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Calls for justice after Mexico mayor killed during Day of the Dead festival
Carlos Manzo, an outspoken critic of organised crime, was shot dead during a public festival in the city of Uruapan.
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Carlos Manzo, an outspoken critic of organised crime, was shot dead during a public festival in the city of Uruapan.

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The US president plays down the possibility of war, but does not rule out land strikes.
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These are not Croques Monsieur, but they do take from those classic Parisian sandwiches the idea of layering cheese on top of the sandwiches when grilling, as well as slathering mustard on the bread. Other than that, they are toasted chicken mayo sarmies, air fryer style.

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The credit agency says the change will give lenders a more complete view of borrower behaviour.

South Africa
Police are searching for suspects involved in the Ndevana triple murder.

South Africa
The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry is expected to continue on Monday morning.

South Africa
Malabi-Dzhangi says the trial has been set for three weeks.

South Africa
A suspect has been fatally wounded and 4 others arrested after they opened fire at the police

World
Israel says the remains of three hostages have been handed over from Gaza and will be examined by forensic experts as a month-old ceasefire holds.

World
The top US court will decide if many of Trump’s tariffs are legal in a case with major implications for presidential power and billions of dollars.

World
The quake struck near Mazar-e Sharif, one of Afghanistan’s largest cities in the early hours of Monday.

World
The Palestinian tradition of olive picking and dates harvest in the occupied West Bank is under threat from Israeli settlers who have increased their attacks on farmers this season.

Africa
An AI chatbot and app for victims of abuse to get help is being piloted in South Africa.

Africa
Pretoria rubbishes claims of a white genocide and quotes prominent Afrikaners who dub Trump’s plans racist.

Africa
Some deaths have been reported though accurate figures are hard to obtain due to the internet shutdown.

Africa
The court sets aside the 1967 inquest that found that the anti-apartheid hero was hit by a goods train.

Business
Some commentators predict artificial intelligence is about to replace most customer support jobs.

Business
Tim Richards spoke to Will Bain on the BBC’s Big Boss Interview podcast.

Business
A security company has warned that criminals are increasingly targeting homeowners on one spesific day to rob them of their valuables in South Africa.

Business
This is the most expensive major city in South Africa to buy food in as of October 2025.

Politics
Thabo Mbeki says there are anti-revolutionary forces within the ANC

Politics
Mapaila condemned the utterances of the US President against another sovereign state.

Politics
Ramaphosa announced the establishment of a GNU Clearing House Mechanism in 2014.

Politics
Mapaila says the ANC has failed on many occasions to reconfigure its alliance.

Sport
Four-time runner-up Elfyn Evans heads to Japan this week leading the WRC Drivers’ Championship by 13 points with two rounds to go.

Sport
Former Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick and former England goalkeeper react to Wolverhampton Wanderer’s sacking of Vitor Periera on Match of the Day.

Sport
Former Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick analyses Manchester City’s plan to exploit the middle of the pitch in their 3-1 win against Bournemouth in the Premier League on Match of the Day.

Sport
Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane considering move to Barcelona, Manchester United and Tottenham monitoring Everton’s Jarrad Branthwaite and Liverpool watch Fulham winger Kevin.

Education
Masculinity is almost always presented as toxic on my feed – but we need constructive alternatives to give hope to those who feel lost
If you judged modern boyhood from the headlines, you’d think we were broken – radicalised, misogynistic, angry. But as a teenage boy myself, I don’t see a generation of lost boys around me. I see young men trying to make sense of a world that seems...
Education
Her university’s vast collection of albums, scholarly essays and other ephemera helped establish rap as a course of serious study on a par with classical music.
Education
Two people were seen running from the building afterward, the school said. The school is asking the public for help to identify the individuals caught on surveillance video.

Education
Education secretary says mandatory test needed to tackle ‘shocking outcomes’ for many working-class children
Bridget Phillipson has said she is ready to take on the unions in a battle over compulsory reading tests for 13-year-olds and more extracurricular activities for all children to prevent them becoming “stuck in a doom loop of detachment” from school.
The education secretary said that...

Lifestyle
Chidimma Adetshina held an impromptu fashion shoot in the streets of Sea Point mid an investigation into her fraudulent ID docs.

Lifestyle
Is THIS why DA’s Johannesburg mayoral candidate Helen Zille did a U-turn on posting a clip of her dance moves?

Lifestyle
The father of Springbok Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu shared a heartwarming embrace with his famous flyhalf son…

Lifestyle
He’s in their heeaaad! Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus has set his sights on France’s Les Bleus, whom South Africa will play next weekend.
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Science/Tech
Have you ever wondered which projects could turn a small investment into life-changing returns this quarter? The crypto market keeps surprising even seasoned traders, and as we enter Q4, momentum is building again. The race to find the top cryptos to buy in Q4 is fierce, and early investors are scanning for gems before listings. […]
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TechCrunch reports:OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently said that the company is doing “well more” than $13 billion in annual revenue — and he sounded a little testy when pressed on how it will pay for its massive spending commitments. His comments came up during a joint interviewon the Bg2 podcast between Altman and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella about the partnership between their companies. Host...
Science/Tech
“An engineer got curious about how his iLife A11 smart vacuum worked and monitored the network traffic coming from the device,” writes Tom’s Hardware. “That’s when he noticed it was constantly sending logs and telemetry data to the manufacturer — something he hadn’t consented to.”The user, Harishankar, decided to block the telemetry servers’ IP addresses on his network, while keeping the...
Science/Tech
“Ubuntu’s decision to switch to Rust-based coreutils in 25.10 hasn’t been the smoothest ride,” writes the blog OMG Ubuntu, “as the latest — albeit now resolved — bug underscores.”[Coreutils] are used by a number of processes, apps and scripts, including Ubuntu’s own unattended-upgrades process, which automatically checks for new software updates. Alas, the Rust-based version of date had a...

Motoring
The unofficially named black accessory pack can be fitted to a brand-new Ranger XLT, or retro-fitted to an older or used example.

Motoring
This beastly track-ready superbike sprints from 0 to 100km/h in just 3.21 seconds.
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Motoring
Arriving in South Africa next year, the hybrid electric C5 will aim not only at parent company Chery’s Tiggo Cross HEV, but also the Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid.
Health
The official, Dr. George F. Tidmarsh, a top regulator at the agency, said disagreements over a new program to rapidly approve medications had caused tensions with agency officials.

Health
A very rare condition led to an important diagnosis after years of pain for The Traitors star.
Health
Studies increasingly find links between higher concentrations of certain pollutants and the prevalence of dementia.
Health
Enrollment for A.C.A. health coverage begins Nov. 1, with some staggering price increases. Here is a guide to help you choose a plan while Congress is at an impasse over tax credits.
Nature
Eskom and the City of Johannesburg are still in discussions about how the metro will resolve its outstanding debt, says CEO Dan Marokane.
Nature
A peer-reviewed study, published in the journal Nature, found that the carbon emissions stemming from 111 of the world’s biggest fossil fuel producers resulted in at least $28 trillion in economic losses in the three decades to 2020, writes Nick Hedley.
Nature
The challenging global context has not deterred our commitment to the Just Energy Transition Partnership, writes the International Partners group.
Nature
Three organisations have partnered to showcase and display a block made from recovered glass and building rubble waste.