Controversial rapper Kanye West, also known as Ye, will hold a concert in Prague in July, Zuzana Rambova, director of the Chuchle Arena racecourse hosting the event, said on Thursday.
The Iran war has exposed Africa's vulnerability to fuel chokepoints and is heading for an 86 million tonne fuel shortfall by 2040, the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) said Thursday.
Stock prices fell across the board Thursday from their recent highs as investors tempered enthusiasm for a quick end to the Middle East war.
- Amsterdam airport offers airline discounts over fuel costs
- UK, France sign three-year deal to stop migrant crossings
Boulevard
As 41-year-old Annie Tse visited her flat in Hong Kong for the first time since a massive fire last year, a blackened staircase brought back memories of her lucky escape.
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RECENT NEWS
Rising reggae star Meta Dia will headline this year's Stereo Africa Festival in Dakar celebrating contemporary African music and the sounds of the diaspora.
April 23, 2026
RECENT NEWS
Iran has banked the first proceeds from the tolls it is exacting on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a senior official said Thursday, as disruption triggered by the US-Israeli war against the Islamic republic continued to batter the world economy.
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The Pentagon blasted as cherry picking and false on Thursday a news report saying that the department assessed it could take six months to completely clear the Strait of Hormuz of Iranian-laid mines.
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Two commuter trains collided head-on near the Danish capital early Thursday leaving five critically hurt and 12 others with lesser injuries, emergency services said.
April 23, 2026
Politics
A US naval blockade of Iranian ports is likely to squeeze Iran's oil output in the coming weeks but claims it will throw the Islamic republic into economic free fall remain premature, analysts say.
April 23, 2026
RECENT NEWS
Shares in EssilorLuxottica, the world's top maker of eyeglasses, slid on Thursday as analysts said investors have turned wary of AI glasses.
German airline giant Lufthansa Thursday lost a legal battle over a six-billion-euro ($7-billion) pandemic-era government bailout when the EU's top court ruled Brussels mishandled its approval of the cash injection.
Business activity in the eurozone contracted for the first time in 16 months in April, as the war in the Middle East drove energy prices up and disrupted global supply chains, a closely watched survey showed Thursday.
RB Leipzig's home Bundesliga clash with Union Berlin on Friday has the two sides chasing different season goals, while showing the changing face of the game.
April 23, 2026
Sports
An envoy to US President Donald Trump has asked world football's governing body FIFA to replace Iran with Italy at the World Cup, according to the Financial Times.
April 23, 2026
RECENT NEWS
Sales of new cars jumped last month in the European Union as consumers turned to electric vehicles as petrol prices soared due to the war in the Middle East, data showed Thursday.
Pace bowler Mitchell Starc has been cleared to play in the Indian Premier League after missing the first half of the season because of fitness concerns, Cricket Australia said Thursday.
South Korea pushed back on Thursday against criticism of its business environment by US lawmakers, as a rare spat deepens over Seoul's investigation into online retail company Coupang.
A Pentagon assessment said it could take six months to completely clear the Strait of Hormuz of Iranian-laid mines, which could keep oil prices high, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
April 23, 2026
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- US firms voice 'concern' over China's new supply chain rules
- Iran says won't reopen Hormuz if US upholds naval blockade
- Japanese team with school coach to cap remarkable journey to the top
- UN leadership hopefuls stress need for peace and restoring confidence
- France must avoid becoming 'hostage' on critical minerals: trade minister
- Thunder roll past Suns, Pistons bounce back to level series with Magic
- US says China used 'intimidation' to block Taiwan leader's Africa trip