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Sanlam has conducted its 40th Benchmark Survey.

German stadiums will display rainbow colours during the country's match against Hungary at the European Championship on Wednesday after UEFA rejected host city Munich's plan to do the same. Clubs in Berlin, Wolfsburg, Augsburg, Frankfurt and Cologne said they would light up their venues during the final group game.

When COVID-19 hit, the world was not ready. The pandemic showed us major gaps in our preparation and ability to respond to the virus. Health experts say we will have another one. VOA's Carol Pearson reports that it doesn't have to be as bad as COVID-19.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation has raised alarm over what it describes as worsening food security in Nigeria.

Houilles (France) (AFP) – Thunderstorms hit France's Yvelines region overnight near the capital, leaving streets in the town of Houilles heavily flooded

Despite cryptocurrency volatility, African artists across the continent are joining the NFT craze due to its lure of a big payday. CNN takes a look at the burgeoning Non-Fungible Token industry in Nigeria to see how digital artists are navigating the new sector.

Bangalore (India) (AFP) – An aviation firm has carried out the first tests in India of longer-range drone deliveries, as hopes grow that they could deliver medicines as well as Covid-19 vaccines to remote areas.

Spain has pardoned nine jailed Catalan separatists behind a failed 2017 independence bid, announces Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, in an attempt to break the deadlock over the political crisis in this wealthy northeastern region. The separatists were convicted over a banned referendum in October 2017 that was marred by police violence and followed by a short-lived declaration of independence, sparking Spain's worst political crisis in decades.

Kgomotso Phatsima, one of Botswana's first female pilots, is giving kids the tools they need to succeed through STEM programs.