Campaigning in Ethiopia ends ahead of polls ruling party likely to win
Final campaigns have been held across Ethiopia ahead of Monday’s parliamentary and regional polls.
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Newest first · UTC+11:00I moved from Ethiopia to Shetland - and I've brought the coffee with me
Shetland has plenty of honesty boxes - filled with fresh eggs, home baking and even pies.
· Iona Nicol
عقبنشینی دولت آمریکا از طرح سختگیرانه دریافت گرینکارت
پس از موجی از اعتراضهای عمومی، دولت آمریکا از شدت برنامههای خود برای محدود کردن دستیابی به اقامت دائم این کشور، موسوم به گرینکارت، کاسته است.
· بابک بهمنش
石油短缺引爆「地溝油」市場
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風靡巴黎的狗狗咖啡館
巴黎擁有超過40處指定的狗狗活動區，然而許多主人依然希望能為他們的「四條腿朋友」提供更多聚會場所。「Café Casa del Doggo」便是巴黎數百家「狗狗咖啡館」之一，在這裡，狗狗與主人可以在咖啡與零食的陪伴下共度時光。
WHO chief is confident Ebola outbreak in DR Congo can be stopped
The head of the World Health Organization, speaking in Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday, said he believed the Ebola outbreak can be stopped.
· AfricaNews
拉布布熱潮消退？泡泡瑪特的「泡泡」要破了？
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冰川崩塌一年後：布拉滕村沒有放棄
瑞士勒奇河谷（Lötschental）的小村莊布拉滕（Blatten）原本居住著約300名村民。冰川崩塌前，他們得以提前撤離。大規模崩塌發生後，村裡大部分房屋被碎石掩埋。倖存的房屋又被隆扎河（Lonza River）河道堵塞形成的堰塞湖淹沒。
La guerra con Irán obliga a agricultores a buscar otros fertilizantes, del estiércol al compost
Farah Jammeh arroja compost orgánico sobre los campos en la cooperativa de Rufisque, Senegal, el martes 12 de mayo de 2026. (AP Foto/Caitlin Kelly)
· Jack Thompson
擺脫中國稀土壟斷 巴西接得住嗎？
（德國之聲中文網）巴西如今掀起了新一場「淘金熱」。不過，大家著眼的並非黃金，而是比黃金更炙手可熱的稀土。地質學家通克斯(Andrew Tunks)對德國之聲說：「下一批的稀土大型項目將落戶在巴西。我不知道這還需要多久。但是最終，巴西將具有和中國競爭的實力。」
· Astrid Prange de Oliveira
長平觀察：為什麼年輕人對AI時代喝倒彩？
（德國之聲中文網）1843年，巴黎又新增兩條鐵路，總數達到四條。流亡法國的德國詩人海涅激動地寫道：「彷彿各國的山巒和森林都在向巴黎逼近。甚至現在，我已經可以聞到德國椴樹的氣味；北海的白浪正在湧向我的門口。」
· 長平
How Nigeria’s ‘algorithmic apothecary’ fuels a surge in risky herbal cures
Abuja, Nigeria – Oke Bola thought a fertility supplement she found online might help her conceive. Instead, within days of taking it, she struggled to breathe. Her experience reflects a growing online trade in unverified herbal remedies promoted across social media.
· Al Jazeera
Money & Me: 'I earn more than seven figures but the fear of not having enough will always push me' | The National
Dutch-Ghanaian entrepreneur Ellen Mannaert, 47, has reinvented herself more times than most people change jobs. She turned discarded Italian fabric into a textile redistribution business in Western Africa and Europe. She sold that company, built a hospitality empire in the Caribbean, watched Covid dismantle it and t…
· Katy Gillett
Inside the town at the frontline of the Ebola epidemic
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Ethiopia heads to the polls as Abiy eyes major victory
Supporters of Ethiopia’s ruling party hold a large portrait of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at a rally ahead of the national elections in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Amanuel Sileshi)
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How China will play a major role in Benin’s economic growth as a new era is ushered in
African nation’s new president is banking on Chinese investment to help fix its infrastructure gap with large-scale construction projects
· Jevans Nyabiage
How China will play a major role in Benin’s economic growth as a new era begins
African nation’s new president is banking on Chinese investment to help fix its infrastructure gap with large-scale construction projects
· Jevans Nyabiage
Obi nomination sets up Nigeria's three-way election rematch
LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) -- Nigerian opposition leader Peter Obi will stand as a candidate in the country's next presidential election, setting up a rematch of the three-way contest that defined the last poll.
· Yonhap
Ebola cases begin to outpace response in Congo
Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
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WHO chief visits Congo in Ebola outbreak
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization on Saturday visited eastern Congo’s Bunia, a city at the heart of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola, where the virus is spreading faster than the response despite better-organized health facilities and new aid arrivals.
· Yonhap
Colômbia acusa Equador de interferir em eleição presidencial
O governo da Colômbia acusou neste sábado (30/05) o Equador de tentar interferir em suas eleições presidenciais após Quito apresentar a eliminação de tarifas aduaneiras contra produtos colombianos como um gesto voluntário.
· Deutsche Welle
Chernobyl: zona proibida vira refúgio inesperado da vida selvagem
Chernobyl é quase sinônimo de um território morto. Uma paisagem marcada por ruínas, radiação e um silêncio inquietante. E não é uma imagem exagerada: durante décadas, muitos cientistas deram como certo que as terras ao redor da usina permaneceriam biologicamente devastadas por gerações. Mas, quase quarenta anos após…
· Felipe Espinosa Wang
Colômbia vai às urnas decidir sobre continuidade da esquerda
Os colombianos vão as urnas neste domingo (31/05) para escolher o novo presidente do país, depois de uma campanha eleitoral que se tornou a mais sangrenta da Colômbia em décadas. Em jogo estão a continuidade do modelo do primeiro governo de esquerda do país ou o retorno da direita, em uma disputa entre doze candidat…
· Deutsche Welle
As Ebola scourges Congo, experts warn of link to eating wild animals
KINSHASA, Congo — The vendors of wild meat at the sprawling Masina Market in the Congolese capital don't always display their goods openly. Customers must ask for whatever they're looking for, whether it is a giant swamp rodent or the severed parts of an antelope.
· Associated Press
Confirmed Ebola cases nearly double in days as WHO chief visits DR Congo
The head of the United Nations health agency is visiting the epicentre of a deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), urging local communities to lead the fight against a disease whose confirmed cases have nearly doubled in two days.
· Faisal Ali
Ebola spread in DR Congo 'alarming', charity warns, as WHO chief visits worst-hit area
The rapid spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has created a "deeply alarming" situation, the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has warned.
· Emery Makumeno
Cinco homens são resgatados de caverna alagada no Laos
Cinco homens que ficaram presos por cerca de dez dias em uma caverna alagada no Laos, no sudeste asiático, foram resgatados com vida – um na sexta-feira e quatro neste sábado (30/05), segundo integrantes da equipe de resgate. Os últimos conseguiram sair por conta própria após a redução do nível da água, em meio a um…
· Deutsche Welle
Corpo da baleia Timmy passará por autópsia na Dinamarca
A carcaça da baleia‑jubarte Timmy, que ganhou o noticiário após encalhar repetidas vezes na costa do Mar Báltico, foi arrastada neste sábado (30/05) para as proximidades de uma praia na Dinamarca, onde autoridades a retiraram das águas rasas.
· Deutsche Welle
Após resgate polêmico, baleia Timmy passará por autópsia na Dinamarca
A carcaça da baleia‑jubarte Timmy, que ganhou o noticiário após encalhar repetidas vezes na costa do Mar Báltico, foi arrastada neste sábado (30/05) para as proximidades de uma praia na Dinamarca, onde autoridades a retiraram das águas rasas.
· Deutsche Welle
Julgamento na Alemanha sobre Brumadinho avança
O Primeiro Tribunal Regional de Munique, no sul da Alemanha, segue o julgamento contra a empresa alemã de inspeções e certificação TÜV Süd, acusada de ser parcialmente responsável pelo rompimento de uma barragem de rejeitos de mineração em Brumadinho, em 25 de janeiro de 2019 – uma das piores tragédias ambientais e …
· Deutsche Welle
WHO chief visits epicentre of Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
BUNIA, DR Congo — UN health chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus landed on Saturday in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo province worst-hit by a severe Ebola outbreak, an AFP journalist saw.
· Agence France-Presse
AUKUS新舉措：美英澳合作研發水下無人載具
（德國之聲中文網）周六，美國國防部長赫格塞斯（Pete Hegseth）宣佈，美國、澳洲和英國正在其三邊安全夥伴關係框架下，為無人水下載具研發高科技載荷。
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菲防長：川習會後，菲律賓仍面臨來自中國的「嚴重威脅」
（德國之聲中文網）特奧多羅在新加坡出席香格里拉論壇期間接受路透社採訪時說，美國和中國這樣的國家試圖緩和緊張關係是順理成章的，因為「當雙方在防務能力上勢均力敵時，就會相互尊重，也會有依據時局作出調整的能力，因為兩國都實力深厚」。
· 德正
South Africa courts Gulf money while its Iran ties unsettle investors - feature
[CAPE TOWN] South Africa needs billions of dollars from the Gulf's oil monarchies to rescue a stalling economy. This year, its ministers toured the region asking for it. They also sent the navy to drill alongside Iran.
· WASEEM ABU MAHADI/THE MEDIA LINE
Start-Up Ethiopia: Addis Ababa takes a page from Israel's innovation playbook
The relationship between Ethiopia and Israel stretches back thousands of years – to the days of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba – rooted in biblical tradition and strengthened over decades through diplomacy, migration, trade, and cultural exchange.
· ALEX WINSTON
WHO chief visits town at the epicentre of Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
The head of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, arrived in the town of Bunia in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday.
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Guerra no Irão abala rota de medicamentos Índia-África
A Índia tem frequentemente sido chamada de "farmácia do Sul Global” e, para os países africanos, a saúde pública e os produtos farmacêuticos indianos estão profundamente interligados.
· Murali Krishnan
والاستریت ژورنال: امارات در جریان جنگ دهها حمله هوایی علیه ایران انجام داد
روزنامه آمریکایی والاستریت ژورنال روز جمعه هشتم خرداد (۲۹ مه) گزارش داد که امارات متحده عربی در طول جنگ ، دهها حمله هوایی علیه ایران انجام داده است که این حملات یک روز پس از اعلام آتشبس میان آمریکا و ایران در اوایل آوریل به پایان رسید.
· منیره طبری
پزشک ترامپ آمادگی او برای انجام وظایفش را تأیید کرد
شان باربابلا، پزشک دونالد ترامپ، اعلام کرده است که رئیس جمهور آمریکا از نظر جسمی و ذهنی از وضعیت سلامتی بسیار خوبی برخوردار است.
· بابک بهمنش
Ajuda global é insuficiente para conter ebola no Congo, alertam organizações
Desde que o Ministério da Saúde da República Democrática do Congo (RDC) declarou surto de ebola, em 15 de maio, ele já se tornou o terceiro maior já registrado. A epidemia continua a crescer nas províncias de Ituri e Kivu do Norte, no leste da RDC, com 1.077 casos suspeitos e 246 mortes suspeitas, segundo os dados m…
· Bernd Riegert
Emiratis urged against travel to three African countries over Ebola virus risk | The National
The UAE on Saturday warned citizens against travel to three African countries due to concerns over the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus.
· The National
UAE warns citizens and residents against travel to three African countries over Ebola virus risk | The National
The UAE on Saturday warned citizens and residents against travelling to three African countries amid growing concerns over the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus.
· The National
Governador promete fim dos cartéis em Nampula
O governador da província moçambicana de Nampula, Eduardo Abdula, alertou nesta sexta-feira para o envolvimento crescente de jovens em atividades criminosas, acusando grupos organizados de os estarem a instrumentalizar. O dirigente apelou às famílias para reforçarem a vigilância e o diálogo com os filhos, de forma a…
· Redação DW África
Titular de la OMS llega al epicentro de brote de ébola
El director general de la Organización Mundial de la Salud, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, habla con reporteros a su llegada al Aeropuerto Internacional de N’djili, el jueves 28 de mayo de 2026, en Kinshasa, República Democrática del Congo. (AP Foto/Samy Ntumba Shambuyi)
· Justin Kabumba
Bound by blood: new film highlights Jamaica’s outlawed obeah belief system
Stew Peas focuses on obeah, an enduring African magic practice in Jamaica banned by colonisers in the 1700s
· Natricia Duncan
هشدار رئیس جمهور آلمان درباره گرایشهای اقتدارگرایانه در جهان
فرانک والتر اشتاینمایر، رئیس جمهور آلمان، در مراسم اهدای "جایزه آزادی هامباخ"، نسبت به گرایشهای اقتدارگرایانه در جهان هشدار داد. به گفته او، دموکراسی، حاکمیت قانون و نهادهای مستقل در سطح بینالمللی تحت فشار قرار دارند.
· بابک بهمنش
وزیر جنگ امریکا: اروپا و ناتو هزینه دفاعی خود را افزایش دهند
اعضای پیمان اتلانتیک شمالی «ناتو» سال گذشته وعده دادند که هزینه های مرتبط به دفاع را به پنج فیصد تولید ناخالص داخلی افزایش دهند، اما با وجود تلاش های افزایش یافته، بسیاری از دولت ها می گویند که ممکن است نتوانند به این هدف برسند.
· رضا شیرمحمدی
中美互逐記者：川普政府撤銷新華社記者簽證
（德國之聲中文網）一名知情人士證實，這名中國記者的簽證已被撤銷。由於涉及簽證隱私問題，該人士要求匿名。美國國務院官員也證實，政府確實計畫撤銷其簽證。
· 德正
中美互逐記者：《紐時》記者遭逐 華府吊銷新華社記者簽證
（德國之聲中文網）一名知情人士證實，這名中國記者的簽證已被撤銷。由於涉及簽證隱私問題，該人士要求匿名。美國國務院官員也證實，政府確實計畫撤銷其簽證。
· 德正
WHO chief lands in eastern Congo’s Ituri province, epicenter of Ebola, as outbreak outpaces response
Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaks to the media upon his arrival at N’djili International Airport in Kinshasa, Congo, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Samy Ntumba Shambuyi)
· Justin Kabumba