Daily Briefing — October 18, 2026 1) World news World developments worth watching today: Hilarious quips and ‘100,000-volt’ energy: the hypemen (and women) redefining Afrobeats music An extraordinary life: descendant welcomes biography of woman ‘gifted’ to Queen Victoria LGBTQ+ people go into hiding in Senegal as hundreds are arrested Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza denies using…
Daily Briefing — October 12, 2026 1) World news World developments worth watching today: Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law Isaias strengthens to become first Atlantic hurricane of 2026 season Egyptian journalists plan weekend protest over detention of…
Daily Briefing — October 11, 2026 1) World news World developments worth watching today: Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law Isaias strengthens to become first Atlantic hurricane of 2026 season Egyptian journalists plan weekend protest over detention of…
Daily Briefing — October 10, 2026 1) World news World developments worth watching today: Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law Isaias strengthens to become first Atlantic hurricane of 2026 season Egyptian journalists plan weekend protest over detention of…
Daily Briefing — October 9, 2026 1) World news World developments worth watching today: Egyptian journalists plan weekend protest over detention of six colleagues Scientists discover 180,000 giant tortoises on one Seychelles island Ethiopia launches drone attack against Eritrean troops who crossed into Tigray Kenya confirms first Ebola case as virus ‘surges’ in DR Congo…
Daily Briefing — October 8, 2026 1) World news World developments worth watching today: Kenya confirms first Ebola case as virus ‘surges’ in DR Congo province Tigray rebel groups ‘forcibly recruiting boys as young as 15’ as fighting spreads Guardian readers fund life-changing surgery for Somali boy injured in US airstrike Skull fractures suggest servants…
Daily Briefing — October 7, 2026 1) World news World developments worth watching today: Kenya confirms first Ebola case as virus ‘surges’ in DR Congo province Tigray rebel groups ‘forcibly recruiting boys as young as 15’ as fighting spreads Guardian readers fund life-changing surgery for Somali boy injured in US airstrike Skull fractures suggest servants…
Daily Briefing — October 6, 2026 1) World news World developments worth watching today: Kenya confirms first Ebola case and says patient has died Tigray rebel groups ‘forcibly recruiting boys as young as 15’ as fighting spreads Guardian readers fund life-changing surgery for Somali boy injured in US airstrike Skull fractures suggest servants of Egypt’s…
Daily Briefing — October 5, 2026 1) World news World developments worth watching today: Skull fractures suggest servants of Egypt’s ancient kings were sacrificed Egyptian journalist faces terrorism charges after entire newsroom detained Libyan unity talks upended as warlord’s son linked to drone attacks on fuel facilities Row erupts over Cairo mural depicting Tutankhamun and…
Daily Briefing — October 4, 2026 1) World news World developments worth watching today: Libyan unity talks upended as warlord’s son linked to drone attacks on fuel facilities Row erupts over Cairo mural depicting Tutankhamun and Nefertiti with dark skin Trump administration diverts human rights funds to push far-right agenda abroad South African leader urges…