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World champion Luke Littler is knocked out of the Bahrain Masters quarter-finals by Gerwyn Price for the second year in a row.

The nurses’ partial victory adds pressure on the government to publish guidance for businesses that have single-sex spaces.

Abiraterone will be available in a matter of weeks and will be offered to 7,000 men a year.

OpenAI is also expanding its cheaper subscription tier, ChatGPT Go, to all countries where it operates.

Egypt’s Cabinet has approved expanding the mandate of the National Council for Artificial Intelligence to include quantum computing, biotechnology and other emerging technologies, and will rename the body the National Council for Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, and Emerging Technologies. The Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, approved the move in line with...

KZN Education instructs the principal of Addington primary to submit a detailed registration list.

The community of Glen and the surrounding areas are requested to be vigilant.

Khumalo has testified that most of Gauteng police are working with criminal cartels.

Myanmar says The Gambia has failed to provide enough evidence of genocide against the Muslim-minority people.

He has been a prominent voice calling for protests against Iran’s authoritarian regime to continue.

The Afghan suspect is accused of killing a 37-year-old woman and her two-year-old daughter.

Breaking with the United States, Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday.

Ongoing floods in the north-eastern provinces of South Africa has led to the closure of the world-famous Kruger National Park.

The game in Rabat (19:00 GMT) pits the continent’s top two teams against one another, with the North Africans ranked 11th in the world and the Teranga Lions eight places below them.

The defence minister orders an inquiry into reports the military flouted orders to expel Iran from naval drills.

Novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie says her child’s death was caused by medical negligence, which the hospital denies.

The housing proposal will let Americans use their 401(k)s for down payments, a Trump economic adviser said.

The new Club Med South Africa Beach and Safari development is progressing well and is set to open its doors on 4 July 2026.

The National Treasury is considering major changes for South Africa’s Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant, which has raised some concerns.

PAC threatens to pull out of the GNU and in all its working arrangements with the ANC in Gauteng.

The TRC cases inquiry was established in May last year.

Mashatile says uMkhonto weSizwe cannot remain a passive observer in the ANC.

The Umkhonto we Sizwe Liberation War Veterans organisation ays SA will not be bullied by the US.

Hearts midfielder Cammy Devlin faces up to eight weeks out with a lower leg injury.

Great Britain’s Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson compete in the rhythm dance at the European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield. The pair sit in second place on the leaderboard with the free dance still to come.

Lewis Hamilton’s race engineer from the 2025 Formula 1 season has been moved to a new role inside Ferrari.

Defender Max Cleworth signs a new contract with Championship club Wrexham until the summer of 2029, with the option of a further year.

Rachel Kolisi has shared a decade-old throwback as part of the ‘2016 challenge’ from her wedding day to now ex, Siya Kolisi…

How far does R165 million go? We share the ways that South Africans can spend their PowerBall winnings as fast or frugal as they can.

Mama Joy has clapped back at South Africans who trolled her for supporting Nigeria at AFCON, which is currently taking place in Morocco.

Applications have opened at a major SA retailer for aspiring coffee entrepreneurs who want to run their own café kiosks inside select stores.

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OpenAI says ads will not influence ChatGPT’s responses, and that it won’t sell user data to advertisers.

Iran’s crackdown on dissidents is shaping up as one of the toughest security tests yet for Elon Musk’s Starlink.

These were the five biggest stories in South Africa’s transport industry this week.

Mercedes-Benz has launched a new special-edition model for the GLA SUV in South Africa.

Complex podcast host and chartered psychologist Kimberley Wilson joins What’s Up Docs? to talk about how we think about willpower.

Dr Alex George wants better assessment waiting times after paying for expensive private tests.