Down a small, narrow alley in the historic Stone Town neighborhood of Zanzibar, an old building beckons to visitors. Faded photographs are pinned outside the door while inside, a gallery of glossy pictures and old newspaper clippings lead the way to the room's centerpiece: a black piano with an interesting history.
Outgoing Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza died after suffering a heart attack on Monday, according to a statement posted on the official Burundi government Twitter account.
Bon Appétit editor in chief Adam Rapoport stepped down on Monday over accusations of bias and a discriminatory culture at the Condé Nast-owned food magazine.
A former "Miss Hitler" pageant entrant and her partner have been jailed in the UK for belonging to the extreme right-wing neo-Nazi group National Action.
China's Alibaba will add 5,000 jobs to its cloud computing division between now and the end of the year as the coronavirus crisis stimulates demand for streaming, video calls and data storage.
In South Africa, a coronavirus ban on cigarettes and alcohol has sparked an illegal business. CNN's David McKenzie speaks with soldiers trying to enforce the ban and with a Zimbabwean cigarette smuggler, who says his "profits are up."
The Hong Kong government has agreed to lead a $5 billion bailout of Cathay Pacific, taking a minority stake in the city's beleaguered flagship carrier.
A good friend of mine shared this story with me. When her daughter was seven, she told her mother in no uncertain terms that she didn't want any black kids at her own birthday party. My friend was shocked not just because her daughter was black -- so was she -- but because her daughter felt that black people were not the kind of people she wanted at her party.
As the world continues to ease lockdown measures, opportunities abound for the first wave of intrepid travelers who are willing -- and legally able -- to hit the road again.
US stocks rallied again on Monday, pushing the Nasdaq to an all-time high and the S&P 500 into positive territory for the year, signaling growing optimism about the pace of recovery after Friday's better-than-expected jobs report.
After a week of large demonstrations against racism and police brutality, at home and abroad, the French government announced Monday that police will no longer be able to use chokeholds when arresting people.
More than half of pregnant women admitted to UK hospitals with Covid-19 were from black or other ethnic minority groups, according to a national study published Monday in the BMJ medical journal.
Britain's biggest companies are slashing tens of thousands of jobs in a desperate effort to reduce costs as the coronavirus pandemic shocks the economy and forces businesses into survival mode.
Almost all coronavirus restrictions in New Zealand will be lifted tomorrow, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced, after the country reported no active cases.
Thousands of peaceful protesters have gathered in London, across Europe, Africa and Asia, protesting the death of George Floyd and systemic racism in the United States and around the world.
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