# The world’s richest man says he has created a new political party, the America Party. Elon Musk made the announcement just one day after president Donald Trump signed a tax-cut and spending bill into law on Friday, which Musk had fiercely opposed. The Tesla boss backed Trump’s election campaign with more than a quarter-of-a-billion-dollars. […]
# Thousands of people gathered in India’s Dharamshala on Sunday to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Dalai Lama. The gathering marked the culmination of a days-long celebration in the small city that has served as the spiritual leader and Nobel Peace laureate’s home since he fled Tibet during a failed 1959 uprising against Chinese […]
# Die polisie- en gevangenisvakbond, POPCRU sê hulle verwerp ten sterkste die idee om geweld as ‘n instrument van regstelling by korrektiewe instellings te gebruik. Vakbondwoordvoerder, Richard Mamabolo, het gereageer op die minister van Korrektiewe Dienste, Pieter Groenewald, se beroep vir die herinstelling van lyfstraf in korrektiewe sentrums. Mamabolo sê die voorstel is nie net […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse Provinsiale Rampbestuursentrum bly op hoë gereedheidsgrondslag terwyl slegte weersomstandighede voortduur. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens het bevestig dat nog koue, nat en winderige weer op pad is, met reënval van tien- tot 20-millimeter wat in verskeie gebiede verwag word, veral in bergagtige streke. Die woordvoerder van die Departement van Plaaslike Regering, Omgewingsake en Ontwikkelingsbeplanning, […]
# Tennis: Novak Djokovic recorded his 100th win at Wimbledon with a dominant victory over Serbian Davis Cup team-mate Miomir Kecmanovic and remains on course for a record 25th Grand Slam title. Djokovic’s 100 wins put him behind only Roger Federer’s 105 victories in the men’s game and nine-time winner Martina Navratilova’s all-time record of […]
# Wildfires have broken out on an island and in towns near Athens in Greece, with blazes also being sparked in Turkey and Syria. Two villages on the island of Evia were evacuated after the blaze started late on Friday. More than 160 firefighters, 46 trucks and five aircraft were deployed to the island. Evia […]
# Tennis: Barbora Krejcikova’s reign as Wimbledon champion came to a tearful end on Saturday as the Czech slumped to a 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 defeat against American tenth seed Emma Navarro. Krejcikova appeared to be struggling with injury in the closing stages and wept on Court One as Navarro took advantage to cause the latest […]
# Ozzy Osbourne has reunited with Black Sabbath and performed his final gig in an emotional but truly metal goodbye. Back To The Beginning at Villa Park stadium was billed as the “final bow” for the man revered as a founder of heavy metal after several years of health problems, including Parkinson’s disease. Joining him […]
# Hundreds of rescuers have been deployed to search for survivors in central Texas, after flash floods killed 50 people, including 15 children. As the search goes into a second night, county officials said 27 children remained missing from a Christian youth camp for girls located along the river. Many of the missing girls are […]
