Sunday 17 - 12:45
Morocco officially assumed the presidency of the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on Monday for a one year mandate under the African Group, reinforcing the country’s growing diplomatic role in multilateral security institutions. The position will be held by Morocco’s ambassador to the......
Turkey is preparing to receive its first ever emergency crude shipment from the United States Strategic Petroleum Reserve as Washington expands energy exports to allies facing supply disruptions linked to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Tanker tracking data showed that American reserve oil is already en route to Turkish ports,......
A painting believed to have been looted by the Nazis during World War II has resurfaced in the Netherlands in the possession of the descendants of a former SS collaborator, raising new questions about unresolved wartime art restitution cases. The artwork, a portrait titled Portrait of a Young Girl by Dutch painter Toon Kelder, is linked to......
Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez has arrived in the Netherlands to take part in a hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning the long-standing territorial dispute over the Esequibo region with Guyana. According to official statements, Rodríguez is leading Venezuela’s legal delegation......
Spanish health authorities have identified two individuals under surveillance on their territory connected to the hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius, as the difficulty of tracing secondary exposures beyond the ship itself becomes increasingly apparent. A 32-year-old woman in the southeastern province of Alicante is being tested for......
Researchers at Delft University of Technology have demonstrated for the first time that two-qubit logic gates can be performed on mobile electron spins traveling across a silicon chip — a breakthrough published in Nature on May 6, 2026, that could reshape the roadmap toward large-scale quantum processors. The team, led by Lieven Vandersypen......
Health authorities in at least three American states are monitoring residents who were aboard the MV Hondius, the Dutch expedition cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has killed three passengers and left several others seriously ill during an Atlantic crossing. None of the individuals under surveillance are showing......
Spain has agreed to receive the MV Hondius, a luxury expedition cruise ship struck by a fatal hantavirus outbreak, at the port of Granadilla in southern Tenerife, from where all passengers and crew will be repatriated to their home countries. Spanish Health Minister Mónica García announced Wednesday that everyone remaining on......
An international consortium of more than 60 researchers has identified 1,785 previously unknown microproteins embedded in segments of human DNA long assumed to be functionally inert. The discovery, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, could expand the known human proteome by nearly 10 percent, representing one of the most significant......
A hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius has been identified as the Andes strain, the only known hantavirus capable of spreading from person to person, as the Dutch-flagged vessel sailed from Cape Verde toward Spain's Canary Islands on Wednesday amid a growing international health response. Three passengers have died and......
Wildfires are burning across multiple continents well ahead of the traditional summer peak, as prolonged drought and rising temperatures fuel an unusually early and aggressive fire season in both the United States and Europe. In Arizona, the Hazen Fire west of Phoenix near Buckeye had burned through 980 acres with zero containment as of May......
Dutch authorities have successfully contained a large wildfire that burned for several days near a military training area in the province of Gelderland, easing concerns over public safety and environmental damage. The fire broke out earlier in the week close to a defense training site near the village of 't Harde. Officials indicated......
France has presented a national roadmap that sets out a phased exit from fossil fuels across its entire economy. The plan targets coal by 2030, oil by 2045 and natural gas by 2050. It places the country on a structured path toward full decarbonisation and long-term climate neutrality. The announcement was made at an international ministerial......
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At the Heart of the 2026 World Cup
Monday 18 - 13:30
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GITEX Africa: The New Frontiers Of African Innovation
Monday 06 April 2026 - 13:04
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Les Impériales Week 2026: Under the Theme “Daba or Never”
Tuesday 31 March 2026 - 10:03
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Iran under the lens
Tuesday 13 January 2026 - 08:30
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AFCON 2025: Morocco at the heart of African football
Friday 19 December 2025 - 11:16
