South Sudan, Japan grab Olympic spots at Basketball World Cup
AFP via Yahoo Sports· 4 weeks agoSouth Sudan and Japan both qualified for the Paris Olympics at the Basketball World Cup on Saturday...
Sudan – live: Evacuation flights ‘potentially impossible’ when ceasefire ends, UK warns
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIt may be “impossible” to evacuate British citizens from Sudan once the war-torn country’s fragile...
Sudan has its first Y Combinator startup
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoWhen the demo day for Y Combinator’s winter cohort of startups begins later this month, Bloom will put Sudan on the American accelerator’s famed map for...
'The world knows us.' South Sudanese cheer their basketball team's rise and Olympic qualification
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoBasketball has united the South Sudanese. The country, which gained its independence just 12 years...
‘It’s unbelievable’: Mahtomedi native leads South Sudan to spot in Olympics
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo Sports· 3 weeks agoA decade ago, Nuni Omot graduated from Mahtomedi as a late bloomer, with a developing basketball game and several inches more to grow. His talent on the hardwood would eventually take him places ...
How Wagner's rebellion affects the rest of the world
The Week via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIllustration of Vladimir Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin and a world map Illustrated / Getty Images The aborted mutiny against Vladimir Putin's regime in Russia...
Russia-Ukraine war – live: Exiled Wagner chief Prigozhin ‘spotted at Putin’s Africa summit’
The Independent UK via AOL· 2 months agoExiled Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has been spotted at an international summit in Russia. A...
British Airways and Air France are adding up to 2 hours onto flight times to go around Niger after...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 months agoNiger suddenly closed its airspace on Sunday and now European airlines are have to spend hours...
Google expands AI-powered flood detection and wildfire systems
Engadget· 11 months agoFor the last several years, Google has been using artificial intelligence to develop a system that...
China's 1st Horn of Africa envoy offers to mediate in region
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoChina’s first special envoy to the Horn of Africa on Monday offered to mediate in disputes in the region as Beijing seeks to strengthen its influence and protect its investments from conflict ...