Keely Hodgkinson smashes the long-standing women's indoor 800m world record set by Slovenia's Jolanda Ceplak on the day the Briton was born in 2002.

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A report by Reuters reveals that Ethiopia is hosting a facility used to train Sudan's RSF paramilitary forces, with backing from the UAE. The UN says the war has killed over 40,000 and displaced ...

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A long-quiet volcano in Ethiopia spewed ash nine miles into the sky on Sunday, marking the first known major eruption from this volcano for more than 12,000 years. Under-studied and situated in ...

West Africa has lost an opportunity to host its first-ever United Nations climate summit, known as COP, after African negotiators at COP30 in Belém confirmed East Africa as the host of the 2027 ...

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