# Motorsport: Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar is set to return to Formula One action at this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix after recovering from a wrist injury. The 21-year-old Frenchman has missed the previous races in the Netherlands, Italy and Spain. He will resume his seat alongside Max Verstappen, with Liam Lawson returning to Racing Bulls. […]
# Cricket: England fast bowler Mark Wood has announced his retirement from international cricket at the age of 36, after a series of injuries. Wood last played for England in the first Ashes Test against Australia in Perth in November, when he suffered another knee problem. He took 119 wickets in 38 Tests after making […]
Motorsport: A South African consortium seeking to bring Formula One racing back to the country has appointed financial advisers as the project takes shape. Former Sibanye-Stillwater chief executive Neal Froneman and mining veteran Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan are among those behind the proposed 6.7-billion-rand motorsport complex in the Swartland, north of Cape Town. Investment bank Rothschild is […]
# Russia has struck industrial sites across southeastern and central Ukraine, killing four people and injuring six, according to Ukrainian officials. Missiles, drones and artillery hit the cities of Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih and Pavlohrad. Businesses and warehouse facilities were damaged in the attacks. Ukraine’s air force says the barrage included four cruise missiles and 212 […]
# A student opened fire outside a high school in western Turkey yesterday, wounding at least eight other learners, according to broadcaster NTV. The shooting happened near a vocational and technical school in Turgutlu, in Manisa province. The local governor’s office says the suspected attacker was arrested by security forces. Two of those wounded were […]
# Torrential rain from Typhoon Dujuan has caused landslides and flooding in eastern Japan, killing four people and leaving six missing. Public broadcaster NHK says three people died in Chiba prefecture and one in neighbouring Kanagawa. Rescuers are searching for people feared trapped after landslides struck homes near Tokyo. The storm has moved northeast away […]
# Pope Leo the Fourteenth will travel to France on Friday for the first formal papal visit there in nearly 20 years, with the Catholic Church’s abuse crisis among the key issues. The Pope is due to meet seven survivors of abuse by Catholic clergy during a private meeting in Lourdes. A 2021 independent report […]
# US President Donald Trump is set for a busy day of diplomacy at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, with the conflicts in Iran and Ukraine high on the agenda. Trump is due to address the assembly before meeting more than 11 world leaders, including British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Ukrainian […]
# Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Nigerië beoog om aandele op die New York-aandelebeurs te noteer na hy die kapasiteit van een van die wêreld se grootste aanlegte vir die raffinering van ru-olie verdubbel het. Die aanleg, wat reeds 700-duisend vate ru-olie per dag verwerk, beoog om tot 26-miljard-rand in te samel deur middel van ‘n […]
