The 2026 World Cup will be remembered as the tournament in which a small island nation of fewer than 600,000 inhabitants compelled the world to reconsider some of its assumptions. It reminded us that, in the community of nations, greatness is determined neither by the size of a territory nor by the number of its inhabitants. Dr Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana, a …

Berlin has become the last of Germany’s 16 federal states to introduce the Bezahlkarte (payment card) for asylum-seekers, ending a long-running delay and bringing the state in line with the rest of the country. From now on, newly arriving asylum-seekers in Berlin will receive their benefits on a card rather than as cash — a change that will directly affect …

Nigeria’s 2026 National Diaspora Day ended with a push to turn the expertise of Nigerian doctors and other health professionals abroad into a more permanent part of the country’s healthcare system. The two-day event, held on 24 and 25 July at the Presidential Villa in Abuja and attended virtually by Nigerians around the world, followed the government’s pre-event call for …