Brandweerdienste in die Kaapse Wynland-distriksmunisipaliteit sê brandbestryders veg steeds teen ‘n brand in die berghange bo Simondium. Die brand woed bo die Plaisir Wynlandgoed en word vererger deur sterk wind en digte plantegroei. Die munisipaliteit se woordvoerder, Jo-Anne Otto, sê spanne van die munisipaliteit en CapeNature werk saam om die brand onder beheer te bring, […]
# Three people, including a 16-year-old student, have been killed and eight injured in a shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines. Two of those killed were 14-year-old students, while four of the injured are in critical condition. The attack happened at Banga National High School in South Cotabato, where classes have been […]
# Scientists have identified a new species of wild cat in Bolivia, the first living feline species to be formally described in more than a century. Called the Tilcayo, the small spotted cat lives in the Yungas cloud forest, where the Andes meet the Amazon. It is smaller than an average domestic cat and weighs […]
# At least 16 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a blast at a mosque in northwestern Pakistan. The explosion happened during Friday prayers near a police compound in Kohat, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Reuters reports that five police officers were among those killed. An explosives-laden vehicle is suspected of being […]
# A British woman kidnapped in Malawi has been rescued and reunited with her family after a police operation near Blantyre. Forty-seven-year-old Nusrat Osman was abducted by four men while driving in the southern city last week. Police say four suspected kidnappers were killed in a shootout during the rescue operation, while a senior police […]
# US Health secretary Robert F Kennedy Junior has told vaccine-sceptic activists they have a strong and steadfast friend in president Donald Trump’s White House. He made the comments at a conference of Children’s Health Defense, a group he previously led that campaigns for changes to childhood vaccination policies. Kenney praised the Trump administration’s efforts […]
# More than 111-million Russians are voting from today for the next three days in a parliamentary election, the first since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. President Vladimir Putin has framed the vote as a test of support for the war, with the United Russia party expected to retain its dominance. The election […]
# Die Nasionale Dobbelraad en die Advertensie-reguleringsraad het ‘n ooreenkoms van verstandhouding onderteken om toesig te versterk oor dobbeladvertensies en verbruikers-beskerming. Dit sal tradisionele en digitale platforms dek, insluitend televisie, radio, reklameborde en sosiale media. Die raad se waarnemende uitvoerende hoof, Lungile Dukwana, sê die vinnige groei van aanlyn dobbelary vereis nouer samewerking om te […]
# Businessman Hangwani Maumela, who is at the centre of a wider investigation into alleged corruption at Tembisa Hospital in Gauteng, is challenging a 1.9-billion-rand tax bill. The South African Revenue Service is seeking the money from Maumela and trustees of the MHR Family Trust. The Special Investigating Unit has previously linked his family trust […]
