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GLENDALE, AZ – FEBRUARY 12: Rihanna performs during the Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show at State Farm Stadium on February 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

Rihanna performs hits at Super Bowl – with a very special guest

Rihanna made her long-awaited return to the stage at the Super Bowl with a career-spanning medley of pop bangers, but it was her baby bump that dominated the conversation. The…

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Syria hospital treating earthquake victims pleads for help

The 7.8-magnitude pre-dawn quake, whose epicentre was near the Turkish city of Gaziantep, wiped out entire sections of cities in Turkey and war-ravaged Syria, killing more than…

NHS nurses march during a strike, amid a dispute with the government over pay, in London, Britain December 20, 2022. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska

Nurses in England stage new walk-out over pay

The main nursing union accuses the government of failing to negotiate seriously on improving their pay deal for the current year, which they say is crucial given the economic…

South Africa slams Ryanair’s Afrikaans test as ‘backward’

The airline has admitted it imposed a requirement for South Africans flying to Britain and Ireland to fill out a questionnaire issued in Afrikaans “due to the high prevalence of…

Red flag: Taiwan’s team was told to remove the country’s national flag
from its Porsche and use the Olympic version because Beijing views the
island as being part of China.

Taiwan Le Mans 24 team told to remove national flag

China views Taiwan as part of its territory.

A woman holds up a sign that reads “(Argentine President Mauricio) Macri, resign!” as she takes part in a demonstration against the government’s economic measures in Buenos Aires, Argentina September 6 2018. (Marcos Brindicci/Reuters)

Argentina ex-president Macri accused of spying on 400 journalists

The complaint states that the background checks on journalists were “neither ordered nor authorised by any magistrate”

Value: The investment into the parent company of Manchester City will give the team’s fans plenty to cheer about. (Nigel Roddis/Reuters)

Manchester City owners score silver

Club’s parent company awarded global record valuation after United States investment

Africa’s transport future will be electric – but not just yet.

Only 1.4% of cars made are electric

In the face of the climate emergency, it is critical for investors to show companies the path to follow

Tug-of-war: A still from the video clip Tesla chief executive Elon Musk posted on Tuesday

It’s Tesla vs Ford in truck Twar

‘Better than a Ford F-150, faster than a Porsche 911’

Ballsy: Siya Kolisi posted a picture of himself in his South African-flag costume after being screened for testicular cancer. (Instagram)

Boks speedo up against cancer

Faf de Klerk captained the challenge to team mates and other men to get themselves screened

A full quarter of that one-metre rise in the sea level by 2030 will be because of emissions from China, the United States, the European Union, Russia and India in the preceding 40 years (Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

Even in best case scenario, oceans will rise dramatically

The sea level can be expected to rise by at least a metre by 2300 in the unlikely event greenhouse gas emissions fall to zero in the next 11 years

Anger: People in Conakry protest against a possible change to the Constitution that could let the president seek a third term. (Reuters TV)

Guinea opposition leaders jailed

Rights group criticised the ruling, saying “no one should be detained for having organised or called for a peaceful demonstration”.

Taken down: Chinese state media is annoyed with basketball’s support for the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. (Hector Retamal/AFP)

Chinese TV takes NBA opener off air after row

Games were not shown on the Chinese network on Wednesday morning.

Building for the future: Man United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær says Marcus Rashford may need a rest. (TF-Images/Getty Images)

Solskjær in it for the long-term

The Manchester United manager has funds to beef up his squad with ‘ready-made’ players

Road transport is responsible for around 15% of global carbon emissions. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Brit spends £30k fighting traffic fine

Richard Keedwell claimed he ‘could not believe’ he had been speeding and that he had ‘no case to answer’

Cristiano Ronaldo (Reuters)

Former Ronaldo fan’s irate clip goes viral

The bizarre row has prompted a police investigation

Scraping by: Emilda Chingarambe prepares a meal in the Chinamhora district northeast of Harare. She says there is no bread in the shops and she can’t afford groceries. (Jekesai Njikizana/AFP)

Zimbabweans are ‘marching towards starvation’

Zimbabwe was once the breadbasket of Southern Africa, but its economy has been on a downturn for more than a decade with perennial food shortages

Wayne Parnell is one of the dozens of Kolpaks signed to counties

No-deal Brexit could be the end of the innings for  ‘Kolpak’  players

The Kolpak ruling means that citizens who are lawfully working within an EU country have the same free movement rights as EU citizens

Women in the Middle East and North Africa are pushing back against patriarchy. (Ryad Kramdi/AFP)

Algerian protesters unrelenting

Despite president pulling out of election race, demonstrators continue to call for his departure

US president Donald Trump. (Drew Angerer/Getty/AFP)

Pentagon authorizes $1 billion for Trump’s border wall

Move draws condemnation from both the president’s rival Democrats and fellow Republicans, who warned it was an abuse of presidential powers