Shingai Nyoka BBC News, Harare Getty Images Before the land reform programme, Zimbabwe had about 2,500 white farmers owning 4,000 farms A quarter of a century after their land was seized during a chaotic land reform programme that made global headlines, a small group of white Zimbabwean farmers have accepted a controversial compensation deal from … Read more
Axiom Space Axiom-4 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Jubilant Indians have been celebrating the successful launch of the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission which has taken off with a multi-country crew, including an Indian astronaut. Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who’s piloting the mission, has become only the second Indian to travel to space. … Read more
Customers check out vegetables and other groceries at a supermarket in Tokyo on June 20, 2025. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Major central banks have hiked their policy rates in the face of surging inflation since the Covid-19 pandemic — but the Bank of Japan has been an outlier. It has stayed put … Read more
An Amazon warehouse in Warrington, England. Nathan Stirk | Getty Images LONDON — Amazon will invest £40 billion ($54 billion) in the U.K. over the next three years, the e-commerce titan announced Tuesday. The company said it plans to spend the money on building four new fulfillment centers — large warehouses where it prepares orders … Read more
Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a leading Belarus opposition figure, was freed on Saturday after more than five years in prison, in the most significant move so far by President Alexander Lukashenko to try to ease his isolation from the West. The 46-year-old was driven across the border into Lithuania for an emotional reunion with his wife, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, … Read more
Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney ABC News/Declan Bowring Terry Harper is retiring after half a century in the building Since the Sydney Opera House opened over 50 years ago, countless musical stars, world leaders and awestruck patrons have visited its iconic halls. The outside forecourt has been blanketed by thousands of bare bodies in the … Read more
Getty Images Statues of Michael Jackson appeared at landmarks around the world to promote his album HIStory In June 1995, a giant statue of Michael Jackson provided a surreal sight in the heart of London when it was floated on a barge down the River Thames. This 32ft (10m) pop colossus was just one of … Read more
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during a keynote address at AWS re:Invent 2024, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, at The Venetian Las Vegas on December 3, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Noah Berger | Getty Images Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said Tuesday that the company’s corporate workforce will shrink in the coming years … Read more
Nigeria’s president has pardoned the late activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, 30 years after his execution sparked global outrage. Along with eight other campaigners, Mr Saro-Wiwa was convicted of murder, then hanged in 1995 by the then-military regime. Many believed the activists were being punished for leading protests against the operations of oil multinationals, particularly Shell, in … Read more
A former CIA analyst who leaked classified documents about Israel’s plans to strike Iran has been sentenced to 37 months in prison. Asif William Rahman, 34, pleaded guilty in January to two counts of willful retention and transmission of national defence information under the Espionage Act. Authorities say that, using his high-level security clearance, Rahman … Read more