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With gold production on the rise, Traoré's government set up a state-owned mining company two years ago.Foreign mining firms are now required to give the state a 15% stake in their operations and train local workers.The World Gold Council...

Locals in Bangkok have transformed a flooded street in front of a shopping mall into a temporary floating market during flooding in the city.Bangkok was declared a disaster-affected zone after continuous heavy rains caused widespread flooding in the Thai...

A surprise inspection by the Indonesian Ombudsman at Cibinong Prison in Bogor, West Java, revealed apartment-like units located just outside the main detention blocks. Officials said the residences appeared to house inmates. The BBC's Liza Tambunan explains what they...

A US ban on several Canadian imports, including alcohol, dairy and motorcycles, has come into effect as a trade war between the two neighbours drags on.The latest measure by the Trump administration is in response to Canada's implementation...

A New York Times executive was fatally shot in California, allegedly by his wife's elderly parents who have been arrested on suspicion of murder.Jonathan McKinsey, 40, the newspaper's director of engineering for games player experience, was found with multiple...

Argentina's president has threatened to launch a legal challenge against the British government unless it halts oil exploration work off the coast of the Falkland Islands.In a social media post, President Javier Milei set a two-week deadline for the...

"After deliberate consideration of Christa Gail Pike's request for clemency, and after a thorough review of the case, I am upholding the sentence of the State of Tennessee and do not plan to intervene," Governor Lee said in a...

OpenAI will not release its next-generation model - GPT-6.1 Astra - due to safety concerns, the ChatGPT-maker confirmed on Tuesday.The AI system - which performs tasks like browsing the web and using apps by itself - "didn't quite meet...

Some churches in and around India's financial capital Mumbai have begun asking worshippers to give a declaration in writing - "I came here to pray of my own free will."Visitors write down their names, sometimes add an ID card...

Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma Nyabongo II, who is set to be crowned king of Uganda's Tooro kingdom later, has long been a familiar face in the country.For many Ugandans, he was known not as the heir to the throne,...