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Founded in 1975, the Ouagadougou Golf Club boasts an 18-hole and two nine-hole courses -- all certified by the French golf federation. Visitors to the club, lying amid buildings on the outskirts of the Burkinabe capital, will find the courses a tawny colour, the natural tint of the site.
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People have parties and pose with cherry blossoms around the world.
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Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on March 20 invited his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for the Group of Seven summit in May and announced action plans for a new Indo-Pacific initiative aimed at countering China's influence in the region. Modi and Kishida continued their talks beyond the closed doors of meeting rooms as they took a stroll around the park which was developed to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of Gautam Buddha’s birth.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow on March 20 for a summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping were to discuss Beijing's propositions to stop the fighting in Ukraine, as the Chinese leader arrived Monday for a landmark visit with his counterpart in Moscow.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise trip to Mariupol, the Kremlin said on March 19, his first visit to territory captured from Ukraine since the start of Moscow's invasion. The visit triggered an angry reaction from Ukraine, with a presidential aide blasting its "cynicism" and "lack of remorse".
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met PM Narendra Modi on March 20 in Delhi during his two-day visit in India. The two leaders are set to discuss priorities for India’s presidency of G20 and Japan’s presidency of the G7.
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With solid support from many Republicans negating the opposition of a few democrats, whose argument stood against his nomination, Garcetti was confirmed 52-42.
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Protests in France took over multiple cities when Emmanuel Macron, the President hiked the retirement age from 62 to 64.
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The United States – in a recently passed bi-partisan resolution – has formally recognized the McMahon Line as the international border between China and India. What is the McMahon Line and what this development means for India? Take a look…
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NASA on March 15 unveiled the first prototype for a newly designed next-generation spacesuit specially tailored and accessorized for the next Moon mission. The latest in moon-wear was displayed at the Johnson Space Center in Houston during an event hosted for the media and students by Axiom Space, the Texas-based company contracted by NASA to build suits for Artemis, successor to the Apollo moon program.
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A Pakistani high court ordered police on March 16 to postpone an operation to arrest Imran Khan for another day, defusing a surge in violence that saw supporters of the former prime minister fighting pitch battles with security forces.
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In a madrassa in the Afghan capital, rows of teenage girls rock back and forth reciting verses of the Koran under the watchful eye of a religious scholar. The number of Islamic schools has grown across Afghanistan since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, with teenage girls increasingly attending classes after they were banned from secondary schools.
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Cyclone Freddy has dissipated after killing hundreds of people and displacing thousands in Mozambique and Malawi since late last week, although flooding remains a threat in both countries, a regional monitoring center said late on March 15.
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The City of Light is losing its luster with tons of garbage piling up on Paris sidewalks as sanitation workers were on strike for a ninth day on March 14. The creeping squalor is the most visible sign of widespread anger over a bill to raise the French retirement age by two years.
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The era of easy monetary policy has enabled tech companies of all sizes to raise and deploy funds, and SVB benefited from this boom. But the Ukraine war has fueled global inflation levels and that led central banks to tighten monetary policy aggressively.
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Although many fled in the opening stages of the war, residents have gradually returned to their homes as Russian forces were pushed back from north of the city last year, and the conflict became centered mainly in the eastern and southern parts of Ukraine.
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Orca, the Logotto Romagnolo, won the Best in Show at the Crufts 2023 do show on March 12. A look at the top dogs compete at Britain's Crufts dog show.
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As wildfires continue in Odisha and Goa, here’s a look at how wildfires get started and why they spread so fast.
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Xi Jinping has secured an unprecedented third five-year term as China’s president as he tightens his grip as the country’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. Nearly 3,000 members of China’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), voted unanimously for him to be president.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese on March 10 met at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi to hold bilateral talks. Both countries’ prime ministers hold delegation-level talks in Delhi.
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Shots were fired inside a building used by Jehovah's Witnesses in the northern German city of Hamburg on March 9 evening, with several people killed and wounded, police said.
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Women were beginning to hit the streets en masse across the globe on March 8 to defend rights that are coming under increasing attack. To mark International Women's Day, capitals across the world are hosting marches, rallies and demonstrations
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In nearly a dozen countries around the world, floating solar farms are providing a welcome alternative to ground-mounted modules, with the potential to significantly boost clean power as the world races to cut carbon emissions.
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International Women's Day is celebrated every year on March 8. The day honour the contribution of women's to society, economy, culture and politics. This year's International Women's Day 2023 campaign theme is '#EmbraceEquity' which highlights the critical difference between equity and equality.
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A skyscraper under construction in the heart of a historic Hong Kong shopping and tourist district was left scorched on March 3 by a massive fire, with authorities saying the blaze had been largely extinguished.
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Turkish authorities have been racing to find accommodation for the more than 1.5 million people left homeless after February's huge earthquakes. Survivors have been sheltering in tents, container homes, hotel resorts and even train carriages in Iskenderun, a port city in the province of Hatay, badly hit by the earthquakes.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, where she was accorded a tri-services guard of honour. Meloni is the chief guest and the keynote speaker at the inaugural session of the eighth Raisina Dialogue.
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Portugal's Praia do Norte has become legendary for big wave surfing.
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An intercity passenger train travelling from Athens to the northern city of Thessaloniki collided at high speed with a cargo train outside the city of Larissa in central Greece, said the governor of the Thessaly region.
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The G20 India's 1st Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting has commenced on February 24 in the city of Bengaluru. The meeting will consist of multiple sessions aimed at promoting global economic cooperation.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was received by PM Narendra Modi for a ceremonial welcome at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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“We fiercely fought for every day. And we endured the second day. And then — the third,” Zelensky said. "And we still know: every tomorrow is worth fighting for.”
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Ajay Banga, currently vice chairman at private equity firm General Atlantic, has more than 30 years of business experience, having served in various roles at Mastercard and the boards of the American Red Cross, Kraft Foods and Dow Inc. He is the first Indian-born nominee to the World Bank president role.
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman meets US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen ahead of the first G20 financial conclave meeting, in Bengaluru. The two leaders exchanged views on G20 Finance Track priorities under G20India Presidency in 2023.
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David Hockney's first immersive show opened to the public in London on February 22 offering a hypnotic, multi-sensory journey through the artist's decades-long career, from sun-drenched California swimming pools to the Normandy countryside. David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further Away) at London's Lightroom runs until June 4.
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Massive downpours have caused landslides and flooding since last weekend in coastal towns of Sao Paulo, Brazil's richest state
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Russia became the world’s most-sanctioned nation after the country's invasion of Ukraine, surpassing Iran, Syria and North Korea. One year into the war, it continues to be one of the most sanctioned countries.
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Around a thousand performers clad in traditional costumes featuring white wax masks and hats adorned with huge ostrich feathers paraded to the sound of drums in Belgium's most famous carnival on February 21, the first to be held in three years.
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The war in Ukraine has become synonymous with horrific suffering and destruction, but also with fierce courage and unprecedented solidarity. Here are 10 iconic pictures that tell the story of the first 12 months of the conflict
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Six people were killed in the latest earthquake to strike the border region of Turkey and Syria, authorities reported on February 21, two weeks after a larger one killed more than 47,000 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes.
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The explosion at a metals plant in Bedford injured at least 14 people. The blast site was about 112 km from East Palestine, where a train loaded with toxic chemicals derailed earlier this month, forcing thousands of people to be evacuated
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Biden’s trip, where he pledged $500 million in military aid to Ukraine, was a brazen rebuke to Russian President Vladimir Putin who had hoped his military would swiftly overrun Kyiv within days of launching the invasion last year.
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Heavy rains in coastal areas of southeast Brazil have caused flooding and landslides that killed at least 36 people and dislodged hundreds of others, according to a statement from Sao Paulo state authorities on February 19.
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The combined death toll in Turkey and Syria climbed to more than 41,000, and millions need humanitarian aid while many survivors have been left homeless in near-freezing winter temperatures.
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In order to withstand the impact of an earthquake, a building must redistribute its shockwaves. Several design features can handle the side-to-side forces emitted by a quake. Here's how earthquake-resistant buildings are designed, and some of the most astonishing constructions designed to withstand earthquakes.
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If the 1,000-year-old holy book sells for near its estimated value, the Codex Sassoon would become the most valuable printed text or historical document ever sold at auction
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According to the International Energy Agency, over the next three years, more than 70 percent of the growth in global electricity demand is set to come from China, India, and Southeast Asia combined.
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Four days of violent winds and lashing rains has led to landslides and widespread flooding in New Zealand's North Island, lacerating road network, snapping power and knocking out hundreds of mobile phone towers
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As per The Wall Street Journal, there was a potential sale in the previous month that could value Subway at over $10 billion.
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A joint team from the University of Pisa, and the university of Pennsylvania discovered in these ruins, the remains of a primitive refrigeration system, a large oven as well as benches for diners and about 150 serving bowls.
