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If you really want to understand 2025, do not start in Silicon Valley. Start on a construction site somewhere off a regional highway in Texas or Michigan. It is 6am. A line of cranes is lifting steel into a rectangle the size of an airport terminal. Huge concrete pads wait for transformers that will pull more electricity than some towns.

Manhunt for Bekkersdal mass shooting suspects underway

Police have launched a manhunt to find suspects linked to the mass shooting perpetrated at a tavern in Bekkersdal in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The incident claimed 11 lives, with 10 others taken to medical facilities for injuries.

“It is reported that about 12 unknown suspects in a white kombi and a silver sedan...

Condolences for veteran NPA prosecutor

Justice and Constitutional Development Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has extended condolences on the passing of the National Prosecuting Authority Gauteng Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Riegel Du Toit.

“The Minister extends her heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and relatives of Advocate Du Toit during this difficult...

Weather Service issues disruptive rain, fire danger warning across South Africa

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a weather warning for disruptive rains and severe thunderstorms across the country for today.

The warnings for rain are as follows:

Orange level 5 warning: Disruptive rain resulting in flooding of settlements (both formal and informal) and roads,...

Power system ‘stable’ as festive season demand approaches

Eskom has assured that it will keep the lights on this festive season and meet demand.

In a statement, the power utility said the national power system remains stable and consistently meets “demand as Eskom’s generation performance continues to improve”.

“The success of the Generation Recovery Plan, combined with the...

Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 130 kidnapped schoolchildren taken by gunmen from a Catholic school, according to a presidential spokesperson, after 100 were freed earlier this month.

Australian police transferred the only surviving suspect in last week’s deadly Bondi shooting from hospital to jail, the force said in a statement.

The US Coast Guard was pursuing another allegedly sanctioned tanker, a US official told AFP, as Washington ramps up its pressure campaign targeting Venezuela’s vital oil sector.

The ANC called on South Africans to defend their democracy and to reject “AfriForum’s racist disinformation campaign”.

[Premium Times] The kidnapping and release of the students and staff members comes amid a resurgence of mass kidnappings across Nigeria.

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[Premium Times] Sources said the freed students and teachers are currently being transported to Minna, the Niger State capital,

[Vanguard] All the schoolchildren abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri community, Niger State, have now been released, following the freedom of the final group of 130 victims, bringing the total number of rescued pupils to 230.

They call it “the business-impersonator scam”. And it’s fooled 396,227 Americans in just the first nine months of 2025 — 18% more than the 335,785 in the same nine months of 2024. That’s according to a Bloomberg reporter (who also fell for it in late November), citing the official statistics from America’s Federal Trade Commission:Some pose as airline staff on social media and respond to...

In some studies, half of patients stopped taking GLP-1s within a year despite the benefits, citing the expense and side effects.

The term has been popularized on social media to describe numbness and low motivation. Experts offer ways to break out of these feelings.

The shift would mean fewer shots recommended for children. But a Danish health official found the idea baffling, saying the United States was getting “crazier and crazier in public health.”