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Chelsea’s Thompson ‘a real bright spark’ but best ‘still to come’

AU suspends Madagascar as military leader to be sworn in as president

Trump appears to confirm report he authorised CIA operations in Venezuela

South Africa

Two men in Orkney die after allegedly inhaling toxic sewer gases

Legoete calls for urgent intervention to address porous borderline

EC govt commits to pay all compliant invoices of scholar transport

World

Trump confirms he authorised CIA action inside Venezuela

Hamas returns two more bodies but says it cannot retrieve remaining dead hostages

Video: How cumbia arrived in Monterrey, Mexico

Africa

Who was the man who shaped Kenyan politics?

From prison to presidential palace: Who is Madagascar’s new military ruler?

War crimes alert as food runs out in besieged Sudan city

Business

Netherland’s renewables drive putting pressure on its power grid

Reeves urged to make Budget ‘bold’ or risk future tax rises

Trump says Modi has agreed to stop buying Russian oil

Politics

Ramaphosa suspends Inspector-General of Intelligence Imtiaz Fazel

Ad Hoc Committee on Mkhwanazi allegations gets November deadline

I hope Mchunu will give reasons for PKTT disbanding: Analyst

Sport

‘Rohl exits Rangers running as Muscat talks continue’ – gossip

Glasgow stun Koge with two late goals to progress in Europa Cup

Chelsea & Man City eye Anderson -Thursday’s gossip

Education

Some parents of special school pupils in England spending £5,000 on EHCPs

Part of a 4,200-Year-Old Human Skull Is Found Along an Indiana Riverbank

Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment

Entertainment

Mandisi Dyantyis shares album release date but reluctant to share more details

Shauwn Mkhize’s luxury auction: Saint Laurent bag fetches R73 000, Lamborghini bid hits R4. 8m

How the simple wire car is changing the Karoo’s Philipstown, one car at a time

Science/Tech

Mozilla Is Recruiting Beta Testers For a Free, Baked-In Firefox VPN

Anthropic Aims To Nearly Triple Annualized Revenue In 2026

F5 Says Hackers Stole Undisclosed BIG-IP Flaws, Source Code

Motoring

Changan Hunter double cab bakkie in SA soon, with range-topper costing well under R600,000

Can Charles Leclerc turn his 2025 fortune at Austin GP?

SA-bound all-electric Volvo EX60 to show its face on 21 January

Health

Trump Administration Decimates Birth Control Office in Layoffs

America Is Heavily Reliant on China for Raw Materials in Medicines

Trump Rattles Vaccine Experts Over Aluminum

Nature

News24 Business | Joburg power cut threat: Eskom and City still talking, Ramokgopa pushes for payment plan

News24 Business | Nick Hedley | A new study links culprits to climate change costs: a reckoning for polluters?

News24 Business | International Partners Group | Backing SA’s green future with over R2bn for just transition projects