Fri 14 August 2026: Electricity prices have become one of the biggest burdens on South African households, with families increasingly forced to choose between paying for power and covering other basic needs. Rising tariffs have combined with transport costs and food inflation to squeeze already stretched incomes across the country. Lisa Makaula, advocacy and programme […]
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Fri 14 August 2026: Samsung Research on Friday detailed two artificial intelligence models designed to identify health patterns in data collected by wearable devices, as the technology company expands its research into continuous health monitoring. The models, called xMAE and HiMAE, are designed to analyze so-called biosignals — measurements such as heart activity, movement and […]
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Fri 14 August 2026: The Malian government has announced that 82 of its soldiers, who were being held captive by armed groups in the northern region of the country, have been released and are now under government custody. According to a statement broadcast on state television by the Malian army on Thursday, these soldiers had been taken […]
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Fri 14 August 2026: US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a proclamation imposing tariffs of up to 100% on imported drones and their components, citing national security and supply chain concerns. The White House said in a statement that a 100% ad valorem tariff – charged as a percentage of the value of a […]
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Fri 14 August 2026: The head of US Central Command (CENTCOM) is pushing for the resumption of attacks on Iran, including strikes on oil, gas and electricity facilities, to increase pressure on Tehran, Israeli media claimed Thursday. Israel’s Channel 13, citing unnamed informed political sources, said Adm. Brad Cooper presented the proposal during a visit […]
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Fri 14 August 2026: The findings come days after chief minister Pema Khandu rejected reports of Chinese encroachment in Arunachal Pradesh’s Taksing area. New Delhi: A fact-finding team formed to assess the ground situation in Arunachal Pradesh have alleged that Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) personnel have effectively denied Indian forces access to key patrolling […]
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Fri 14 August 2026: Australia’s spy agency issued a stark warning to politicians and public servants last week: do not discuss sensitive or classified information in vehicles. Speaking at senate estimates, ASIO Deputy Director-General Lisa Alonso Love said the warning concerned “any vehicle, whether it’s connected or not”. But she added that “connected vehicles” may come with […]
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Fri 14 August 2026: Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, has won back his parliamentary seat after defeating his chief rival Count Binface in a by-election he forced by resigning the previous month. Farage received 22,239 votes in the Clacton by-election compared with 9,455 for serial joke candidate Binface, who wears a rubbish can on his […]
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Fri 14 August 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ South Africa’s healthcare crisis: South Africa had 1 518 vacant medical posts at the end of March, but the National Department of Health says it does not know how many doctors who completed community service remain unemployed. The disclosure comes as […]
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Fri 14 August 2026: Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will group senior ministers, hold joint exercises and deepen defence industry cooperation under a military pact signed between the regional powers last week, Turkey’s defence ministry said on Thursday. The three Sunni Muslim U.S. allies, alarmed by a regional conflagration that has brought Iranian missile fire […]
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