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Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called on the government to begin annexing parts of the Gaza Strip if Palestinian militant group Hamas stands by its refusal to lay down its weapons.
Parents who submitted applications for their children going to grade 1 or grade 8 early are not guaranteed automatic placement as the Gauteng department of education says other factors need to be considered.
A pair of AMG GT XXs, the new electric concept car unveiled by the German brand a few weeks ago, have set 25 long-distance records.
Lewis Hamilton says he wants to put the fun factor back in his Formula One career after a difficult start at Ferrari.
A court hearing for the federal antitrust lawsuit among two racing teams and NASCAR had its share of fireworks in Charlotte on Thursday, with retired NBA Hall of Famer and racing co-owner Michael Jordan drawing attention for his comments.
South Africa’s currency is on track for its biggest August gain in two decades, with stocks not far behind, as a weakening dollar spurs demand for high-yielding assets outside the US.
Chinese brand GAC (Guangzhou Automobile Group) has launched a lower-priced Emzoom Nova SUV as one of three models it will unveil in the coming few months.
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Late summer blockbuster, early title skirmish, clash of the big spenders — call it what you will, but Sunday’s showdown between Premier League champions Liverpool and Arsenal could shape the narrative for the long months ahead.
The taxi industry is unhappy with the impounding of 16 vehicles, while the transport and roads department says it is upholding the law.
Oscar Piastri has backed McLaren over strategy calls despite them arguably denying him a victory at the last race in Hungary and reducing his Formula One championship lead.
Britain-based sportscar company Lotus said on Thursday it plans to reduce up to 550 roles in its business, months after denying reports of closure of a factory in eastern England.
Lando Norris has won three of the last four races, but the McLaren Formula One driver said ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix he was not a great believer in momentum and expected the second half of the season to be ‘tricky’ and challenging.
Such is the nature of international sport that only an improved performance by the Springbok Women against Italy on Sunday will give justice to their fine win over Brazil in the opening match of their 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup campaign.
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Together is very well-made and watchable body horror, but its thematic ambitions aren’t quite matched in execution. It also suffers from releasing right in the shadow of genre cousin Weapons, a far more compelling and chilling film.
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It has been exactly 16 days since e-hailing driver Siyanda Mthokozisi Mvelase was shot and set alight in his vehicle at Maponya Mall, Soweto, and his family has not received his remains.
National police commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola says the 121 dockets that were removed from the KwaZulu-Natal political killings task team will be processed and sent back to the province for the team to continue with its investigations.
WARSAW, Aug 28 (Reuters) – A Polish Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed during a rehearsal for an airshow in Radom, central Poland, and the pilot died, the army said on Thursday.
GENEVA, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Hundreds of U.N. staff at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk have written to ask him to explicitly describe the Gaza war as an unfolding genocide, according to a letter seen by Reuters.