
Heatwave prompts Italy’s delivery riders to strike for extra rights
Delivery riders in Milan, Bologna and Florence want to protect their health and their wages.
THURSDAY, 23 JULY 2026, 08:41

Delivery riders in Milan, Bologna and Florence want to protect their health and their wages.

President Donald Trump vowed to strike Iran’s bridges and power plants next week if the country does not return to talks.

The crash killed 260 people, including 241 on board, with only one passenger surviving.

The House of Representatives passed a Trump-backed bill that would end decades of Americans having to reset their clocks twice a year.

Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala, due to appear at the Madlanga Commission, grew up hustling to make a living.

The free trade agreement between the world’s fifth and sixth largest economies has come into effect – can it deliver?

The BBC’s Barbara Plett Usher examines the latest tensions over the key international shipping channel.

A man was nearly sucked head-first out of a cabin window mid-air on a Ryanair plane.

The ministers claimed the piece, which cited their luxury bungalow deals, had tarnished their reputation.

The Iran-backed Houthis blame Saudi Arabia for the attack in Yemen’s capital and say they targeted Abha airport in response.

India won the first women’s Test at Lord’s, 142 years after its first men’s Test.

It comes less than a week after an undocumented migrant was fatally shot in Houston by an immigration agent.

The environmental activist has been sitting on a hunger strike for 16 days and is getting visibly weaker.

Tamás Sulyok was widely seen as a loyalist of former prime minister Viktor Orbán, who lost power in April after 16 years.

The South Carolina governor chose the senator’s little sister to serve out the rest of his term after Graham’s death on Saturday.

The US president also says Washington will charge a 20% toll on all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz.

A Tshwane University of Technology alumnus is using artificial intelligence to help young South Africans prepare for one of the most challenging aspects of entering the workplace — the interview process. Banele Mgwevu, a software developer from Etwatwa on the East Rand, studied Information and Communication Technology at TUT’s Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, […]

Ghana has launched a joint programme with the World Health Organization and the United Nations Development Programme — funded by the Government of Japan through the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security — to harness artificial intelligence in improving health outcomes, strengthening system resilience and protecting vulnerable populations. The programme is implemented in collaboration […]

Linen scarves, cotton aprons and dishtowels adorn the entrances to souvenir shops, many of which are run by Bangladeshis whose home country shares Portugal’s rich tradition of textile manufacturing.

Ukrainian drones struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg and set it ablaze, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as the city hosted an annual economic forum promoted by President Putin.

The U.S. military said that Iran fired missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain that failed or were shot down, and that the U.S. launched strikes on an Iranian facility in response.