In Project Hail Mary, an ordinary teacher becomes humanity’s last hope against a cosmic threat, blending humour, heart and interstellar adventure.

SYDNEY, March 31 (Reuters) – The Australian internet regulator said it was investigating five of the biggest social media platforms for suspected breaches of its new under-16 ban, its strongest signal yet that companies may face enforcement action under a world-first regime.

JERUSALEM, March 30 (Reuters) – Israel’s parliament passed a law on Monday making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks, fulfilling a pledge by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right allies.

WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) – A Mexican immigrant died in US immigration custody in Los Angeles on March 25, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said on Monday, marking at least 14 deaths in ICE custody in 2026 and prompting criticism from the Mexican government.

March 30 (Reuters) – Iran attacked the fully-loaded Al Salmi crude oil tanker at Dubai Port’s anchorage on Monday, setting it ablaze and damaging its hull, Kuwait’s state news agency reported, citing Kuwait Petroleum Corp, which warned of a possible oil spill.

Grey’s Hospital in Pietermaritzburg faces ongoing surgical crises due to a malfunctioning HVAC system, with surgeries cancelled as bureaucratic delays impede its long-overdue replacement.

This season of What’s Eating Us looks at the food system from the ground up; the farmworkers who make our food, the building blocks of early childhood development, food insecurity in cities such as Johannesburg, and all the way to the policies in place, an alternative grocery store and conversations with government.

“My mother died, not even getting a chance to get a decent, living wage [as a farmworker]. I’m also not going to get it. I’m putting this struggle forward for my next generation that comes – that there, maybe, a bigger solution, or they are going to get that decent living,” says Annalise Abrahams*.

Daily Maverick documented the realities of hunger in the Western and Eastern Cape, gathering personal stories through podcast interviews and glimpses into local lives.

A protest in KuGompo (formerly East London) over the alleged coronation of a Nigerian ‘Igbo king’ turned violent on Monday, leaving cars torched, shops looted, and foreign nationals targeted.