Ebola cases increase almost 40% in a week as death toll passes 200
By WILSON MCMAKIN DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda has claimed more than 200 lives in its first month and is the worst known outbreak…
South Africa marks 50 years since Soweto uprising by students, but challenges linger for its youth
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and MICHELLE GUMEDE JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa on Tuesday marks the 50th anniversary of the Soweto uprising when over 200 young people protesting against the apartheid…
Where to celebrate Juneteenth in North Texas
Juneteenth, observed each year on June 19, commemorates the day news of the abolition of slavery finally reached Texas. More than two years after the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation,…
Elon Musk egged on a race riot, then became a trillionaire. What are we even doing?
Listen to article • 0:00 minThe images coming out of Belfast — the city in Northern Ireland made famous by decades of ethnic violence that came to be known simply…
As UFOs go mainstream, the jury is out on what the existence of alien life might mean for religion
FILE – Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray points to a video display of a UAP during a hearing of the House Intelligence, Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation Subcommittee hearing…
Pope slams world’s indifference to migrants while visiting onetime ‘dock of shame’ in Canary Islands
By NICOLE WINFIELD, HELENA ALVES and RENATA BRITO ARGUINEGUÍN, Spain (AP) — Pope Leo XIV traveled to a once-notorious epicenter of the European migration debate on Thursday, challenging countries to…
El Nino is here and scientists fear it’ll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires
By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — El Nino, nature’s chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength,…
Odunde Festival 2026: What to know about Philly’s annual African cultural celebration
What sprouted from humble beginnings — the inaugural edition was funded by a $100 grant — has transformed into a daylong festival spanning 16 city blocks and including more than…
The pope is in secularized, polarized Spain, where the Catholic Church has a complex legacy
Pope Leo XIV is welcomed by Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia upon his arrival at Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas International Airport in Madrid, Saturday, June 6, 2026, marking the…
Case filed against Equatorial Guinea for sending US deportees to nations where they face persecution
By MARK BANCHEREAU and MONIKA PRONCZUK DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Rights lawyers filed a case against Equatorial Guinea before Africa’s top human rights body Friday, accusing the central African nation…