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Yoni Finlay, who was injured in the synagogue attack, could have been caught up in an earlier plot.

The sheriff’s department says it is working to identify who the DNA belongs to, but would not disclose where it was found.

Participants in the NHS ‘Triceps’ trial wear a device in their ear which emits electrical pulses while they do rehab.

A number of front pages carry a photo of skeleton racer Matt Weston, who took home Team GB’s first 2026 Winter Olympics medal on Friday night.

A suspect has been arrested and being investigated for the death of Eric Marumo Phenya

WaterCAN is sceptical of Cyril Ramaphosa’s new water crisis committee.

Police arrest female suspect after an e-hailing driver was allegedly killed in Pretoria West.

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the deployment during his State of the Nation Address.

Tarique Rahman is set to be Bangladesh’s next prime minister, 18 months after mass protests ousted its longest-serving leader.

Bouquets of cash have been blooming in popularity in Kenya but recent warnings may slow the trend.

Eileen Guo and Alysa Liu have been thrust into a debate that goes far beyond sports.

Paris prosecutors will investigate whether five firms are culpable for distributing batches that may have contained a toxin.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the army will work with the police to fight organised crime and illegal mining.

Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab has staged several attacks in Kenya, prompting the border to be closed.

Search efforts are continuing for the missing passengers, who included children.

Madagascar’s disaster management says roads are inaccessible with trees uprooted, power poles down and ninety percent of roofs ripped off.

The restaurant industry says it is facing a double whammy – rising costs and customers with less money.

Chief executive Thomas Woldbye says Europeans and Brits keep “crashing into each other” because they walk on different sides.

A Super Bowl advert had sparked new scrutiny of the smart doorbell company’s privacy practices.

Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem’s exit comes after files showed he appears to have exchanged hundreds of emails with Epstein.

Niehaus cited the ANC’s step aside rule against Gigaba for wanting him to recuse himself.

The Ad Hoc Committee heard conflicting reports on Lazarus Mokgosi’s Naledi appointment.

The families of the victims are seeking constitutional damages for the delays.  

Mbeki seeks an order that President Cyril Ramaphosa terminate Justice Sisi Khampepe’s appointment

USA’s Ilia Malinin, the red-hot favourite for men’s figure skating gold at Milan-Cortina 2026, falls twice as he misses out on a podium finish to give Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan the gold medal.

Akshay Bhatia shoots an eight-under-par 64 to share the second-round lead with Ryo Hisatsune at 15 under at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Arrests have been made following incidents of alleged discriminatory chanting during the FA Cup fourth round match between Hull City and Chelsea.

21-year old Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan takes home the men’s figure skating gold medal in the biggest shock of the 2026 Winter Olympics so far, as heavy favourite Ilia Malinin of USA ends up finishing in eighth place after twice falling in his free skate routine.

The long-talked-about 2026 SASSA unemployment grant will finally go ahead, confirms President Ramaphosa at SONA. But how much will it cost?

Rosslyn factory has been in operation for six decades and is set up to produce bakkies.

From deploying the SANDF to gang-ridden areas to allocating funding for the water crisis, here are some of the key points from Ramaphosa’s Sona.

The SA bowlers were especially good in the wet conditions in Benoni, though they bowled 12 wides which could have been very costly.

The Spanish man admitted he knew possessing and transporting the animals was illegal.

New York, USA – As the architecture of global finance enters a period of profound recalibration, few observers have articulated the scale of the shift as precisely as Vianne Mercer, a cross-border investment specialist and CFA charterholder at Ofek Kesef Asset Management. In a landscape increasingly defined by monetary policy divergence, geopolitical fragmentation, and accelerating […]

New York, USA – Private capital has quietly crossed a threshold. Over the past eighteen months, global allocations to private equity, private credit, and real assets have surged past record levels, even as public market volatility and monetary tightening have forced a wholesale reassessment of risk across every traditional asset class. Thessaly Wright contends that […]

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

A high number of elderly people on wards and respiratory cases in A&E prompt warnings from staff.