Jane ChambersBusiness reporter, Asunción, Paraguay Gabriela Cibils Gabriela Cibils wants to help Paraguay attract big tech from the US and elsewhere Gabriela Cibils is on a mission – to help turn Paraguay into the Silicon Valley of South America. When she was growing up in the landlocked country, nestled between Brazil and Argentina, she says…
Claire Mawisa, Marco Oriunto, Nicky Troll and Jo MunnikBBC Africa Eye, Cape Town & London BBC Although psychedelic drugs are illegal in South Africa, many self-appointed healers and shamans based in Cape Town are openly advertising that they incorporate them in their therapies. Anyone convicted of their commercial use faces a fine, a prison sentence…
At least 27 people have been killed in fierce clashes between Hamas security forces and armed members of the Dughmush family in Gaza City, in one of the most violent internal confrontations since the end of major Israeli operations in the enclave. Masked Hamas gunmen exchanged fire with clan fighters near the city’s Jordanian hospital,…
Donald Trump is directing US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to pay military personnel despite the federal government shutdown. The president said on Saturday that Hegseth must make sure troops do not miss out on their regular paycheque, scheduled for Wednesday. The directive comes as other government employees have already had some pay withheld and others…
GAZA STRIP / JERUSALEM — In a tentative move toward calm, thousands of displaced Palestinians have begun returning to their homes following a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, according to multiple sources. Humanitarian organizations are preparing to scale up aid efforts as the truce provides a window of opportunity. Yet, many observers warn that…
LOS ANGELES — Legendary Hollywood actress Diane Keaton, best known for her roles in “The Godfather” series and Woody Allen’s “Annie Hall,” has passed away at the age of 79, according to media reports. Keaton rose to international fame in the 1970s for her portrayal of Kay Adams in “The Godfather” films. Her performance in…
The Taliban government has confirmed that it attacked Pakistani troops in multiple mountainous locations on the northern border. Casualties are not yet clear in what the Taliban called “retaliatory operations”, after it said Pakistan violated Afghan airspace and bombed a market inside its border on Thursday. Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi called the Taliban attacks…
Dozens of people have been killed in a drone strike at a displacement shelter in el-Fasher, a besieged Sudanese city on the brink of collapse, activists said. The resistance committee for el-Fasher, made up of local citizens and activists, said the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) hit Dar al-Arqam camp, located within a university, with…
Hamas is pressing Israel to include prominent Palestinians in a prisoner-release list – part of a ceasefire deal that will also see hostages returned from Gaza. Hamas’s insistence comes after the Israeli justice ministry published the names of 250 prisoners to be freed, but excluded seven high-profile prisoners, including Marwan Barghouti and Ahmad Saadat. The…
Kayla Epsteinin New York City and Leire VentasBBC News Mundo Getty Images Monica Moreta Galarza was thrown to the ground when her husband was arrested outside immigration court in New York City Monica Moreta Galarza felt relieved after her husband’s routine immigration hearing at New York City’s 26 Federal Plaza. A judge had ordered Rubén…
