Niger coup leaves France facing range of dilemmas
The coup in Niger has left former colonial master France with an array of headaches ranging from how to extract its citizens in the face of a deteriorating security situation to future French military strategy.
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'War for identity': Kyiv pulls hammer, sickle from giant war WWII statue
Workers lowered a hammer and sickle from a towering sculpture overlooking Kyiv on Tuesday in a campaign to remove Soviet icons that ramped up after Russia invaded last year.
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Mbonambi to become second black Test captain of Springboks
Bongi Mbonambi will become the second black Test captain of South Africa on Saturday when he leads the Springboks against Argentina in a Rugby World Cup warm-up match in Buenos Aires.
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Tiger Woods joins PGA Tour policy board in transparency move
Tiger Woods is joining the PGA Tour's newly expanded policy board, the tour announced Tuesday, in a move aimed at cooling player tensions over secrecy surrounding merger talks with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf.
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Birkenstock plans to step into stock market: reports
The owners of Birkenstock are planning an initial public offering as soon as September that could value the German sandal maker at more than $8 billion, reports said Tuesday.
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NASA hears 'heartbeat' from Voyager 2 after inadvertant blackout
NASA's distant Voyager 2 probe has sent a "heartbeat" signal to Earth after mission control mistakenly cut contact, the US space agency said Tuesday.
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German mud mires world's top heavy metal festival
Driving rain, rivers of mud and traffic jams in northern Germany led organisers of Wacken Open Air, billed as the world's biggest heavy metal festival, to ask fans Tuesday to stay away.
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Caterpillar results boosted by strong demand, pricing
Caterpillar reported strong second-quarter profits Tuesday behind robust demand for industrial equipment and an improving cost environment that boosted profit margins.
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Two-day holiday in Iran over extreme heat
Iran on Tuesday declared a two-day holiday for government workers and banks nationwide as searing temperatures sweep across the country, state media reported.
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Meta to ask EU users' consent to share data for targeted ads
Social media giant Meta on Tuesday said it intends to ask EU-based users to give their consent before allowing targeted advertising on its networks including Facebook, bowing to pressure from European regulators.
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