All across the world today, students are skipped class to attend the first global protest against government inaction on climate change. In the thousands, students protested in many of the capitals in Europe, Africa and the Americas. The movement has grown in strength and numbers since 16 year-old Swedish climate activist, Greta Thunber ...

Boeing is upgrading the stall prevention software on its 737 MAX, industry sources said Friday, as French investigators scoured black box data from the latest of two deadly crashes involving the aircraft in recent months. The MAX has been grounded worldwide following Sunday 39;s Ethiopia Airlines disaster that killed all 157 on board, and ...

Health authorities in Niger said Friday they had found a fake version of a meningitis vaccine after the country had launched a campaign to innoculate millions of children against the disease. In a statement, the health ministry asked doctors to be vigilant over a counterfeit version of a vaccine called Mencevax ACWY. The fake drug is ...

Nations on Friday were expected to commit to significantly reduce single-use plastics over the next decade, in a series of voluntary pledges that green groups warned fell short of tackling Earth 39;s pollution crisis. After marathon talks in Nairobi, countries appeared to have reached a deal over throwaway plastic items such as bags, cup ...

Thousands of demonstrators have gathered in the centre of the Algerian capital for a fourth consecutive Friday demanding the ouster of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, AFP correspondents said. They said the crowd at Algiers 39; landmark Grand Poste square was growing, two hours before the scheduled start of a demonstration calling on the 82 ...

From Syria 39;s devastating conflict to unprecedented mass protests in Algeria, the Arab world has seen eight years of turmoil. Only Tunisia pursues democratisation, while other countries are marred by war, repression and chaos. A panorama: Tunisia: spark of Arab Spring In December 2010 the self-immolation of a young street ...

Tanzanian club Simba SC boast a perfect CAF Champions League home record this season and can book a quarter-finals place by beating Democratic Republic of Congo visitors V Club Saturday. Record eight-time champions Al Ahly of Egypt and JS Saoura of Algeria are also chasing top-two finishes in Group D on the final matchday in the elite Afric ...

US aerospace giant Boeing said Thursday it was suspending deliveries of its top-selling 737 MAX as French investigators took delivery of the black boxes from the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed all 157 passengers and crew. The MAX has been grounded worldwide following the disaster -- the second involving the model in five months -- and ...

The death rate among women undergoing a C-section to deliver a baby is about 50 times higher in Africa than in most wealthy nations, researchers said Friday. One in 200 women perished during or soon after a caesarean in a sampling of nearly 3,700 births across 22 African countries, they reported in The Lancet Global Health. By compariso ...