Fri 28 August 2026: Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) says jet fuel supplies across its major airports remain stable despite an unplanned shutdown at the Natref refinery, which could affect Jet A-1 availability from early September. ACSA said on Friday that it had put measures in place to ensure continued fuel security and minimise any […]
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Fri 28 August 2026: It’s a common scene on public transport. A parent holds a mobile phone showing noisy cartoons to their young child. The pair is looking at the screen together, laughing. Yet parent and child rarely exchange a gaze or look out across the landscape. While many parents can relate to such moments, this is […]
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Fri 28 August 2026: Senior Israeli military officials have warned that failure to secure additional defence funding could force the army to scale back reserve deployments, intelligence operations and preparations for a potential renewed confrontation with Iran, according to Israel’s Kan News. One senior military official said insufficient funding could lead to the suspension of some […]
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Fri 28 August 2026: On Friday, China indicated that a high-altitude glacier collapse in Nepal might have set off the cross-border catastrophe that claimed at least 480 lives, while President Xi Jinping urged officials to make “every effort” to locate every missing Chinese and foreign national. “We noted that experts and official institutions of China […]
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Fri 28 August 2026: The rebrand comes as the US and Canada engage in a cross-border trade war after Trump increased tariffs last week. Amid a spiraling trade war with Canada, United States President Donald Trump says he is renaming a body of water shared between the two countries. At a Thursday news conference in […]
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Fri 28 August 2026: Israeli political and security officials are reportedly monitoring efforts led by Palestinian politician Mohammed Dahlan to establish a broad political and electoral alliance involving several Palestinian factions, including Hamas, ahead of planned legislative elections. According to a report attributed to the Spanish newspaper El Medio Oriente, recent months have seen intensified contacts […]
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Fri 28 August 2026: Malaysia has completed arrangements for the first stage of a voluntary return scheme, under which at least 1,500 eligible Myanmar refugees are scheduled to go back on 29 September, officials said. In July, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Myanmar’s military-backed authorities had agreed to accept 5,000 members of the persecuted Rohingya […]
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Fri 28 August 2026: Copernicus warns of ‘unprecedented strain’ on world’s oceans as El Nino and climate change drive up sea surface temperatures. The average global sea surface temperature has reached its highest level on record, a European Union agency said, warning that a rapidly intensifying El Nino and human-caused climate change were putting “unprecedented strain” on […]
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Fri 28 August 2026: Iran is experiencing the “worst conditions” of economic warfare, President Masoud Pezeshkian said Wednesday, stressing that the country continues to carry out development projects despite mounting pressure. “Although we are experiencing the worst conditions of economic warfare, everyone sees the missile war, but perhaps not everyone sees the economic pressures. Nevertheless, […]
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Fri 28 August 2026: The French government said Monday it would press ahead with a ban on mobile phones in high schools from next month, but trade unions warned that the measure might be hard to implement quickly. In July, France’s parliament approved legislation banning both social media access for children under 15 and mobile […]
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