UN’s Guterres pushes COP29 negotiators to seal deal after draft spurned
As Baku summit winds down, rich and poor countries at odds over how fight against climate change will be financed.
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Israel bombards Gaza as the US blocks another ceasefire
Israel launched attacks across Gaza, killing about 90 Palestinians, as the US blocked a fourth Gaza ceasefire resolution
Ukraine fires UK-made Storm Shadow missiles at Russia: What we know
A day after Kyiv fires the Anglo-French missiles into Russia, Moscow hits Ukraine with an ICBM, reports say.
Thierry Neuville makes steady start to title weekend in Japan
Hyundai’s world rally championship leader Thierry Neuville was counting down the stages to his likely first title at the deciding Japanese season-ender on Thursday.
Oscar Piastri expects to be back on equal terms with Lando Norris
Australian Oscar Piastri has set his sights on victory in Las Vegas now that McLaren team mate Lando Norris’s Formula One title hopes have receded.
‘It was a joke’: Lawson says McLaren anthem criticism was said in jest
New Zealander Liam Lawson said he was just joking when he criticised McLaren for playing the British anthem after Formula One victories rather than that of the team’s founder and his compatriot Bruce McLaren.
Netanyahu, Gallant issued ICC arrest warrants for war crimes: What’s next?
This is the first time there has been an indictment for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu since Israel’s war on Gaza began.
Chemical not linked to Naledi child deaths – Motsoaledi
Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi says while three of the 84 swabs taken from spaza shops in Naledi, Soweto, tested positive for a chemical compound used in insecticides and nematicides, they cannot be linked to any of the children’s deaths.
News24 | Interest rates cut by only 25 basis points as Kganyago says inflation outlook is highly uncertain
South Africa – which was among the first to raise rates following the pandemic – has been cautious in cutting.
Girl left near death after being drugged by mother
The woman was arrested after a urine test on her daughter found ibuprofen, which had not been prescribed.
Pie fortune heir guilty of best friend’s murder
Dylan Thomas, who had also tried to scale the Buckingham Palace fence, stabbed his friend 37 times.
News24 | ‘I pleaded for my son to be spared’: Eastern Cape mother after ambulance attack
An Eastern Cape mother says she is still traumatised after gunmen attacked an ambulance in Qumbu that was transporting her sick son on Monday evening.
Corruption case against Sondolo IT director postponed to next year
The Johannesburg high court on Thursday postponed the corruption case against former Sondolo director Trevor Mathenjwa to February 7 next year for pretrial.
Prasa disputes independent engineer’s findings on Siyangena valuation
The Passenger Rail Agency South Africa said on Thursday it was challenging the findings of an independent engineer on the valuation of its dispute with Siyangena Technologies regarding the R5bn contract the agency had with the company.
News24 | Judge warns against further delays in Caiphus Nyoka murder trial as defence lawyer withdraws
The murder trial of student activist Caiphus Nyoka was hit with another delay following the withdrawal of a defence lawyer.
News24 | Demure, brain rot: Oxford University’s top 6 words for 2024 – here’s how to vote for your favourite
The Oxford University Press has again curated a shortlist of words that encapsulate the moods of the past year, and the public gets to vote for their favourite.
Defence secretary to seek ‘missing’ nuclear test records
Men who witnessed nuclear tests in the 1950s are demanding answers over alleged secret monitoring programme.
Vodacom has been making money from Makate’s ‘Please Call Me’ without paying him for 24 years: lawyer
Advocate Stuart Scott tells Constitutional Court Vodacom has made an about-turn despite having initially praised the accountant’s idea as novel