Wed 01 October 2025: Battlefield and Madden NFL developer agrees to sell itself in a deal that would be the largest leveraged buyout in history. Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, an investment company run by the son-in-law of the United States president, and a California-based private equity firm have bought gaming industry giant Electronic Arts […]
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Wed 01 October 2025: Authorities say six people are still alive under the rubble of the school and in contact with rescue workers. At least 91 people remain trapped under building rubble following a school collapse in Indonesia, government authorities said. Indonesia’s National Agency for Disaster Management, or BNPB, reported the latest figures on Tuesday […]
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Wed 01 October 2025: The Taliban has refuted claims of imposing a nationwide internet ban amid a recent communications blackout in Afghanistan this week. In a statement provided to Pakistani journalists via a chat group on Wednesday, Taliban representatives attributed the disruptions to aging fibre-optic cables requiring replacement. “There is nothing like the rumours being […]
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Wed 01 October 2025: The 5G competition between the US and China has intensified as preparations for 6G continue. The US was the first country to utilize 5G in 2018, and its four major carriers began offering the service across the nation in 2019. South Korea was the second to establish its 5G network, which […]
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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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