Wed 01 October 2025: When Keir Starmer moved into 10 Downing Street in July 2024, many observers wondered whether Britain’s new Labour government might still be working in the shadow of former Premier Tony Blair. The new prime minister had drawn on Blair’s old advisers, and the comparison seemed inevitable. But after US President Donald […]
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Wed 01 October 2025: US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is giving Hamas three to four days to respond to his 20-point Gaza peace plan, warning of dire consequences if the group rejects it. “We’re going to do about three or four days. We’ll see how it is,” Trump told reporters when asked about […]
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Wed 01 October 2025: Ships of the Global Sumud Flotilla sailing toward the Gaza Strip are preparing for a possible interception by Israel as they approach a designated high-risk zone in the eastern Mediterranean, Italy’s La Stampa reported Tuesday. Two of the flotilla’s vessels, Jeannot III and Estrella, are continuing their courses with an expected […]
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Wed 01 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ ‘Worst political interference’: A week after former national police minister Nathi Mthethwa was fingered in the Madlanga Commission, he was found dead outside a hotel in Paris. Mthethwa, the country’s ambassador to France, was discovered at the foot of the Hyatt Regency hotel […]
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Wed 01 October 2025: Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) Spokesperson Monde Mkalipi warns against paying through suspicious links or unauthorised platforms as the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) system rolls out nationally. He cautioned that fraudulent “ghost fines” are already targeting motorists ahead of the implementation. The RTIA has raised concerns about fraudsters […]
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Tue 30 September 2025: South Africa’s ambassador to France has been found dead at the foot of the Hyatt Regency hotel, a high-rise tower in Porte Maillot in the west of Paris, newspapers Le Parisien and Le Figaro reported on Tuesday. A spokesperson for Paris Police declined to comment. Calls to the South African Embassy […]
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Tue 30 September 2025: The immediate flashpoint this weekend was Bareilly, where a post-Friday prayer protest turned violent, prompting police action, detentions, arrests and an internet shutdown. Lucknow: What began as a seemingly routine decoration in Kanpur on the eve of Eid Milad-un-Nabi has spiraled for over three weeks into one of the most volatile religious controversies in […]
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Tue 30 September 2025: WhatsApp has announced new features aimed at enhancing the user experience. iOS users can now send Live Photos, and Android users can send Motion Photos. This functionality allows users to send photos that include sound and movement. The update also includes several key additions: Personalized Themes: Users can now create personalized chat themes and video call […]
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The Conjurer, c. 1502. Workshop of Hieronymus Bosch Tue 30 September 2025: What do Tiger Woods, Ben Stiller, Australian pensioners and dating app users have in common? Despite being from different walks of life, they have all fallen prey to various scams. In 2024, more than A$2.03 billion was lost to scams in Australia across 494,732 reported cases. Most of these scams were […]
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Tue 30 September 2025: A senior official in the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Taher al-Nounou, said on Monday evening “We were not part of the negotiations on the current American plan.” In a press statement, Al-Nounou said that “the release of the Israeli prisoners is linked to ending the war and the withdrawal of the […]
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