Zimbabwe has raised its average electricity tariff by 320 per cent to ramp up power supplies at a time of daily blackouts but the move will likely anger consumers already grappling with soaring inflation and stagnant wages. The southern African country is experiencing its worst economic crisis in 10 years, seen in triple-digit inflation, 18-hour […]

Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday it will allow women in the kingdom to serve in the armed forces as it embarks on a broad programme of economic and social reforms. The move is the latest in a series of measures aimed at increasing the rights of women in the kingdom, even as rights groups accuse […]

French health minister Agnes Buzyn called on world leaders and other donors to “intensify” their engagement to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria to send a “strong and ambitious signal”. She said this in her opening speech at the 6th Replenishment Investment Conference, organised by the Global Fund Forum in Lyon, France on Wednesday and Thursday. […]

A shooting at a synagogue in Halle, Germany, on Wednesday during Yom Kippur was live-streamed on Twitch. Twitch confirmed to CNBC that the attack, in which two people were killed, was streamed on its platform. The Amazon-owned company is primarily used by gamers who livestream their gameplay and communicate with viewers. “We are shocked and […]

Two people were killed in shooting attacks on a synagogue and a nearby kebab shop in the eastern Germany city of Halle on Wednesday and one suspect was arrested, but two others fled in a hijacked a car, officials said. The violence occurred on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the calendar in Judaism when […]