Kenya's economy faces climate change risks: World Bank
The impacts of climate change could shave up to seven percent off Kenya's economic output by 2050 compared to baseline forecasts, unless it adapts, the World Bank warned on Friday.
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US and China prepare for trade talks as Trump floats tariff cut
Senior US and Chinese officials are in Switzerland this weekend for talks aimed at de-escalating a burgeoning trade war sparked by President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff rollout, and fueled by strong retaliatory measures from Beijing.
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US projected to hit debt limit in August: Treasury chief
There is a "reasonable probability" the United States will hit its borrowing limit in August when Congress is in recess, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday, calling on lawmakers to act.
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'You're gonna be the Pope,' Leo XIV's brother recalls telling him
Louis Prevost is still reckoning with what just happened in his family.
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Guardiola says Man City season has been toughest in management
Pep Guardiola admits this season has been the toughest of his 16-year managerial career as Manchester City's Premier League title challenge collapsed and they exited the Champions League early.
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'It's terrific': Chicago hails hometown hero Pope Leo XIV
Paula Hambrick never imagined that in her lifetime the Catholic Church would be led by a pope from the United States, never mind her hometown of Chicago.
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Europe leaders head to Kyiv on unprecedented visit
The leaders of France, Britain, Germany and Poland will make an unprecedented joint visit to Ukraine on Saturday for talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky, vowing to ratchet up pressure on Russia until it agrees a ceasefire.
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Pakistan warns won't de-escalate as conflict with India spirals
Pakistan has warned it will "not de-escalate" a spiralling conflict with India, and blamed New Delhi for bringing the two nuclear-armed neighbours closer to a full-blown war, with the death toll from days of violence crossing 50.
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Stocks mixed as global markets eye US-China tariff talks
Global stocks were mixed Friday as markets awaited weekend US-China talks amid hopes for a deescalation in the trade war between the world's two largest economies.
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Serbia's Vucic seeks low-price gas in Putin meeting
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic asked Vladimir Putin during a meeting Friday to keep providing his country with cut-price gas, an arrangement the Russian leader said they would "definitely" discuss.
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