53+ min ago  (886+ words) The wave. After Afrobeats and amapiano, a new set of African genres is crossing borders in 2026. South Africa. Lekompo and Bacardi house are tipped as the country's next export-ready sounds. Beyond. Sierra Leone's Krio Fusion and Algeria's Way-Way are building…...

1+ hour, 37+ min ago  (799+ words) The decision. The European Union is set to bar meat imports from Brazil from September 3. The reason. Brussels says Brazil has not proven it meets EU rules on antibiotic use in livestock. The scope. It covers beef, poultry, eggs, honey,…...

1+ hour, 53+ min ago  (811+ words) Sport " World Cup 2026 "The record. Around eight players aged 40 or over are at this World Cup. "The contrast. Only seven such players had appeared in all 22 previous tournaments. "The headliner. Cristiano Ronaldo, 41, plays his sixth World Cup. "The oldest. Scotland…...

1+ hour, 54+ min ago  (795+ words) Sport " World Cup 2026 "The flashpoint. Workers at the US team's opening venue voted to authorize a strike. "The venue. The match is at So Fi Stadium near Los Angeles, set to host eight games. "The demand. Staff sought better pay…...

1+ hour, 37+ min ago  (853+ words) World Cup " Business "The letdown. The travel boom that US host cities expected from the World Cup has so far failed to show up. "Hotels hit. New York's hotel association cut its World Cup room-revenue forecast by 60 percent, to about…...

1+ hour, 52+ min ago  (1490+ words) The 2026 World Cup arrived on Thursday with everything it promised: Shakira and J Balvin at the opening ceremony, a Juli'n Qui'ones goal in the ninth minute, Ra'l Jim'nez in tears after scoring his first World Cup goal 26 years into a…...

2+ hour, 10+ min ago  (801+ words) The show. "O Brasil de Portinari" has opened at the National Museum of China in Beijing. The artist. Candido Portinari is one of Brazil's greatest modern painters. The first. It is the first solo show by a Brazilian artist at…...

2+ hour, 23+ min ago  (547+ words) The Zanzibar film festival 2026 runs June 24 to 28 with 65 films selected from more than 400 submissions across 100-plus countries " and a theme, "AI and the Art of Storytelling, that drops East Africa's biggest screen event into the middle of cinema's fiercest argument....

2+ hour, 42+ min ago  (607+ words) The Zipline Africa expansion will take the company's decade-old Rwanda playbook continent-wide: the drone firm that built its name flying blood to rural clinics now plans to replicate everything it has trialled there " including cattle insemination by air " across its…...

2+ hour, 28+ min ago  (809+ words) The loss. Brito, a defender on Brazil's 1970 World Cup-winning team, has died at 86. The team. That Brazil side is widely regarded as the greatest in football history. The record. He played 61 times for Brazil between 1964 and 1972. The partnership. He anchored…...