Thu 05 June 2025: More than 212 active fires were burning in the country as of Tuesday afternoon, half of which were out of control, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. Forecasters reported that smoke from wildfires in three Canadian provinces has spread across roughly one-third of the United States, with minimal impact […]
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Thu 05 June 2025: The warning from China’s embassy in the Philippines follows criticism from a top EU official about Beijing’s conduct. China has told the European Union to stop “provoking trouble” in the South China Sea after EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas expressed concerns about Beijing’s coercive activities in the strategically important waterway. […]
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Thu 05 June 2025: Parliament voted to impose record suspensions on the trio of legislators for their protest haka. New Zealand legislators have voted to suspend three MPs who performed a Maori haka in the House to protest against a controversial bill. The MPs from Te Pati Maori – the Maori Party – were handed […]
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Thu 05 June 2025: President Donald Trump has issued an executive order that completely prohibits travel from 12 countries and imposes restrictions on citizens from seven others, according to the White House. The banned countries are Afghanistan, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. Trump issued the directive in […]
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Thu 05 June 2025: The war in Gaza is having a devastating effect on pregnant women and nursing mothers, with an estimated 50,000 at serious risk due to shortages of food and essential medicines, according to a hospital in central Gaza. Khalil al-Daqran, spokesperson for Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, said rates of miscarriage […]
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Thu 05 June 2025: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned Tuesday that approximately 239,000 Sudanese refugees remain stranded on the Sudan-Chad border, facing the risks of extreme weather fluctuations and insecurity. In a briefing from the Chadian-Sudanese border to journalists in Geneva, UNHCR Principal Situation Coordinator in Chad, Dossou Patrice Ahouansou, said […]
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Thu 05 June 2025: South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) grant beneficiaries using the black Postbank cards as well as the gold SASSA cards have been urged to be wary of rising fraud scams targeting their cards and PIN information. In a statement on Friday, Postbank said a recent scam involves fraudsters impersonating Postbank officials and […]
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Wed 04 June 2025: More than 200,000 Afghans have left Pakistan since the government renewed a deportation drive in April, Islamabad’s ministry of interior told AFP. More than 135,000 Afghans left Pakistan in April, while the number dropped to 67,000 in May and more than 3,000 were sent back in the first two days of June, according to the […]
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Wed 04 June 2025: Political analyst suggests Shivambu’s redeployment from MK Party secretary-general to Parliament signals declining influence and reflects the party’s core identity and internal power struggles. The recent redeployment of Floyd Shivambu from his role as secretary-general of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party to an ordinary Member of Parliament has prompted much discussion. […]
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Wed 04 June 2025: Researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a modern-day scourge polluting oceans and harming wildlife. While scientists have long experimented with biodegradable plastics, researchers from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science and the University of Tokyo say their new material breaks down much more […]
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