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Google has announced it is to open its first African artificial intelligence research centre in Ghana later this year. Google boss Sundar Pichai said the multi-national was “really looking forward” to opening the centre. The centre will open later this year

During the 68th FIFA Congress in Russia on Wednesday the member associations voted for the “United Bid” which will see games played across the United States of America, Mexico and Canada in 2026. The joint bid beat Morocco’s World Cup bid,

At least 192 people are missing and 75 are dead as a result of the explosion of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala on Sunday, officials say. Villages on the slopes were buried in volcanic ash and mud. Rescue work on Tuesday

The surgeon planning to do the first womb transplant in the UK says he hopes to carry out the first operations “before the end of 2018”. Mr Richard Smith, clinical lead at the charity Womb Transplant UK, also said that they

Anders Samuelsen, Denmark’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, is hosting the Nordic-African Foreign Ministers meeting on 6 and 7 June 2018. The agenda includes topics such as free trade and globalization, peace and security, opportunities for increased trade and investment, and how

Bill Clinton says he “loved” being president of the United States. Now he has teamed up with the world’s bestselling novelist, James Patterson, to write a political thriller that draws on his time in the White House, called The President is

Tanzanian conjoined twins Maria and Consolata Mwakikuti have died at the age 21 after suffering respiratory complications at a local hospital. The women, who were joined from the navel downwards and shared organs like the liver and lungs, had two hearts

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that he will be donating half of his salary to charity. Mr Ramaphosa said the gesture was aimed at encouraging the wealthy to dedicate some of their pay to help build the nation. The