SUNDAY, 25 JANUARY 2026, 21:23
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WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (Reuters) – More than 850,000 customers in the U.S. as far west as New Mexico were without electricity and over 10,000 flights were canceled on Sunday during a monster winter storm that paralyzed eastern and southern states with heavy snow and ice.
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Amid the optimism about South Africa’s prospects in 2026, economic growth is crucial to our longer-term future. If the economy expands, the coalition and the Constitution are strengthened. If the economy fails to grow now, we risk losing our last real chance to defeat the rising tide of anti-constitutionalist and radical forces.
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Newcastle United have yet to win a league game without Bruno Guimaraes since he made his debut for the club in 2022.
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LONDON, Jan 25 (Reuters) – British Labour Party politician Andy Burnham was on Sunday blocked from trying to return to parliament, with lawmakers on the left of the party accusing Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his allies of a political move to keep out a potential leadership rival.
South Africa
Rescue teams retrieved the bakkie that Nur Ali Nur was driving.
South Africa
Anthropic’s Economic Index offers a snapshot of how organisations and individuals are using large language models, based on the company’s analysis of 1 million consumer interactions on Claude.ai and 1 million enterprise API calls, all dated from November 2025. The report says its findings are based on observed usage patterns, rather than surveys or interviews […]
South Africa
Chikunga says parents have the right to their children’s safety by vetting suspicious transporters.
South Africa
Rwanda will pilot artificial intelligence-powered technology in more than 50 health clinics under a new initiative by the Gates Foundation aimed at supporting 1,000 clinics across Africa to improve health care services. The technology is intended to strengthen, rather than replace, clinical judgment while improving efficiency in Rwanda’s stretched health system, Andrew Muhire, a senior […]
World
The party backed by the ruling generals is expected to win a landslide in a country gripped by fear and civil war.
World
Video footage of the moment immigration agents shot dead a 37-year-old nurse in Minneapolis on Saturday appears to contradict Trump administration claims the man was a violent aggressor who sought to “massacre” federal law enforcement officials.
World
Cheers erupted from a street-level crowd as Alex Honnold reached the top of the spire of the 508-meter (1,667-foot) tower, about 90 minutes after he started.
World
Tully covered some of the defining moments in India’s history in a career that spanned decades.
Africa
The worst flooding in a generation hits Mozambique with teams from Brazil, South Africa and the UK helping with the rescue.
Africa
Reinforcements are sent to the town of Bor, a strategic staging post on the way to the capital, Juba.
Africa
The authorities tried to stop their export arguing they were part of the country’s heritage.
Africa
Orlando Magic’s Desmond Bane says he would be keen on representing Nigeria ahead of the 2028 Olympics and suggests other NBA players could do the same.
Business
A Johannesburg school has built a reputation as one of South Africa’s leading boys’ schools, producing pupils who get accepted into top universities in South Africa and around the world.
Business
Business
These are the 11 suburbs in South Africa where the country’s young ’emerging’ middle class are buying up property.
Business
Politics
Officials from the office of the secretary general and the police are at the scene.
Politics
The committee says it has made contingency plans to ensure no time is lost in its last 10 days.
Politics
Ramaphosa cited the findings of the Auditor General on the challenges facing Local Government
Politics
Malema has vowed to challenge both the conviction and any sentence imposed on him.
Sport
Lamine Yamal scores a stunning goal for Barcelona in La Liga to help complete a 3-0 victory over Real Oviedo at the Spotify Camp Nou.
Sport
India take an unassailable 3-0 series lead in the T20 series against New Zealand after Abhishek Sharma hits an unbeaten 68 off 20 balls, including a 14-ball 50.
Sport
Julia Zigiotti Olme scored straight from a corner to give Manchester United the lead, in what would be a comfortable win for the reds over Aston Villa.
Sport
A late goal from Women’s Super League top scorer Bunny Shaw won the game for Manchester City against London City Lionesses, giving them a nine point gap at the top of the table after Chelsea’s loss against Arsenal.
Education
With as much as a foot of snow expected to fall across the city, school buildings will be closed on Monday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.
Education
Readers respond to a guest essay by a student at Harvard. Also: Our phone choices; falling behind China on energy.
Education
If illiberalism is the problem, what is the cure?
Education
Philippe Collin makes intricate series that are reshaping how French people understand uncomfortable parts of their history. Millions are tuning in.
Lifestyle
Was Enhle Mbali directing these comments about pain, trauma and betrayal to her ex-husband, DJ Black Coffee?
Lifestyle
Black Coffee – who has a whopping net worth – is one of the richest DJ’s in the world. Is his ex, Enhle Mbali entitled to half his fortune?
Lifestyle
Eben Etzebeth’s wife Anlia sweetly showed Rachel Kolisi support following the announcement of her memoir ‘Falliing March’.
Lifestyle
US actor Jerry O’Connell has been spotted soaking up the sun in Durban. Take a look at what the screen star has been getting up to…
Entertainment
It was Arsenal’s first defeat in 13 games in all competitions since losing at Aston Villa in December.
Entertainment
Tonight’s jackpot is R450 000! Here are your winning Daily Lotto and Daily Lotto Plus results for 25 January 2026.
Entertainment
Catch up on the biggest stories of Monday, 26 January 2026 that you may have missed, in our simple daily news update.
Entertainment
The Sunrisers secured the league title for the third time in four years.
Science/Tech
Democratic lawmakers have few options that wouldn’t trigger something like civil war.
Science/Tech
Newsweek reports on how the U.S. Congress is debating “kill switch” technology for vehicles, “which would be able to monitor diver behavior, detect impairment such as intoxication and intervene…” “While the technology is not yet a legal requirement in cars, Congress passed a law with the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in 2021 that requires the Department of Transportation to create the...
Science/Tech
The “NexDock” (from Nex Computer) already turns your phone into a laptop workstation. Purism chose it as the docking station for their Librem 5 phones. But now Nex is offering its own smartphone “that runs Android 16, launches Debian, and dual-boots into Windows 11,” according to the blog It’s FOSS:Fourteen years after the first concept video was teased, the NexPhone is here, powered by a...
Science/Tech
Small modular nuclear reactors (or SMRs) are touted as “cheaper, safer, faster to build and easier to finance” than conventional nuclear reactors, reports CNN. Amazon has invested in X-Energy, and earlier this month, Meta announced a deal with Oklo, and in Michigan last month, Holtec began the long formal licensing process for two SMRs with America’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission next to a...
Motoring
Wanatu has made significant changes to its operating model, reducing the basic salary for drivers while introducing a new incentive programme.
Motoring
Mahindra’s impressive 2025 sales figures were boosted by the performance of two of its most-popular models.
Motoring
SARS is making changes to the system that allows businesses to reclaim tax on their fuel spend in South Africa.
Motoring
Renault is the latest European carmaker to slow down its push for electric vehicles.
Health
The National Institutes of Health failed to protect brain scans that an international group of fringe researchers used to argue for the intellectual superiority of white people.
Health
Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who leads the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, said a person’s right to refuse a vaccine outweighed concerns about illness or death from infectious diseases.
Health
Tessa Marshall has shared the experience to highlight issues such as women’s rights and sex education.
Health
A crackdown on problems with fairness and safety is achieving results, including a big drop in the number of sick patients being passed over for transplants.