December 25, 20237:01 PM ET
It’s been 10 years since South Africa’s first democratically elected president died. Nelson Mandela’s former chef describes how how the anti-apartheid icon liked to spend Christmas Day.
December 25, 20235:00 AM ET
It’s been 10 years since South Africa’s first democratically elected president died. Nelson Mandela’s former personal chef describes how the anti-apartheid icon liked to spend Christmas Day.
December 23, 20236:00 AM ET
Enlarge this imageMartin Luther King Jr. waves to supporters on August 28, 1963, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on the Mall in Washington, D.C. Activists marked 60 years since the march in 2023.
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Martin Luther King Jr. waves to supporters on August 28, 1963, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on the Mall in Washington, D.C. Activists marked 60 years since the march in 2023.
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A lot of big news happened in 2023, but it was also a year to remember things that happened in other years.
That’s right — we’re diving into history with a year-end roundup of anniversaries.
It was 50 years ago that hip-hop began at a Bronx party. Exactly one month later, a brutal military coup in the South American country of Chile shocked many Americans into political action.
It’s been 60 years since 250,000 people gathered in Washington,..
December 21, 20235:32 PM ET
Polls have closed in the Democratic Republic of Congo Thursday. Widespread logistical problems and violence forced the country to extend presidential vote by a second day.
December 20, 20235:04 AM ET
Millions of Congolese will vote for a new president Wednesday, with hopes for a peaceful election. The Democratic Republic of Congo has vast mineral wealth, but is impacted by poverty and conflict.
December 20, 20233:20 AM ET
Enlarge this imageA woman looks for her name at a voting station in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023.
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A woman looks for her name at a voting station in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023.
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KINSHASA, Congo — Congo headed to the polls Wednesday to vote for president as authorities scrambled to finalize preparations in an election facing steep logistical and security challenges, and voting starting nearly 2 1/2 hours late.
Some 44 million people — almost half the population — were expected to vote, but many, including several million displaced by conflict in the vast country’s east, could struggle to cast their ballots. The fighting has prevented 1.5 million people from registering to vote.
Voter Raymond Yuma in the capital of Kinshasa said he’s voting for hope. “When you ..
December 17, 202312:44 PM ET
Enlarge this imageImages from some of our most popular global stories of 2023 (left to right): A woman from Brazil’s Awa people holds her bow and arrow after a hunt; an artificial intelligence program made this fake photo to fulfill a request for “doctors help children in Africa” â AI added the giraffe; researchers are learning that a stranger’s hello can do more than just brighten your day.
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Images from some of our most popular global stories of 2023 (left to right): A woman from Brazil’s Awa people holds her bow and arrow after a hunt; an artificial intelligence program made this fake photo to fulfill a request for “doctors help children in Africa” â AI added the giraffe; researchers are learning that a stranger’s hello c..
Enlarge this imageThis is a locator map for Libya with its capital, Tripoli.
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CAIRO — A boat carrying dozens of migrants trying to reach Europe capsized off the coast of Libya, leaving more than 60 people dead, including women and children, the U.N. migration agency said.
The shipwreck, which took place overnight between Thursday and Friday, was the latest tragedy in this part of the Mediterranean Sea, a key but dangerous route for migrants seeking a better life in Europe. Thousands have died, according to officials.
The U.N.’s International Organization for Migration said in a statement late Saturday that the boat was carrying 86 migrants when strong waves swamped it off the town of Zuwara on Libya’s western coast and that 61 migrants drowned, according to survivors.
World Nearly 2,000 migrants have died crossing the Mediterranean this year. Here’s why”The central Mediter..
December 14, 202312:47 PM ET
Enlarge this imagePeople wade through a section of a road destroyed by floods in Mandera County, Kenya, Wednesday.
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People wade through a section of a road destroyed by floods in Mandera County, Kenya, Wednesday.
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MANDERA, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s military hastened efforts Thursday to evacuate hundreds of people trapped by raging floods that have hit many parts of the East African country.
Floods have killed at least 170 and displaced more than 600,000 since the onset of heavy rains in November, according to the Red Cross, which is helping to coordinate the rescue efforts.
Tens of thousands of people in Northern Kenya have lost livestock, farmland and homes due to the floods described by aid groups as the worst in 100 years. An international team of scientists reported last week that human-caused climate change has made the ongoing rains in Eastern Africa up to two..
December 13, 20235:11 AM ET
Enlarge this imageAn Israeli air strike damaged this ambulance in front of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on November 3. Israel said the vehicle was “identified … as being used by a Hamas terrorist cell” and that a “number of Hamas terrorist operatives were killed.” Hamas denied the presence of fighters in the ambulance convoy, calling the claims “baseless.”
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An Israeli air strike damaged this ambulance in front of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on November 3. Israel said the vehicle was “identified … as being used by a Hamas terrorist cell” and that a “number of Hamas terrorist operatives were killed.” Hamas denied the presence of fighters in the ambulance convoy, calling the claims “baseless.”
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The year 2022 set a grim record — 1,989 attacks on health-care facilities and their personnel, the worst..