LONDON, UK | Xinhua | Substitute Emiliano Buendia scored with the last kick of the match to give Aston Villa a 2-1 win at home to Arsenal and throw the Premier League title race wide open. Buendia buried a loose ball in the Arsenal penalty area to inflict the first …

BERLIN | Xinhua | Back in 2015, then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel reminded Japanese leaders during a visit to Tokyo that Germany’s postwar reconciliation was only possible because it had chosen to confront its past honestly. Her pointed message was widely interpreted as a history lesson for then-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo …

GAZA | Xinhua | In the rubble of southwestern Gaza City’s Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, an abandoned Israeli armored vehicle now serves an unexpected purpose: Draped with a red-cloth sign that reads “Charging Station,” it has become a rare source of electricity in an area left in the dark by over …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Italians have long mastered the art of finding beauty in life’s simplest pleasures, from enjoying creamy tomato and spinach pasta to sipping ice-cold spritzers with friends on a sunny afternoon. Limoncello 3.0 recreates that same magic for Kampala’s tastemakers. You do not have …

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said at the White House on Wednesday that the second phase of the Gaza peace plan is “going to happen pretty soon,” with media speculating that the announcement could come before Christmas and ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s next …

MOSCOW, RUSSIA | TASS | Moscow welcomes the readiness of the leaders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda to continue working together to return the region to peace and stability, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The statement said that Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi …

BRUSSELS | Xinhua | The European Commission on Friday imposed fines totaling 120 million euros (139.8 million U.S. dollars) on Elon Musk’s social media platform X for breaching transparency obligations in its first non-compliance decision under the Digital Services Act (DSA). According to the Commission’s press release, the penalty stems …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fincom Technologies, through its flagship product SchoolPay Uganda, a digital education payment and school management platform, partnered with the Uganda Catholic Education Department to host the first-ever nationwide Catholic Schools Science Fair. The exhibition took place at St. Kizito Secondary School in Bugoloobi, Kampala …

WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | The draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup was conducted on Friday at John F. Kennedy Center, setting the stage for the first 48-team edition of football’s biggest tournament. With expanded group formats and an unprecedented number of matches across Canada, Mexico and …

LONDON, UK | Xinhua | Third-placed Aston Villa will take on Premier League leader Arsenal in the standout match of the weekend, which is also the first game to be played on Saturday lunchtime. Aston Villa won a thrilling game 4-3 away to Brighton on Wednesday to climb to third …