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2 years ago | August 25, 2022

NEW: 17-year-old becomes youngest pilot to fly solo around world 

SOFIA, BULGARIA - Mack Rutherford, 17, landed here on Wednesday after he broke the current world record for the youngest ...

2 years ago | July 9, 2022

NEW: Newer Omicron subvariants account for over 70pc new ...

THE newer and most contagious Omicron subvariants, known as BA.4 and BA.5, now made up over 70 percent of Covid-19 ...

2 years ago | April 30, 2022

New financing facility for SDGs launched: UN

A new financing facility to help more than 80 governments to channel investment toward the Sustainable Development Goals ...

2 years ago | December 31, 2021

NEW: Gloomy New Year for many as Covid-19 crashes the party again

New Year celebrations around the world have been called off as the coronavirus casts gloom over festivities for a second ...

2 years ago | December 25, 2021

NEW: UK sets new record for Covid cases as Omicron sweeps London

Britain reported another day of record Covid-19 cases on Friday, with new estimates showing swathes of London’s ...

2 years ago | December 23, 2021

NEW: Dinosaur embryo study supports ancestral link to birds

A new study examining an embryo from a fossilized dinosaur egg has provided further evidence supporting the notion that ...

2 years ago | December 4, 2021

NEW: Parents of suspected Michigan school shooter, themselves ...

The parents of a Michigan teenager accused of murdering four fellow high school students were taken into custody on ...

3 years ago | September 1, 2021

NEW: South African health experts have identified a new lineage ...

Prof. Wolfgang Preiser, Cathrine Scheepers, Jinal Bhiman, Marietjie Venter, Penny Moore & Tulio de Oliveira As a ...

3 years ago | June 17, 2021

NEW: Former Zambia President Dr Kenneth Kaunda dies

Zambia’s former President Kenneth Kaunda has died. His death was announced this afternoon.

4 years ago | June 14, 2020

‘Why I care about Rhodes’

The toppling of Edward Colston’s statue certainly made for a dramatic scene. The frantic energy of large crowds ...

SA seeking IMF aid crosses a red line

The economic calamity of coronavirus broke South Africa’s resistance to borrowing from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

4 years ago | May 31, 2020

Wave of protests in US . . .Cop charged with murder of George Floyd

Protests have broken out in cities across the United States. The demonstrators are calling for justice, following the ...

Rwanda’s SMEs reel from coronavirus

At least 57,5 percent of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating across different industries closed ...

Covid-19 solutions for resource-poor countries

As the novel coronavirus moves through poorer parts of the world, many expect high infection rates. Crowding, ...