Wed 06 August 2025: China has approved the ninth batch of applications from research institutions for borrowing lunar samples returned by the Chang’e-5 and Chang’e-6 Moon missions, state media reported Monday. The Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center, which operates under the China National Space Administration, released the approved list, said state-run Xinhua News Agency. […]
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Wed 06 August 2025: ◼️ Thin (blue) line of policing: South Africa’s police serves the ANC insiders, not the people – and a politicised leadership has effectively stopped policing various categories of crime, including fraud, corruption, and certain types of theft involving politically connected people, two researchers have warned. https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/crime/thin-blue-line-of-policing/ ————- ◼️ Soaring electricity prices […]
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Wed 06 August 2025: Experts warn that unsustainable tariff hikes, which have risen 600% in recent years, are pushing millions towards energy poverty and creating a volatile environment. A crisis is brewing in South Africa, not of bombs and bullets, but of skyrocketing electricity costs that threaten to ignite widespread social unrest. With tariffs having surged […]
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Tue 05 August 2025: Petrol consumers will breathe a sigh of relief at the pumps this month, as the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) has announced a decrease in the price of fuel for the month of August. Those who use diesel and paraffin, however, will have to dig deeper into their pockets, […]
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Tue 05 August 2025: At least 80 people have died and over 2,100 cases have been recorded in Sudan’s five Darfur states until July 30, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Sunday, Anadolu reports. In a statement, UNICEF said 20 people lost their lives to the outbreak while 1,180 cases were reported in Tawila, in […]
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Tue 05 August 2025: Russian President Vladimir Putin claims, without providing evidence, that Ukraine was involved in the attack, an allegation Kyiv vehemently denies. The trial has begun for 19 defendants accused of involvement in the 2024 shooting attack in a Moscow concert hall that killed 149 people, and wounded over 600, in one of […]
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Tue 05 August 2025: The group’s letter says the Israeli army has already achieved its objectives and the release of Israeli captives can be achieved only through a deal. More than 600 former Israeli security chiefs have urged United States President Donald Trump to bring an end to Israel’s war on Gaza as deaths of […]
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Tue 05 August 2025: On Monday, Sudan alleged that the United Arab Emirates recruited Colombian mercenaries to support the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in their fight against the government-aligned Sudanese army. Since April 2023, the conflict between the Sudanese army and the RSF has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and triggered the […]
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Tue 05 August 2025: China is restricting supplies of critical minerals to Western defense firms, delaying production and forcing them to seek alternatives in other markets, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources at the companies. For example, the newspaper points out, one drone manufacturer that supplies the US military was forced to delay orders […]
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Tue 05 August 2025: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer‘s “one in, one out” deal to return English Channel migrants to France will come into force on Tuesday, with detentions set to begin by the end of the week. The deal, which has now been approved by the European Commission, means the UK will be able to send people […]
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