Man guilty of murdering student with ceremonial knife
First-year university student Henry Nowak was killed as he walked back from a night out in Southampton.
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Ending hunger in Africa needs Africa-led science and the governance to match
On World Hunger Day on 28 May, it is important to point out that more than one in five people in Africa go hungry today, and nearly six in 10 face moderate or severe food insecurity.
Lightning strikes cause rail disruption and house fire
Train services are disrupted after lightning damaged signalling equipment.
News24 | EFF votes with ANC to pass Joburg’s R97.1bn ‘pro-poor’ budget
The massive R97.1 billion Johannesburg 2026/2027 budget has passed.
EU fines Temu €200m for allowing sale of illegal products
The European Commission says the Chinese-owned online retailer failed to take account of risks from baby toys and faulty chargers sold on its platform.
Pope Leo’s AI encyclical and the urgent need for human leadership
He warns against reducing people to measurable outputs, predictive profiles or behavioural categories. Once technology becomes the standard by which human beings are judged, it no longer serves human development; it begins to reshape society according to its own logic
Russia says it summoned Luxembourg envoy over exhumation of Ukrainian ‘Nazi collaborator’
Russia said on Thursday it had summoned the ambassador to Luxembourg to protest against the exhumation of the remains of Andriy Melnyk, a Ukrainian nationalist leader during World War Two whom Moscow described as a “Nazi collaborator.”
Bafana newbies Makhanya & Cross open up about going to the World Cup
Bafana Bafana newcomers Olwethu Makhanya and Bradley Cross are both thrilled about their inclusion in the final squad for the upcoming World Cup.
Israeli website creator Wix.com cuts 1,000 jobs, citing strong shekel and AI
Israel’s Wix.com WIX.O, which helps small businesses build and operate websites, is laying off 20% of its workforce, CEO Avishai Abrahami said on Thursday, citing a strong shekel versus the dollar ILS= and the rapid evolution of AI.
FIFA World Cup: Broos on why he snubbed Petersen for Bafana Bafana
Brandon Petersen was overlooked by Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos despite the impressive season he had with Kaizer Chiefs. Here’s why…
Are Premier League clubs flat-track bullies in Europe?
Two seasons, 21 knockout ties, 21 victories. Has money made the Premier League’s dominance of the Europa League and the Conference League inevitable?
France becomes first EU country to reimburse anti-obesity drugs, minister says
France will reimburse the cost of weight-loss drugs prescribed to severely obese patients from mid-June in a first for a European Union country, Health Minister Stephanie Rist said on Thursday.
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Italy busts money-laundering ring tied to mafia boss Messina Denaro
Italy’s finance police on Thursday said they had seized assets and companies worth more than €200 million ($232 million) in an investigation into the laundering of drug trafficking proceeds linked to late mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro.
NEWSFLASH: MK chief whip, Impeachment Committee member charged with defrauding party staff
Mmabatho Mokoena-Zondi, Chief Whip of the MK party, and one of its three representatives on Parliament’s Impeachment Committee, faces a fraud charge linked to allegations that parliamentary researchers were forced to surrender large portions of their salaries.
Clarke signs new Scotland deal until 2030 World Cup
Head coach Steve Clarke has signed a new Scotland contract to cover the next two World Cups and the 2028 Euros.
Temu fined €200m for breaching EU rules on sale of illegal products
Regulators will also investigate whether the design of Temu’s service is addictive
Hunger is economic violence inflicted daily on SA’s poor
South Africa’s deepening hunger crisis reflects more than rising food prices – it exposes an economic system in which wages, social grants and employment conditions increasingly fail to meet basic living costs. Austerity, precarious work and weak social protection have created a growing class of “working poor”, and unchecked inequality and food insecurity threaten long-term social stability.