Shorouk Express Spain on Monday deployed more than 100 troops to help contain an outbreak of African swine fever outside Barcelona that has sparked fears for the country’s powerful pork export industry. They are joining 300 Catalan regional officials deployed in the Collserola Natural Park, where two dead boars that tested positive for the disease…
Shorouk Express Spain was scrambling on Saturday to limit the economic impact from an outbreak of African swine fever, a day after announcing its first cases in three decades in the Catalonia region. The virus does not affect humans but is highly contagious and fatal for pigs, and an outbreak is potentially devastating for the…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A major rescue operation is underway to save 289 mine workers trapped underground in a South African gold mine. Rescuers are currently attempting to provide food to…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email A meeting between President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa which the South African leader said was intended to “reset” the…
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok appeared to experience a bug on Wednesday that caused it to reply to dozens of posts on X with information about genocide in South Africa, even when the user didn’t ask anything about the subject. The strange responses largely came from the X account for Grok, which replies to users…
Shorouk Express For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The air was wet and stuffy, and wracking coughs echoed in the confined space. Dozens of men sat…
