May 10 (Reuters) – A U.S.-mediated ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine appeared under serious strain on its second day on Sunday, with both sides accusing the other of violating the deal through weekend attacks.
As the transformer lease that sparked one of Nelson Mandela Bay’s biggest governance controversies heads for judicial review, it has emerged that Coega Steels is R11-million in arrears on its electricity account — despite keeping up with its monthly transformer lease payments.
Madlanga Commission hearings to focus on drug seizures
The Madlanga Commission’s hearings in the week ahead will continue to focus on drug seizures by South African law enforcement agencies, as well as the handling and theft or disappearance of narcotic substances in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.“This is a continuation of the testimony of several witnesses last week, including the...
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour party suffered major losses in local elections held across Britain last week. So far, Starmer has rejected calls for his resignation.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta praised the officials for overturning West Ham’s stoppage-time equaliser as his side picked up a crucial 1-0 victory at the London Stadium.
Charlie Dean and 18-year-old debutant Tilly Corteen-Coleman stand firm to salvage a tense one-wicket victory for England in the first one-day international against New Zealand.
We have created the most stifling and sanitised imaginative space conceivable for children, says teacher Brendan James Murray. Today true imagination has become a radical act
The six children sit together at the waterline in roaring wind. Seagulls dip and strain, beating their wings against the gusts as, far below, waves crest, thump, whisper. A girl, scarcely three years old, stands suddenly...
The problem wasn’t just the perfectly polished, yet mediocre prose. It’s what’s lost when we surrender the struggle to translate thought into words
I have been teaching fiction writing at MIT since 2017. Many of my students last wrote fiction in middle school, and very few have experienced a proper workshop, so at the start of every semester I offer these directions for writer and reader...
“General Motors sold the data of California drivers without their knowledge or consent,” says California’s attorney general, “and despite numerous statements reassuring drivers that it would not do so.” In 2024, The New York Times “reported that automakers including GM were sharing information about their customers’ driving behavior with insurance companies,” remembers TechCrunch, “and that...
An anonymous reader shared this report from Futurism:In November, Amazon leaders sent an internal memo to employees, pushing them to use its in-house code generating tool, Kiro, over third-party alternatives from competitors. “While we continue to support existing tools in use today, we do not plan to support additional third party, AI development tools,” the memo read, as quoted by Reuters at...
After five years of deliberation the global south has forced the question that defined the Covid crisis: who will get the vaccines?
The Covid-19 pandemic did deep and lasting damage to the international political system. Countries in the global south are keenly aware that the established order let them down. They received vaccines later, in smaller numbers and often at a higher price than rich...
Kyalami is Africa’s longest Formula One track and the premier motorsports venue in South Africa, but it’s been 33 years since it last hosted a Formula One Grand Prix.
The MV Hondius, the cruise ship that had carried passengers infected with hantavirus, anchored off the Spanish territory, where other passengers would soon disembark.
The cruise ship will arrive on the island of Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands of Spain, officials said. All of the passengers will then be evacuated to their home countries.
But it has been hard to attract interest in medical interventions for viruses that have not been considered a top public health priority, scientists say.