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Three children were killed when the drone crashed at a popular resort on the Black Sea.

Emma Raducanu will miss the US Open as she continues her recovery from a stress fracture.

Farage said the talks came “quite some time after” he received a £5m gift from a Reform donor.

Palestinians in Gaza say renewed Israeli attacks have shattered hopes of progress despite Donald Trump’s claims that a peace deal is moving closer.

Today (Monday 3 August), the Department of Basic Education officially welcomed the team home.

Spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says the arrests follow investigations by the newly Gauteng PKTT.

JMPD says identified hotspots are under 24-hour surveillance through the CCTV network.

Mthobisi Mncube and four others are on trial for the murder of Senzo Meyiwa

Boris Nadezhdin, who was recently designated as a foreign agent, posted a video in front of the Eiffel Tower.

Low water levels in the Rhine, Danube and Po have curtailed the transport of goods and reduced electricity output.

Two Republican senators wanted a written guarantee that Trump would not revive a controversial proposal.

Three people have been killed and 21 injured after an explosive device detonated at an Italian restaurant, Russian media reports.

The highway enters Western Sahara, a disputed territory that Morocco claims sovereignty over.

There are fears of a return to full-scale conflict in Tigray as a peace deal has not been fully implemented.

Asisat Oshoala scores the only goal as Nigeria beat Zambia at Wafcon 2026 to revive the West Africans’ hopes of reaching the 2027 Women’s World Cup.

Dozens of Ethiopians are awaiting execution – some called the BBC to tell their stories.

The former department store closed in 2016.

The film’s strong performance gives a much-needed boost for Disney ahead of the highly-anticipated release of Avengers: Doomsday.

More relaxed mortgage regulation opens the door for some first-time buyers, but it comes with risk.

Sy Mamabolo says of the 291,806 new registrations, 50% are female

Electoral Commission (IEC) briefs the media on the recent voter registration drive.

DA says it will make strong arguments in Court that the Expropriation Act was approved unlawfully

The DA wants the court to declare it unconstitutional and invalid.

Welsh Fire prevail in a nervy end to a tight fixture to end Southern Brave’s winning streak, punishing the visitors and their costly mistakes to complete their chase of 122 runs with the final ball of the game.

Real Madrid and Vinicius Jr will resume contract talks this week as Arsenal wait in the wings.

Welsh Fire condemn Southern Brave to their first defeat of this season’s Hundred as they post a dramatic four-wicket victory in Cardiff.

Norway’s Sigrid Haugset wins stage three of the Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift following a 68km solo breakaway.

Pupils who open accounts aged 11 to 12 score lower in some subjects than those who wait a few years, study finds

Children who open social media accounts at the start of secondary school appear to perform worse in tests than those who delay, with researchers suspecting that the constant checking for updates is a major distraction for many students.

Pupils who opened their first social media...

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Join the Mercedes-Benz Classic Car Club in honouring a rich heritage and innovation at the Cars in the Park event in Pretoria.

Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.

‘For them just to get into it, express themselves, press as hard as they can for as long as they can – that is important for us.’

Battery-electric cars remain under 1% of the market despite NEV sales figures doubling year on year, Naamsa data shows.

Florida, USA (PinionNewswire) – The engineer behind defi.app’s $40B+ in volume joins NMT on launch day to own the platform’s technical foundation New Market Trading (NMT), the first wealth management firm to move the investment account itself onto the blockchain, today announced the appointment of Ajdin Kahrović as Chief Technology Officer. Kahrović joins on the […]

Crypto in 2026 keeps rewarding the buyers who move early. The Shiba Inu coin price just pulled off a wild 39% weekend rally, and the ICP Price is climbing back toward $8.9. Both look exciting, but chasing rallies that have already happened rarely delivers the biggest gains.  The real money is made before the crowd […]

0 to 100 km/h in just 2.71 seconds, the new Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 goes deep into supercar performance territory.

Spacious six-seater proves you don’t need an new energy vehicle to save at the pumps.

The scheme is part of World Breastfeeding Week, from 1 to 7 August, organisers say.

There were 20 independent investigations or reviews between 2021 and 2025.

Jack Tolley says he found it difficult to find supplies of the key medicines he needs.