AFCON 2025 qualifiers: Four new countries qualify for group phase
Chad and Eswatini secured their places in the group phase of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, Morocco 2025. This was possible after both teams edged past their opponents following the second-leg matches of the preliminary stage on…
Ethiopia’s CBE bank recovers $10m taken during technical glitch
Ethiopia’s largest bank says it has recovered almost three-quarters of the $14m (£12m) it lost in a glitch that allowed customers to withdraw more money than they had in their accounts. Abe Sano, head of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia…
South Africa’s election court rejects ANC bid to de-register Zuma’s MK party
South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) has failed in a legal bid to stop a newly formed party, backed by ex-President Jacob Zuma, from running in May’s general election. The uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party takes its name from…
Oklahoma official facing recall over white nationalist ties defends marching in Charlottesville
A City Council member in Enid, Oklahoma, defended marching alongside white nationalists in Virginia in 2017 at a public forum Tuesday night where he was questioned about his connections to racist groups. Judd Blevins, who faces a recall election next…
China to challenge Biden’s electric vehicle plans at the WTO
BEIJING — China filed a World Trade Organization complaint against the United States on Tuesday over what it says are discriminatory requirements for electric vehicle subsidies. The Chinese Commerce Ministry did not say what prompted the move. But under a…
Mega Millions has a $1.13 billion winner
The Garden State just got a little greener: Someone won the $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot Tuesday, and the ticket was sold in New Jersey, the game’s website showed. A single winner was shown in the jackpot that has been…
Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse live updates: Recovery mission starts after 6 presumed dead
A rare mayday preceded Baltimore bridge collapse: ‘I couldn’t think of a worse situation’ Video of the ship, emergency radio transmissions and analysis by maritime veterans paint a picture of a disastrous scenario — one that could have been much…
New Zealand accuses China-backed hackers of cyberattacks on parliament
New Zealand has accused China of “malicious cyber activity” linked to Chinese state actors, who targeted its parliament in 2021. The government “expressed concerns today about malicious cyber activity, attributed to groups sponsored by the Chinese Government,” New Zealand’s Foreign…
Live updates: Supreme Court hears mifepristone abortion pill arguments
The Supreme Court is weighing decisions made by the FDA from 2016 onward that lifted restrictions on mifepristone, including one that made it available by mail. The court is not reviewing the original 2000 decision to approve the drug, which…
Supreme Court weighs challenge to abortion pill’s widespread availability
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday tackles whether to maintain widely available access to the abortion pill mifepristone as it weighs a high-stakes challenge to the Food and Drug Administration’s drug approval process. The court, which has a 6-3…