Wed 22 April 2026: Notices require companies to explain how they detect, prevent, and respond to harms such as grooming, cyberbullying, online hate, radicalization, as well as whether their systems comply with Australia’s Basic Online Safety Expectations Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has issued legally enforceable transparency notices to major gaming platforms, including Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite, and […]

Wed 22 April 2026: Raid is part of Moscow’s hardline social conservatism and clampdown on political life. Russian police have raided the country’s top publishing house on suspicion that it has been disseminating “homosexual propaganda”, local media report. Police reportedly seized thousands of books on Tuesday and took Yevgeny Kapiev, the chief executive of Eksmo, […]

Wed 22 April 2026: Washington has halted shipments of US dollars to Iraq and paused security cooperation programs with its military in an effort to dismantle “Iranian-backed militias,” the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing officials. Treasury Department officials recently stopped a cargo plane carrying close to $500 million in cash due to concerns about […]

Sat 18 April 2026: The UN refugee agency has warned of an ‘unmarked graveyard for thousands of desperate Rohingya refugees’ in South Asia The United Nations refugee agency has revealed that nearly 900 Rohingya refugees were reported dead or missing in the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea in 2025. This was the deadliest […]

Wed 22 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:  ◼️ ‘SA fuels Gaza deaths’: BDS claims that allowing mining companies to continue exporting SA’s coal to Israel was contradictory because by so doing, the country was indirectly supporting the genocide against the people of Palestine, while the government had approached the International Court […]

Wed 22 April 2026: Raid is part of Moscow’s hardline social conservatism and clampdown on political life. Russian police have raided the country’s top publishing house on suspicion that it has been disseminating “homosexual propaganda”, local media report. Police reportedly seized thousands of books on Tuesday and took Yevgeny Kapiev, the chief executive of Eksmo, […]

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 […]

Wed 22 April 2026: Notices require companies to explain how they detect, prevent, and respond to harms such as grooming, cyberbullying, online hate, radicalization, as well as whether their systems comply with Australia’s Basic Online Safety Expectations Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has issued legally enforceable transparency notices to major gaming platforms, including Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite, and […]

Tue 26 November 2024:   What does the wave of coups in the Sahel mean for its people? Since 2020, Central and West Africa have faced more than 10 coup attempts. Meanwhile, global powers are shifting, as Russia eclipses France and the United States in the region’s geopolitics. In a region where people are demanding security […]

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 […]

Tue 09 April 2024:   SWEET YELLOW RICE “This family-favourite rice dish is the first thing to go at family events! INGREDIENTS 210 g 1 cup, basmati rice 2 sticks cinnamon ¼ t ground turmeric 100 g ½ cup, white sugar 3 T water 60 g butter, cubed COOKING INSTRUCTIONS 1. Rinse the rice for 3 […]