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The Press Ombud has dismissed a complaint by podcaster and political figure Renaldo Gouws over a column written by News24 senior editor Pieter du Toit that referred to him and his podcast as a “malignant echo chamber”.
YAOUNDE, Feb 19 (Reuters) – A freelance journalist on assignment for the Associated Press was slapped by police and briefly detained alongside three other reporters and a lawyer in Yaounde while attempting to interview Africans recently deported from the United States, two sources told Reuters.
WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump warned Iran on Thursday it must make a deal over its nuclear program or “really bad things” will happen, and set a deadline of 10 to 15 days, drawing a threat from Tehran to retaliate against US bases in the region if attacked.
INNSBRUCK, Austria, Feb 19 (Reuters) – An Austrian court late on Thursday found a 37-year-old amateur mountaineer guilty of manslaughter over his girlfriend’s death of cold near Austria’s highest summit after he left her to fetch help when she could not go on.
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Feb 19 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Thursday accused former President Barack Obama of disclosing classified information when he recently said that aliens were real, but Trump did not cite any evidence to support the allegation.
Following Andrew’s arrest, the King said the authorities have ‘our full and wholehearted support and cooperation’.
Trump says he will seek release of files on extraterrestrials, “based on the tremendous interest shown”.
The woman died of hypothermia during a climbing trip on the Grossglockner mountain in January 2025.
There’s a major change in the UK’s weather pattern heading our way with a big lift in temperatures in time for the weekend. But with the change comes more rain as Darren Bett explains.
The government has begun a vaccination programme but officials have been blamed for a slow response.
Zach Top discusses winning the first ever Grammy Award for best traditional country album.
The armed group is electing a new head after its top leaders were killed by Israel.
In the remote village of Sedanka in Russia’s Far East, almost all of its fighting-age men have left to join the Ukraine war.
Investigators reveal how they were able to identify a missing animal using a database of lions in Zimbabwe.
The image of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor after his release from police custody following his arrest dominated today’s paper.
Formula 1 boss Stefano Domenicali calls for calm in the face of criticism from drivers of the sport’s new rules – but said changes would be made if necessary.
Clips of Deadpool and other film characters have sparked alarm within Hollywood over copyright infringement.
The government unveils a long awaited 10-year deer management plan that will identify priority culling areas.