Starlink: Why Elon Musk is taking on Mukesh Ambani and Jio over satellite internet
Elon Musk has questioned whether billionaire Mukesh Ambani is the «real boss of India» as his satellite internet company Starlink struggles to secure final approval to launch in the country. The remark came a day after Musk accused unnamed powerful…
Tens of thousands march in Madrid to mourn pensioner whose eviction sparked housing protests
Tens of thousands of mourners marched through Madrid on Thursday in tribute to a Spanish pensioner whose eviction sparked national housing protests that culminated in the calling of early elections. The death of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal on…
South African anti-migrant protests: Cars torched and shops looted in Durban and Soweto
Thursday’s demonstration turned violent following allegations that a foreign national had assaulted one of the protesters in Durban. Three foreign nationals were arrested in connection with the alleged assault, police said. In Durban, in the…
Morocco and Senegal await AFCON final verdict after arbitration hearing
Club football returns from a three-week break with some Ligue 1 action on Friday night, as high-flying Lyon travel to face a struggling Lens side who have faced backroom upheaval. A’ja Wilson was crowned MVP of the WNBA regular season for a…
As freezing winter approaches, Kyiv residents look for shelter elsewhere
Olena Konoplia tells us she spent weeks looking for a suitable location before settling on a cottage in a rural community two hours outside the capital. «I decided the better option will be a little village without any factories, any [warehouses] and any…
‘Fighting for our future’: France high school students vow no let-up
Over 70,000 people took part in demonstrations across France on Thursday demanding better education and less police brutality, as students protested nationwide despite government attempts to ease a crisis that has rocked the country for more than a week.…
Why was the sign at the British consulate in East Jerusalem removed?
Israel said in September it would shut the British consulate, in retaliation for UK sanctions on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank which are illegal under international law. The UK government had made last-ditch efforts to persuade Israel not…
Spain mourns Maricarmen Abascal, whose eviction sparked housing protests
Protests and anger have grown across Spain after the death of an 87-year-old woman in the wake of her eviction from her home. Maricarmen Abascal was thrown out of her home of seven decades in what became the «cause celebre» of Spain’s housing…
Anne Carson: ‘Bold and inventive’ Canadian poet wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson has been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature. Carson, 76, is celebrated for works that often cross the boundaries between poetry, fiction and scholarship. The Nobel Prize committee said…
Brazil’s Flavio Bolsonaro wins third-place candidate’s support against Lula
Right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro on Thursday gained the support of Augusto Cury, the third-place candidate in Brazil‘s presidential election, bolstering his chances against incumbent leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. «My support is…