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In winter, Skopje, the Capital of North Macedonia, is one of the most polluted cities in Europe. According to estimates from the World Bank Study , over 1000 people die each year as a result of air pollution in North Macedonia and its population is only 2 million.

Tomorrow's entrepreneurs are key to the growth of the private sector thus in the long run key to job creation on the continent but how do you foster this new generation?

Two Senate committees plan to release a flurry of recommendations in a thorough 100-page-plus report about what went wrong on January 6, but they will stop short of examining former President Donald Trump's role in the run-up to the attack on the US Capitol, which is likely to fuel the partisan debate about whether further investigation is needed.

With only 50 days to go until the Tokyo Olympics, much of Japan is in a state of emergency because of the coronavirus.

The Ohio Lottery announced on Wednesday that Toledo resident Jonathan Carlyle is the latest winner of the state's Vax-a-Million vaccination incentive $1 million prize. (June 3)

Another victim of the pandemic last year, France's festival of dance is now back – and bursting with energy. La Biennale de la Danse begins this week in Lyon, featuring more than 40 dance companies from across the world. At the heart of this year's Biennale is Africa and young people, with performers from 16 African countries, including Nigerian choreographer Qudus Onikeku and his dancers.

Dr. Anthony Fauci discusses some of the leaked emails he sent and received near the start of the coronavirus pandemic, including an email from an executive at a company that funded research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Baghdad (AFP) – In the Karada district of Iraq's capital, residents hear a gas deliveryman's dulcet tones every morning — once a country-wide phenomenon, but now the solo voice of a near-extinct tradition.

The EU digital Covid-19 certificate for travel can be opened to non-EU international travelers, including those from the United States, subject to individual member states' acceptance of proof of vaccination, a negative test result or recovery from Covid infection, an EU Commission spokesperson told CNN on June 2.

Sarath Iddamalgoda, a Sri Lankan priest and social activist, calls for an independent enquiry into how a Singapore-flagged container ship caught fire near Colombo's harbour, triggering the country's worst maritime environmental disaster. The MV X-Press Pearl burned for 13 days and is now sinking with nearly 350 tonnes of oil in its fuel tanks.