Day: April 6, 2026

Long beloved in Italy, this humble stovetop brewer makes cafe-quality drinks for a fraction of the price Sign up for the weekly Filter US newsletter, your guide to buying fewer, better things Despite my Italian heritage, it took a temporary move to Rome to discover the magic of the moka ...

Zendaya and Robert Pattinson’s dark dramedy is a stylish acting showcase, but does it do justice to its weighty themes? Ever since its first trailer dropped – and, on certain corners of Reddit, even before that – the internet has been abuzz with speculation over just what goes down in ...

Ordinary Iranians respond to the US president’s threat to destroy Iran’s power plants and bridges unless it opens the Strait of Hormuz. ...

The Israeli strikes reportedly targeted Hamas security personnel after they clashed with an Israeli-backed militia near Maghazi camp. ...

Its managing director calls the rapper’s past comments “abhorrent” but asks people to “offer some forgiveness”. ...

South Africa is preparing the most sweeping overhaul of its migration laws in three decades in a bid to attract skilled migrants as part of efforts to boost moribund growth in Africa’s biggest economy. The country’s cabinet endorsed folding three separate laws into a single statute, a move officials say ...

DR Congo struck a deal with the US to receive “third-country” deportees, days after Uganda received eight people under a similar deal. The agreements are part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration, though rights groups and legal scholars have criticized the deals, questioning whether Washington can send individuals to ...

Senegal banned government ministers from all non-essential foreign travel, part of efforts across Africa to grapple with surging fuel prices because of the Iran war. The West African country, which depends heavily on imported energy, has been hit by the growing cost of oil — crude prices are up around ...

The World Bank agreed a new six-year $540 million finance package to support Uganda’s urban development. The funding aims to enhance all-weather roads, stormwater drainage, street lighting, and public markets to improve transport connections, reduce flooding, and boost public safety, while also stimulating the local economy. The package targets 10 ...

Africa accounted for a third of global democratic declines between 2019 and 2024, while also producing nearly a quarter of global improvements, a new report by an intergovernmental watchdog found. The sharpest setbacks were linked to a wave of military takeovers in the Sahel and parts of central Africa, the ...