
Watch: Man attacked by bear at steel works in Japan
The bear, who injured four people in the attack on Tuesday, remains on the loose within the factory compound.
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The bear, who injured four people in the attack on Tuesday, remains on the loose within the factory compound.

The aftermath of the sentencing of Vickrum Digwa for the murder of Henry Nowak dominates Wednesday’s papers.

The uncertainty has weighed heavily on the 20,000 seafarers trapped in the Iran war zone.

Long-range summer forecasts have been issued and they point to warmer and drier condtions compared to average, as Simon King explains

Russia is intensifying attacks in Ukraine but more than four years of war are causing concern even among Putin loyalists.

England head coach Charlotte Edwards praises Heather Knight’s resilience after the former captain’s timely return to form before the T20 World Cup.

One person was rescued by a local boat and there is an ongoing operation on Carlingford Lough to recover the second person.
Xenophobic violence broke out in a Mossel Bay informal settlement over the weekend, leaving three dead and 55 shacks destroyed.
Policeman Karl Sander was previously told he failed a lie detector test over a R200m cocaine consignment stolen from Hawks offices in KwaZulu-Natal. Sander has now heard that the polygraph examiner made errors on his test, meaning the results are invalid. His belief is that the cocaine thieves were linked to Hawks bosses.
He says he was cheated out of victory in 2024. Now Venâncio Mondlane is building his party to win in 2029.
Protests targeting foreigners are increasing. President Cyril Ramaphosa says the country needs to deal with illegal migration.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 2 (Reuters) – Microsoft MSFT.O, the company known for its operating system and apps, on Tuesday hinted at a new wave of gadgets that will use AI agents designed to complete specific tasks in healthcare and retail rather than traditional apps.

Sources familiar with the matter confirmed to the Mail & Guardian on Tuesday night that Mohamed was being held at the police station.
WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on commanders of armed groups it accused of driving the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where fighting has continued despite mediation efforts by Washington.
The striking of the fraud case against Themba Mathibe raises questions about court procedures and the implications for his roles in municipal entities amid ongoing investigations.
Captain Laurence Makgotloe, a SAPS forensic analyst facing charges for allegedly tampering with crucial ballistic evidence in the April 2024 murder of engineer Armand Swart, is now under renewed scrutiny amid claims that he had previously manipulated forensic evidence.

The tech giant predicts it will have a quantum computer that can solve commercially useful problems by the end of the decade.
The departure of Bafana Bafana for their Fifa World Cup base camp in Mexico was supposed to be about the country’s first appearance at the tournament in 16 years, something this crop of players fought hard to achieve. Instead, the South African Football Association has snatched the spotlight with yet another episode of administrative ineptitude.

The annual dinner, which was held in April this year, was interrupted when a gunman stormed a security checkpoint.
In the remote, rural regions of Elliotdale, Eastern Cape, the Nosintu Gwebindlala Foundation is combating generational statelessness by ‘walking the journey’ of securing IDs and birth certificates with residents.

Residents of the capital are shocked to see their neighbourhoods devastated by Russian attacks as they emerge from underground shelters.