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Sudan’s envoy to the UN said his country was at a ‘crossroads’ following Monday’s army power grab. Speaking during a Security Council sitting, Ammar Mahmoud also called for more international support for Khartoum. The country’s army chief on Monday dissolved Sudan’s transitional administration, prompting international backlash. “Some delegations have expressed their concerns as to what is currently happening in Sudan. ...

Elon Musk plans to deliver Internet to passenger aircraft through its Starlink broadband satellite network. SpaceX’s CEO tweeted that his company was talking to U.S. airlines about providing their customers with in-flight Wi-Fi and urged followers to tell airlines to get on board. “Yes, we are talking to airlines about installing Starlink. Please let them know if you would like ...

Nasa launched a unique asteroid mission this weekend to study two large accumulations of space rock around Jupiter that scientists believe are remnants of the primordial material that formed the outer planets of the solar system. The mission, called Lucy, is set to explore a record-breaking number of asteroids over the next 12 years after being launched on Saturday morning ...

Jamie Redknapp says the laws of the game surrounding offside need addressing after Kylian Mbappe’s contentious goal decided the Nations League final in France’s favour on Sunday. Spain took the lead when Mikel Oyarzabal latched on to a long pass from Sergio Busquets, held off Dayot Upamecano and fired into the bottom corner. The French response was swift, however, with ...

The Algerian president says he demands “total respect” from France, in the latest escalation of a diplomatic row between the two countries over visas. In his first public comments on the matter, Abdelmadjid Tebboune said France should forget that Algeria had once been its colony. Algiers last week recalled its ambassador from Paris because of comments by President Emmanuel Macron ...

Prosecutors in Egypt have ordered the arrest of three people following the dumping of thousands of unused doses of a coronavirus vaccine near the city of Minya, 200km (125 miles) south of Cairo. Images posted on social media last week showed piles of white boxes strewn along the banks of a waterway. The authorities say nearly 20,000 doses of the ...

South Africans have paid tribute to the second mayor to die in a car crash in under three weeks. Naledi local municipality mayor Neo Schalk was killed on Sunday morning after an accident outside of the town of Vryburg in North West province. South Africa’s Sunday Times reports that he was travelling with his wife on the way back from ...

Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth is nosediving amid revelations from a whistleblower and Monday’s widespread Facebook outages. Zuckerberg’s net worth dipped by $7 billion in a matter of hours as a stock selloff prompted Facebook to fall by roughly 5%. Zuckerberg’s wealth has now dropped to $120.9 billion, making him the fifth-richest person in the world behind Bill Gates, according to ...

Qatar Airways announced on Monday that it suffered a more than $4bn loss in revenues over the last fiscal year, as lockdowns triggered by the coronavirus pandemic slashed demand for long-haul travel. The major loss, which the state-owned airline largely attributed to the grounding of its Airbus A380 and A330 wide-body jets, highlights the dramatic toll of the pandemic on ...

Germany’s center-left Social Democrats have narrowly beaten the party of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel in federal elections, according to preliminary results. SPD leader Olaf Scholz says he has a clear mandate to form a government, but his conservative rival, Armin Laschet, is determined to fight on. The two parties have governed together for years but are unlikely to continue. Instead, ...