Cubans Cheer As Internet Goes Nationwide For A Day

Tourist guide Daniel Hernandez, 26, sits on his Russian-made car as he speaks to his girlfriend who lives in Britain, at an internet hotspot in Havana, Cuba, September 24, 2017. Reuters/Alexandre Meneghini

Cuba's government said it provided free internet to the Communist-run island's more than 5 million cellphone users on Tuesday, in an eight-hour test before it launches sales of the service.

Chinese Footballer Left Stricken As Ambulance Door Jams

Wang Shouting receives medical attention on the pitch as medical staff try to open a jammed ambulance door

Medics tried to kick open a jammed ambulance door while a badly hurt Chinese footballer lay prone on the pitch for several minutes, fighting for breath.

Teen Pregnancy Epidemic Feeds Mozambique’s Population Boom

Mozambique's child marriage and teen pregnancy rates are among the highest in the world

In the tiny maternity ward in Murrupelane, two 16-year-old mothers breast-feed their babies, both born that morning.

To try to curb the population explosion, Mozambique's government is in the process of changing the law to allow marriage only at 18, rather than at 16 with parental consent