FRIDAY, 09 MAY 2025, 10:28
This week’s Friday Briefing explores whether the defence minister’s optimistic portrayal of the SAMIDRC withdrawal from the DRC truly reflects the realities on the ground and what the decision means for the future of the region.
Catholics are surprised and delighted in Chicago, where the church’s influence persists despite declining numbers.
South African writer Willem Anker reflects on influence, inspiration and the strange clarity of art.
Bill Gates pledged on Thursday to give away $200bn via his charitable foundation by 2045 and lashed out at Elon Musk, accusing the world’s richest man of “killing the world’s poorest children” through huge cuts to the US foreign aid budget.
Warner Bros Discovery is moving towards a potential breakup, CNBC reported on Thursday, as media companies explore options for their struggling cable TV businesses and sharpen focus on their faster-growing streaming and studios divisions.
A 10-carat blue diamond which could fetch $20m when it goes under the hammer was presented by auction house Sotheby’s in Geneva, Switzerland on Thursday.
The FIRST LEGO Open Africa Championships returns to Africa after 10 years – this time with the theme “Submerge”.
Former Miss SA Bokang Montjane-Tshabalala has been appointed the new national director of Miss Supranational SA.
Before becoming pontiff, the first US-born pope was not shy about criticising President Donald Trump and vice president JD Vance — social media musings that pulled him into the maelstrom of divided US politics on Thursday as he took on leadership of the global Catholic Church.
Some football fans are so desperate for accommodation that they are willing to forego meals just to get a bed to sleep in.
An investigating officer has told the court of how a 6-year-old boy who witnessed his parents’ murder assisted the police investigation, which resulted in alleged killer Rassie Nkuna being arrested a year later.
The BBC’s Yogita Limaye went to the Donetsk region of Ukraine to speak to soldiers about life on the frontline.
US-UK trade deal sparks optimism as Bitcoin hits January highs. Japan stocks rise; gold continues to decline.
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Excited crowds gathered in St Peter’s Square to witness the historic election of the first American Pope.
U.S. President Donald Trump met Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer on Thursday and discussed nuclear talks with Iran and Israel’s war in Gaza, Axios reported, citing two sources briefed on the meeting.
The PSL press conference in Durban on Thursday hardly answered the key question
A stage collapsed at an outdoor concert venue in Mexico City on Thursday afternoon, injuring seven people, according to local authorities.
Pakistan’s ambassador to the U.S. said on Thursday that India and Pakistan have had contacts at the level of their respective National Security Councils, when asked if the nuclear-armed Asian neighbors had any ongoing lines of conversation.
Subplots and ambitions for the two teams intriguing as they meet at a packed Moses Mabhida
Pierre Schoeman and Duhan van der Merwe will add to the British & Irish Lions for the hotly anticipated July tour in Australia