SYDNEY, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Australian leaders on Tuesday urged calm and called on protests to remain peaceful after clashes between police and demonstrators opposing Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia erupted in Sydney.
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych said on Monday a helmet he has used in training at the Milano Cortina Games with images of compatriots killed during the war in Ukraine cannot be used in Olympic competition after being told by the IOC that it violates a rule on political statements.
American skier Lindsey Vonn says she has “no regrets” after a crash in the women’s downhill competition at the Winter Olympics resulted in a “complex tibia fracture”.
With all its problems, the case for moving out of the city is compelling, but it just might be that Joburg, still at the centre of things, is about to turn around.