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With the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the seventh inning of Sunday’s Twins-Orioles game, Twins cleanup hitter Matt Wallner watched a knee-high 3-2 pitch sail directly over the heart of the plate for strike three. Rather than accept his fate, an emotional, frustrated Wallner tapped his ...

Strikes in west Tehran are heavy, BBC reports; US state secretary tells Al Jazeera the straight of Hormuz will be open ‘one way or another’ Donald Trump is weighing a military operation to extract nearly 1,000 pounds (454kg) of uranium from Iran, the Wall Street Journal is reporting, citing unnamed ...

The City regulator says 12.1 million mis-sold motor finance deals will be eligible for redress. ...

South Africa appointed a career diplomat as the acting head of its Washington embassy, as it stalls on naming a new official ambassador. Thabo Thage’s appointment as the de facto head of mission allows him to negotiate and sign agreements at a time of heightened diplomatic tension between the countries. ...

Sun King, the world’s largest off-grid solar company, plans to invest $150 million to bring solar power to Ethiopia by 2030, according to a deal with the Ethiopian Investment Commission. The Kenya-based firm, which already operates in 14 African countries, aims to reach 2 million Ethiopian households and businesses by ...

The resignation of a top executive at Africa’s football governing body raised questions about the organization’s integrity following a controversial ruling that stripped Senegal of its African Cup of Nations title. Veron Mosengo-Omba, a Congolese official who in 2021 rose to second-in-command at the Confederation of African Football, said he ...

A promised cure for sickle cell disease could be revolutionary for populations in Africa, where around 80% of the globe’s cases are found. While treatment options for the inherited blood disease have long been available, scientists now believe that a cure for sickle cell may lie in gene-editing, a process ...

Without diplomacy or restraint, the economic shock will deepen and US soldiers may become embroiled in a quagmire The fifth week of Donald Trump’s illegal war on Iran has confirmed the absence of any overarching strategy. The US continues to hit Iranian targets while building up forces in the region. ...

Knesset approves measure that has been criticised by European nations and rights groups Israel’s parliament has passed a law imposing the death penalty on Palestinians convicted of fatal attacks, a measure sharply criticised as discriminatory by European nations and rights groups. The legislation makes the death penalty the default punishment ...

China is doubling down on DR Congo just as Washington tries to up its own bets on one of the world’s most lucrative critical minerals hubs. Kinshasa and Beijing inked a new deal covering geological data sharing, investment protections, and local processing, after the Trump administration struck a minerals-for-security partnership ...