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With ‘Water & Garri,’ Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage makes her acting debut and emerges with a new sound

Despite her extraordinary success in Afrobeats music, Tiwa Savage has long harbored a secret aspiration: to pursue a career in ...

Brazil’s floods smashed through barriers designed to keep them out, trapping water in for weeks — and exposing social woes

Karine Pitana had just paid off the last installment on her new couch when floods tore through her hometown of ...

Georgian president vetoes ‘foreign agents’ bill after widespread opposition

Georgia’s President Salome Zourabichvili has vetoed a controversial “foreign agents” bill that sparked weeks of widespread protests across the country. Zourabichvili had ...

Tsai Ing-wen: the leader who put Taiwan on the map and stood up to China

Tsai Ing-wen never set out to be a leader. Growing up shy, she aspired to become an archeologist, because “people ...

American therapist detained in Syria more than seven years ago has died

Majd Kamalmaz, an American man detained in Syria more than seven years ago, has died, according to a statement from ...

The evolutionary twist that could have helped dinosaurs rule Earth

Dinosaur means “terrible lizard.” The idea that the prehistoric creatures were scaly, sluggish reptiles with sprawling postures that dragged their ...

Ukraine’s foreign minister blames battlefield setbacks on ‘everyone who is not doing enough’

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Saturday he blames “everyone who is not doing enough” for Ukraine’s recent setbacks on ...

The Dominican Republic votes on Sunday. Here’s what to know

The Dominican Republic is days away from a general election that will see voters elect new lawmakers and the president as they ...

DNA helps link killings of 4 young women to an American man who lived in Canada illegally

After 48 years of investigation, Alberta Royal Canadian Mounted Police linked the deaths of four young women killed in the ...

Portal connecting Dublin and New York ‘reawakens’ under new restrictions after ‘inappropriate behaviour’

A portal which links people in Dublin and New York via a live stream has been reactivated after “mooning” and ...