act, sold as child protection, now hides Gaza’s pain, silences dissent and spreads censorship.

Kamil Idris tells Al Jazeera violence could spill beyond Sudan’s borders if international community fails to step in.

Tanzanian aviation students are increasingly flying south for their pilot licences and here’s why you should too.

The number of referrals to the scheme increased 27% in the year to March 2025, according to new data.
SA biopharmaceutical firm Biovac opened a state-of-the-art product development laboratory in Cape Town on Thursday, backed by the Gates Foundation.

London mayor Sadiq Khan gives advice to the mayor-elect of New York City Zohran Mamdani
The miner’s share price surged on Thursday as it reported a positive operational performance for the three months ended in September.

Shaina Low on aid entering Gaza since the ceasefire being far below what’s needed to meet the desperate needs.

The IMF says global public debt could exceed 100% of GDP by the end of the decade.

As BRT services hit turbulence during election season, LATRA’s approval of 150 new buses brings fresh hope for city commuters.

Al Jazeera’s Ibrahim al-Khalili reflects on his brother’s release and the deep scars left on freed Palestinian prisoners
Former Bosasa chief operating officer Angelo Agrizzi has pleaded guilty to corruption and money laundering, but has escaped jail time.
African and international efforts to stop the war have been slow. Now swift action, including possibly invoking the responsibility to protect (R2P), is vital.
Friends brought us a jar of their divine homemade pickled artichokes. That had to be the starting point for a pasta recipe…

At least 80,000 people displaced as Sudan’s humanitarian crisis deepens following the RSF’s capture of el-Fasher.

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has filed a complaint after she was groped by a man on the street.
Over the past 10 years, researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand analysed small tissue samples of 1,586 children under five who died at public health facilities in Soweto. Results show that more than half of the deaths in newborns and about a third in infants were caused by just two types of bacteria.
If Joburg residents have been confused by the city’s ever-changing weather, they are not alone. Daily Maverick spoke to the South African Weather Services to understand what happened to late spring in the City of Gold.
The establishment of such a panel ‘would be a permanent legacy’ of South Africa’s G20 presidency, says the G20 Inequality Committee.