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Mandelson files reveal Labour minister’s ‘frustration’ on welfare and tax leads Tuesday’s papers.

Police say Jing S Dong was driving a tour bus in a “criminally negligent manner” when he plowed into cars and killed five people.

MPs will hear the concerns of graduates about the size of their student debts, and the interest rates.

This follows his election to chair Parliament’s Impeachment Committee

Steenhuisen says 14 million more doses of FMD vaccinations have been secured.

Four people, including a 15-year-old passerby, were killed in a tavern shooting in Kanana.

Two trucks and a light motor vehicle collided side by side at Crown Interchange.

The leader of Denmark’s Social Democratic Party is forming a centre-left coalition minority government, giving her a third term as prime minister.

Thousands of Kyiv residents ran for shelter following what officials said were ballistic missile strikes on the city centre.

There are currently no approved drugs that target Bundibugyo – the species of Ebola responsible for this outbreak.

Instead of a uniting event, America’s Independence Day celebrations are becoming yet another partisan battleground.

Egypt’s Farida Khalil beat competitors twice her age to become world champion in modern pentathlon at the age of 14 after the sport was revamped.

Tensions have been rising in South Africa in recent weeks following several anti-migrant protests.

Maj Gen Rabe Abubakar’s kidnapping highlights continuing security challenges facing parts of the country.

According to media reports, the team’s departure for Mexico on Sunday has been delayed due to an “administrative bungle”.

Some firms are putting pressure on staff to use AI, but have not thought through their AI rollout.

The AI company behind Claude is set to offer the public shares of stock sometime this year.

IEC has announced plans to meet with Rise Mzansi to seek clarity on the terms of its loan.

ANC members gather in protest after conference postponed and nullified over voting irregularities.

Parties in the GNU supported Gana’s nomination, while the Progressive Caucus, which comprises the MK Party, EFF, African Transformation Movement and UAT, backed Wonderhoy Mahlatse

Parliament’s Impeachment Committee is meeting this Monday afternoon.

It may only have lasted 87 minutes, but Aryna Sabalenka’s match against Naomi brought an X-factor to a very rare French Open women’s night-session match.

Ireland followed up Sunday’s win over Pakistan in the T20I Tri-Nations Series by beating West Indies for the first time in that format in a dramatic finish at Clontarf.

Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella linked with a return to Spain, Liverpool keen on teenage RB Leipzig forward Yan Diomande, and Newcastle face competition for Atalanta right-back Marco Palestra, plus more.

Chelsea reject multiple approaches for promising young defender Josh Acheampong who the club consider one of their ‘untouchables’.

About 20 students report anonymous late-night phone calls from men who ‘intimidated, demeaned and belittled’ them

The University of Manchester has launched an investigation after about 20 female medical students complained of receiving anonymous phone calls in the middle of the night from male callers who intimidated and sexually harassed them.

The calls have been going on for at least three...

Dream of nature, yet find it surprisingly difficult to switch off outdoors? Here’s why connecting with nature can be hard.

Higher petrol prices and longer commutes are changing home-buying habits, boosting demand in these well-located property hotspots.

Experts say a number of factors are now driving South African home-buyers towards smaller, more well-located properties.

Police have opened up inquest dockets.

The ruling came after media houses opposed an application for the cops testimony to be heard fully in camera.

Bafana Bafana finally left South Africa for the Fifa World Cup after a visa snag delayed the National team’s departure.

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Company asks US government to release army of sterile male mosquitoes to lower number of illness-spreading bugs

Google wants to “stop bad bugs with good bugs”, and it’s not talking about coding. The tech company has asked the US government for permission to release up to 32 million sterilized mosquitoes in California and Florida.

As part of its successful “Debug” program, Google is tapping...

Emma Barnett shares her life-long struggle with endometriosis – a disease affecting one in ten women of reproductive age, which causes excruciating, often debilitating, pain.

IAVI, Moderna and the University of Oxford are all working on new vaccines.