Mon 06 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ SA airport named the best in Africa: During the annual Skytrax World Airport Awards, the South African airport also received awards for the best staff among airports in Africa, as well as recognition as the cleanest airport on the continent. O.R. Tambo […]
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Mon 06 April 2026: Iran & the US have received Pakistan-mediated ceasefire plan including immediate truce & Hormuz reopening within days, with 15-20 days for broader deal, as regional countries try to stabilize global oil flows. A Pakistan-mediated framework to halt the U.S.-Iran war has emerged as a time-sensitive diplomatic push, linking an immediate ceasefire […]
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Sat 04 April 2026: Zimbabwe and Zambia have pushed back against ‘lopsided’ agreements after US asks for health data and minerals. In late 2025 after the United States shocked the world by suspending global health aid and experts said it would lead to 700,000 more deaths, mostly of children, each year, Washington began proposing unusual […]
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Sat 04 April 2026: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says ‘multiple attacks’ on Iranian healthcare facilities have been reported. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned against US-Israeli attacks on Iranian health facilities amid the ongoing war, following attacks on one of the oldest research and health facilities in Tehran, the Pasteur Institute. In a post on […]
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Sat 04 April 2026: As of midmorning Friday, the crew were about 100,000 miles (160,000 kilometres) from Earth and were quickly closing in on the moon. NASA has released the first images taken from inside the Artemis II Orion spacecraft, where four astronauts are currently travelling on a mission around the moon. In a photograph shared on […]
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Sat 04 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ Will SA receive reparations from UK and Netherlands for colonialism? The question comes as momentum builds across the continent after the African Union’s (AU) declaration of a “decade for reparations”. At an AU assembly session in Ethiopia in February 2026, African leaders […]
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Fri 03 April 2026: The Fars news agency reports Iranian military launched a search operation to locate the pilot of the aircraft. Iranian forces have launched a search operation for the crew of a United States fighter jet which was downed by an air defence system, Iranian media reported. Iranian military forces were conducting a […]
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Fri 03 April 2026: US President Donald Trump has requested Congress to increase defence spending by an astonishing $1.5 trillion. Though the move comes amid the war with Iran, Trump and his hawkish cabinet have long pushed allies to increase their defence budgets, and he has also said he wants to raise US military spending […]
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Fri 03 April 2026: World food prices rose 2.4% in March from the previous month, driven by higher energy costs linked to escalating conflict in the Middle East, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Friday. The increase marked the second consecutive monthly rise, with prices climbing across all major commodity groups, including cereals, […]
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Fri 03 April 2026: More than 1 million people have been displaced in Lebanon over the past month following Israeli attacks, with one in every five people in the country currently displaced, according to the UNHCR. UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch told Anadolu that the humanitarian situation in Lebanon is “deepening day by day.” “We […]
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