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The 42-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene after falling almost 500m (1,640ft) from the Balaitús Peak in Spain.

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 mandrax tablets, weighing approximately 570 kilograms, were seized in Durban in 2020.

Huge crowds formed outside a shopping centre in China to see Pursuit of Jade’s Zhang Linghe.

American aircraft fired on a number of Iranian sites over the weekend, including Qeeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz. And, Trump’s anti-weaponization fund faces scrutiny in Congress and the courts.

The outbreak remains focused in Congo’s eastern Ituri province. Congo has reported over 1,000 suspected cases with the Bundibugyo virus, which has no approved treatment or vaccine.

NPR’s Steve Inskeep speaks with Financial Times reporter Abigail Hauslohner about the funding of President Trump’s Board of Peace to oversee Gaza’s reconstruction.

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”.

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

The Department of Basic Education has gazetted the official changes to the salary tables for teachers in South Africa for 2026.

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.

SAFA’s administrative shortcomings threaten to overshadow the hard work of Bafana Bafana players and the technical team.

Former England and Manchester United striker Mason Greenwood is a key transfer target for both Fenerbahce’s presidential candidates

Northern Ireland midfielder Isaac Price expresses delight at Michael O’Neill remaining as manager of the international team and credits him with being a major influence on his career to date.

Wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr rejoins the New York Giants after signing with the NFL team where he first made his name 12 years ago.

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.

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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The warrant officer testified that he was treated as a suspect in the case.

Late physicist turned issue of when to stop searching for a better place to eat into mathematical problem

When it comes to exploring a new city, it can be tricky to know when to stop searching for a different restaurant to try every night, or to visit the first place you love on repeat.

Now researchers have found that the late physicist and Nobel laureate Richard Feynman devised a mathematical...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier alleges OpenAI and boss Sam Altman built a ‘web of deceit’

Lisheenkyle, IRELAND  – Tyrur Holdings Unlimited Company, a global Irish strategic advisory firm founded in 2016 with an international advisory footprint connected to over EUR 5 billion in client-related assets, has established a strategic framework with UBS in Switzerland, marking an important step in the Firm’s continued expansion across global capital markets, institutional financial...

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.

Women tell the BBC presenter how endometriosis affects their lives, as she challenges ministers to take action.