# A shark of 3.5-metres trapped in a canal in the South Korean port city of Busan has attracted about 600-thousand visitors in two weeks. Nicknamed Bukangi, the bronze whaler was first spotted in the North Port waterway on September 18. Authorities tried to guide it back to the sea yesterday by using five vessels […]
# The 2026 Eskom Expo for Young Scientists International Science Fair is underway in Boksburg. Over three hundred South African learners and 24 international participants from eleven countries are presenting solutions to real-world challenges in robotics, engineering, and data science. Learners can win university bursaries and opportunities to compete at global science fairs. Eskom Expo […]
# Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has urged American voters to reject President Donald Trump’s allies in Congress, as the final US forces leave Iraq after more than two decades. In a 26-page letter, the Guards called on Americans to oppose US support for Israel and military intervention abroad, while saying Iran and the United States could […]
# Die Republikeins-beheerde Amerikaanse Senaat het ‘n voorstel van die Demokrate verwerp wat die Departement van Buitelandse Sake sou verplig om inligting te verskaf oor geweld en beweerde menseregtevergrype aan die besette Wesoewer in die Midde-Ooste. Dit sluit besonderhede in oor nege Amerikaners wat dood is, asook Israel se hantering van Palestynse kinders in aanhouding. […]
# A new international research project is using uncrewed vessels to study carbon dioxide in the Southern Ocean. The COCO2 project brings together researchers from South Africa, Australia and the United States. Four wind-powered Saildrone vessels will travel more than 22-thousand kilometres each, gathering winter data around Antarctica. Researchers say the Southern Ocean absorbs about […]
# Uitleweringsverrigtinge begin vandag in die Johannesburgse Landdroshof teen die Zimbabwies-Britse voortvlugtige, Ndodana Tshuma. Die Britse owerhede wil die 45-jarige laat teregstaan op aanklagte van die moord op sy vrou, Nothabo, en hul dogters, Natalie en Nala, in Brittanje in Julie. Tshuma het na Suid-Afrika gevlug kort voor die liggame ontdek is en is later […]
# Russian drone and missile attacks on Kyiv and surrounding areas have killed four people and damaged energy infrastructure. Ukrainian officials say two women and a 14-year-old child died in overnight strikes, while another person was killed when a warehouse in Kyiv was hit. Russia says it targeted power plants and other facilities supporting Ukraine’s […]
# South Africa and France are strengthening economic cooperation, focusing on infrastructure, industrialisation and inclusive growth. Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation minister Maropene Ramokgopa says France is now South Africa’s number-one foreign direct investor. More than 480 French companies operate locally, employing over 65-thousand people. Thirty French companies announced 20.7-billion-rand in investment commitments at this year’s […]
# The American state of Tennessee is due to execute a woman for the first time in over 200 years today. Christa Pike is scheduled to die by lethal injection. The 50-year-old was 18 when she was convicted of murdering 19-year-old classmate Colleen Slemmer in 1995. Her lawyers have sought clemency, citing severe childhood trauma […]
