Thu 24 April 2025: India and Pakistan have taken reciprocal measures, including the suspension of bilateral pacts and closing the only legally operating land border, after an attack in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 26 people, Anadolu Agency reports. New Delhi, on Wednesday, suspended its decades-old Indus Waters Treaty, under which two nuclear-armed neighbours regulate […]
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Thu 24 April 2025: Spain has canceled a €6.6m deal to purchase millions of bullets from an Israeli firm after junior coalition partners labeled it a “clear violation” of the agreement supporting Spain’s efforts to hold Israel accountable for its actions in Gaza. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, a vocal critic of Israel’s conduct in the […]
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Thu 24 April 2025: The VAT increase will be scrapped, with the National Treasury confirming that the rate will remain at 15% from 1 May 2025. This follows weeks of consultations with political parties and a review of recommendations from parliamentary committees. The Treasury has acknowledged that keeping the VAT rate unchanged will leave a […]
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Thu 24 April 2025: Millions of people in Ethiopia are on the brink of starvation as the World Food Programme (WFP) prepares to suspend malnutrition treatment for 650,000 women and children by the end of April. The decision comes after the UN agency received less than half the funding it had secured in the previous […]
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Thu 24 April 2025: Meta-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp is releasing a feature, which will let users to browse channel photos, videos, GIFs, and links, and it’s available to some beta testers. This feature would allow users to save specific updates within a channel for easy access later, similar to how starred messages work in […]
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The Indian security agencies Wednesday released the sketches of three men suspected to be involved in the terror attack that killed 26 people, mostly tourists, near Pahalgam in south Kashmir. Thu 24 April 2025: Founded in 2019, the little-known group has now taken centre stage in the conflict between India and the rebels. New Delhi, […]
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Thu 24 April 2025: Schools should be a safe environment, a place of learning where children can develop their potential. In South Africa, many public schools aren’t like this. Instead they are hothouses for teachers’ poor performance, financial mismanagement, assault and sexual misconduct. When cases of misconduct in schools emerge, they tend to follow the same pattern: public outcry, media […]
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Thu 24 April 2025: Britain’s manufacturers will start cutting jobs “within weeks” unless the government can strike a deal to safeguard the UK economy from US President Donald Trump’s trade war, industry leaders have told MPs. Senior executives from the UK’s automotive, manufacturing and energy sectors warned a committee of MPs to expect job losses […]
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Thu 24 April 2025: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Pretoria, South Africa early Thursday for talks with President Cyril Ramaphosa on bilateral cooperation, trade and the war with Russia. Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola welcomed Zelenskyy upon arrival. According to a government statement, the visit provides the two countries an “opportunity to discuss bilateral relations […]
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Thu 24 April 2025: Russia said on Wednesday that it raised Afghanistan’s diplomatic representation in the country to the ambassadorial level, as Moscow suspended its ban on the activities of the Taliban in a decision made last week. The decision was conveyed during a meeting between Russian officials and Afghanistan’s interim foreign and interior ministers, […]
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