SUNDAY, 19 MAY 2024, 21:40
The Democratic primary race for a US House of Representatives seat in New York state has become a new battleground for a powerful pro-Israel fundraising group, which spent nearly $2m on ads this week against incumbent Jamaal Bowman.
The port deal could help India strengthen trade ties with Central Asia. But a US sanctions threat clouds the pact.
Our reaction to the students who are protesting what they see as genocide in real time speaks volumes about who we are.
A vaunted ‘new era’ of strategic partnership between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his counterpart Xi Jinping begun in Beijing on Thursday may not exactly have been sealed with a kiss, but it did lead to rare hugs between them.
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Elmer Fernandez’s killing comes after an emergency was declared in February to curb a surge in prison violence.
When we introduced our weekly AirFryday feature early in 2023, this was one of our first recipes. We’ve picked up a lot of AirFryday devotees since then, so here’s a reprise of it while Food Editor Tony Jackman is away for a week.
All five of South Africa’s refugee centres were raided simultaneously on Friday morning by the Special Investigating Unit, which is investigating allegations of corruption linked to the issuing of asylum and refugee papers to foreign nationals entering South Africa.
Health experts say South Africans’ awareness of high salt intake must improve, in order to avoid severe health complications including hypertension. The affordability of healthier foods has also been called into question
South Africa likely achieved a primary budget surplus — where revenue exceeds non-interest expenditure — for the first time in 15 years, setting it on a path to arrest further growth in debt that’s already worryingly high.
The incident took place in the southern state of Johor in the early hours of Friday morning.
During my recent visit to the Western Cape I decided to put my Jimny Drive training to the test on a mission to a special place hidden in the Hex River mountains.
A floating pier to deliver aid to Gaza has been criticised as a distraction from Israel blocking land crossings.
A rare deep-sea squid with ‘headlights’ was filmed by scientists at a depth of more than one kilometre.
Israel on Friday defended the military necessity of its Gaza offensive at the International Court of Justice after South Africa asked judges to order it to halt operations in Rafah and completely withdraw from the Palestinian territory.
World Rugby’s announcement last week that teams from July 1 will no longer have the option to take a scrum from a free kick got many South Africans in a froth.
Governing body to seek legal advice after calls for Israel’s ‘immediate’ suspension from international football.
The International Court of Justice is hearing Israel’s response to South Africa’s application for additional measures in its war in Gaza.