# Ukraine received a thousand bodies from Russia that Moscow said were of fallen Ukrainian soldiers. A government body that provides information on Russian prisoners of war and missing Russian soldiers says Ukraine returned the bodies of 24 Russian soldiers in exchange. The repatriation of soldiers’ bodies and the exchange of prisoners-of-war are some of […]
# Motorsport: Carlos Sainz called for permanent race stewards in Formula One following his successful appeal against a penalty he received after a collision at the Dutch Grand Prix. Williams driver Sainz protested immediately after his collision with Alpine’s Liam Lawson at the end of August. Williams submitted additional evidence and the Zandvoort stewards changed […]
# Motorsport: Oscar Piastri says McLaren has “clarified a lot of things” about team orders following the decision to ask him to give up second place to team-mate and title rival Lando Norris at the Italian Formula One Grand Prix. Piastri, who is seeking to become Australia’s first world champion since Alan Jones in 1980, […]
# Climate change is spurring increasingly erratic and extreme swings between deluge and drought globally, with cascading repercussions for societies. The UN’s World Meteorological Organisation said in a report that the world’s water cycle was becoming ever more unpredictable, with shrinking glaciers, droughts, unbalanced river basins and severe floods wreaking havoc. The agency’s annual report […]
# Donald Trump hailed America’s “unbreakable bond” with Britain as he and Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a huge tech deal on the second day of the US president’s pomp-filled state visit. A day after King Charles treated Trump to a day of royal pageantry at Windsor Castle, Trump flew to Starmer’s Chequers country residence […]
# Die Nasionale Verbruikerskommissie het aangekondig dat Mercedes-Benz Suid-Afrika 102 voertuie herroep. Dit is vier EQE-295 en 98 GLC-254 voertuie wat tussen 2022 en 2025 vervaardig is. Die herroeping spreek ‘n potensiële probleem met die stuurkoppeling aan, wat na ‘n tydperk kan losraak. Die voertuig kan stuurvermoë verloor, wat ‘n ongelukrisiko is. Gebruikers word aangemoedig […]
# Die KwaZulu-Natalse polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, sê die omstrede sakeman Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala, wat tans in aanhouding is op aanklag van poging tot moord, het onregmatige polisievoorregte geniet. Hy het in Pretoria aan die Madlanga-kommissie gesê Matlala se privaat voertuie is bedrieglik as munisipale motors geregistreer en toegerus met blou ligte, na bewering deur ‘n […]
# Die KwaZulu-Natalse polisiekommissaris Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi sê dit is noodsaaklik om samewerking tussen die polisie, die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag, die howe en Korrektiewe Dienste te beskerm. Mkhwanazi het tydens die Madlanga-kommissie in Pretoria gepraat en waarsku eksterne inmenging of interne magte wat die regstelsel probeer ontwrig, kan pogings ondermyn om geregtigheid doeltreffend aan gemeenskappe te bied. […]
# Die kabinet verwelkom Suid-Afrika se jongste BBP-syfer wat 0,8-persent groei in die tweede kwartaal van 2025 aandui, ‘n verbetering vanaf 0,1-persent in die eerste kwartaal. Minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, sê die verhoging dui ‘n breë-basis herstel in vervaardiging, mynwese, en handel aan, en verhoogde huishoudelike gebruik. Sy het ook Fitch se besluit […]
