Fri 01 August 2025: People may be inhaling more than 100 times the amount of microplastics previously estimated, with adults breathing in around 68,000 plastic particles per day from both indoor and outdoor air, researchers said in a new study. The findings, published in the journal PLOS One, highlight the underestimated scale of airborne microplastic […]
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Sat 02 August 2025: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday urged the international community to act swiftly to prevent the mass death of children in the Gaza Strip, where conditions continue to deteriorate amid Israel’s ongoing war, Anadolu reports. “Today, I want to keep the focus on Gaza, because it’s in Gaza where the suffering is […]
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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell Sat 02 August 2025: Epstein’s former girlfriend and one-time British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving 20 years in prison, moved to minimum-security site in Texas. Ghislaine Maxwell, the accomplice in the abuse of underage girls by high-society sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has been moved to a minimum-security facility in Texas, […]
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Sat 02 August 2025: The US president has been exchanging barbs with Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev, who warned of ‘how dangerous’ Russia can be. United States President Donald Trump has ordered two nuclear submarines to shift their locations relative to Russia, as part of his latest tit-for-tat with Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev. On Friday, Trump […]
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Fri 01 August 2025: More than 25,000 people have crossed the Engilsh Channel to the UK in 2025, the highest total this early in the year. More than 25,000 people have crossed the English Channel into the United Kingdom so far this year, marking the fastest pace of arrivals since records began in 2018 and […]
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Sat 02 August 2025: China on Friday said it was “shocked” by reports that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has established a new office in New Zealand to combat China and called the move harmful to regional stability. Responding to a media query during a regular news conference, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said that Beijing has […]
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Sat 02 August 2025: Pakistan is set to import its first-ever oil shipment from the US after the South Asian country this week signed a trade deal with Washington. The country’s largest vertically integrated oil refining company, Cnergyico Pk Ltd, has finalized a deal with global energy trader Vitol Group to import 1 million barrels of US WTI […]
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Sat 02 August 2025: Millions of unemployed South Africans, many of whom survive on a Social Relief of Distress Grant government grant of R370 (about US$21) per month, are not able to pay for electricity and still afford food and shelter. In the working class community of Thembisa in South Africa’s industrial heartland of Gauteng, the local […]
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Sat 02 August 2025: The Commissioner of the Border Management Authority (BMA), Dr Michael Masiapato has noted a widely circulated message claiming that a new law, effective from May 2025, requires all persons born in South Africa to enter and exit the country solely using a South African passport, and that failure to comply will […]
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Image via Vessel Finder. Fri 01 August 2025: Following the #BlockTheBoat protest in Durban, pro-Palestine activists and a Member of Parliament are calling for greater government accountability on its commitments to Palestine. Pro-Palestinian activists are demanding increased government transparency and decisive action regarding South Africa’s trade and diplomatic relations with Israel, following a recent protest […]
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