Oprah Winfrey's South African school for girls to close after 20 years
Oprah Winfrey says she will close the school for underprivileged girls she set up in South Africa two decades ago at the end of next year.
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At least 25 killed after a passenger bus overturns in Algeria
At least 25 people were killed and 44 injured on Friday, after a passenger bus overturned in Algeria’s Boumerdès governorate, the Civil Protection agency said.
Some progressive Democrats cite faith in fighting inequality
Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed says his Muslim faith shapes his progressive views.
Hamas says it's reached an agreement to disarm
Officials have told The Associated Press that Hamas reached an agreement to disarm. That is a significant move that could help end the war in Gaza.
Lula unifies Brazil's left, but questions remain about its future without him
When Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva takes the stage at the country’s Workers Party convention on Sunday to accept his seventh, and likely final, nomination as a presidential candidate, at the age of 80, he will do so with the Brazilian left more united behind him than at any other point in his decades-long political career.
Omission accomplished: why the Iran-war cycle spins on
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Peru's ex-president has 15-year jail sentence for corruption charges overturned
Ollanta Humala had been convicted of money laundering offences alongside his wife in 2025.
Anthropic's Claude AI escapes to hack into three organisations
It comes just days after rival OpenAI said rogue AI agents had breached other firms’ networks.
Italy World Cup winner and AC Milan legend Franco Baresi dies aged 66
Franco Baresi, who won the World Cup with Italy and was regarded as one of football's finest defenders, dies aged 66.