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News24 | Southern Sun upbeat as it sees hotter prospects for Durban, Joburg
SA’s biggest hotel operator Southern Sun reported on Thursday that while it felt pressure from the non-recurrence of major summits in its six months to end September, it managed to up its earnings and it sees signs for improving occupancies.
US police bodycam shows officer kill homeowner, after he called 911
Brandon Durham called police to report intruders in his home in Las Vegas. But police shot him, not his attacker.
Spain’s deadly floods
Journalist Sonia Gallego takes us through scenes of anger and devastation over Spain’s deadly floods.
‘No penalties’ grace period for non-vending City Power customers as race to change meters gathers pace
City Power will extend working hours and suspend penalty fees for non-vending customers as it races against the clock to complete the metering upgrades ahead of the looming Token Identifier rollover project deadline on Sunday.
Remembering John Prescott
Peter Mandelson pays tribute to Labour giant John Prescott.
Teen who attacked gurdwara given hospital order
The boy, 17, was charged after a disturbance at the Sri Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara in Gravesend.
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.
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.