Mon 05 October 2026: Israel has killed more than 800 Palestinian teachers and injured over 3,300 others since the start of its war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, the Palestinian Education Ministry said Sunday. In a statement ahead of World Teachers’ Day, observed annually on Oct. 5, the ministry said educators across the […]

Mon 05 October 2026: According to broadcaster NOS on Monday, the Dutch Cabinet has urged primary and secondary schools to prohibit students from using mobile phones for the entire school day, including during breaks and anywhere on school grounds. Under the proposed measure, students would be required to keep their mobile phones away for the […]

Mon 05 October 2026: A ⁠committee ⁠of the Mecca defence pact comprising Turkiye, ⁠Saudi Arabia and Pakistan has “decided to … take the necessary measures to provide the agreed military forces and capabilities and ensure their rapid deployment in the kingdom”. A joint statement following the emergency meeting of officials from the three countries today […]

Mon 05 October 2026: Voluntary returns disputed as UN barred from interviews A group of 1,479 Myanmar refugees and migrants deported from Malaysia reached their conflict-torn homeland early Sunday after a tightly controlled repatriation that human rights organisations and the UN refugee agency have strongly criticised. Regional government minister Nay Lin Tun said the returnees […]

Mon 05 October 2026: The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) has announced increases for all fuel types from Wednesday.  The adjustment to prices from Wednesday is as follows: Petrol 93 (ULP & LRP): R3.12 increase. Petrol 95 (ULP &LRP): R3.33 increase. Diesel (0.05% sulphur): R2.84 increase. Diesel (0.005% sulphur): R3.24 increase. Illuminating Paraffin […]

Mon 05 October 2026: Student protests continued across France on Monday, with classes fully or partially suspended at between 400 and 500 high schools amid demonstrations over education conditions and a rise in related incidents, according to broadcaster BFMTV. The figure represents roughly 10% to 13% of France’s 3,700 high schools, Education Minister Edouard Geffray said, citing safety […]

Thu 10 October 2024: One in eight girls, women raped or sexually assaulted before age 18, UNICEF says More than 370 million girls and women alive today, or one in every eight worldwide, experienced rape or sexual assault before the age of 18, the United Nations children’s agency said yesterday, Reuters reported. The number rises to 650 […]

Mon 05 October 2026: Actor Angelina Jolie, a former longtime UN special envoy, highlighted the scale of destruction in the Gaza Strip, sharing before-and-after satellite images showing extensive damage caused by the Israeli genocide across the Palestinian enclave. “You can now open Google Earth and see what was done to Gaza,” Jolie wrote on Instagram on Saturday alongside images comparing areas […]

Thu 14 May 2026: Amid an oil blockade against the island, the US blames Cuba’s communist leadership for ‘standing in the way’ of aid. The United States has offered $100m in humanitarian assistance to Cuba on the condition that the island’s communist government agrees to “meaningful reforms”. The sum was made public in a statement from […]

Fri 12 June 2026: My mother loves butter. It is the primary fat I ate growing up. She smeared it on any kind of bread, potatoes, nut rolls or coffeecake. She baked with it exclusively. When I was studying nutrition in college, I had a teaching assistant who recommended margarine over butter. I was shocked […]

Fri 12 April 2024: JALEBIS INGREDIENTS 140 g cake flour 2 T cornflour 1/2 t baking powder 2 T clarified butter 1/4 t saffron threads 190 ml thick plain yoghurt Water (optional) Canola oil, for deep-frying Gold leaf, to garnish For the sugar syrup: 140 g sugar 250 ml water 1/4 t saffron threads, toasted […]