Ninety-five Libyans found at a suspected military camp in South Africa’s northeast in July would be deported back to their country, the home affairs ministry said.The Libyan men have been detained since 26 July when police raided the remote training camp near the town of White River about 360 kilometres east of Johannesburg. “They were...
WELLINGTON – New Zealand police said yesterday they have recovered 29 methamphetamine tablets disguised as pineapple sweets that were mistakenly handed out to the public in charity packs. Police are racing to track down more of the brightly-wrapped drugs, which were anonymously donated to anti-poverty charity Auckland City Mission and unwittingly redistributed.In tests, one of...
KYIV – President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday Ukrainian troops had “advanced well” in Russia’s Kursk region, as Kyiv’s biggest cross-border attack stretched into a second week. The Ukrainian army entered the Kursk region on 6 August, capturing dozens of settlements in the biggest offensive by a foreign army on Russian soil since World War II....
UNITED NATIONS – Dai Bing, China’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, on Wednesday urged the international community to earnestly respect South Sudan’s sovereignty and ownership in its political transition, and refrain from interventionist pressurising or imposing external standards. South Sudan has been making great efforts to promote political transition and maintain national stability,...
DAKAR – Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Wednesday called for “appropriate recovery measures” for the national press, following sweeping strikes by the media industry over perceived economic pressures and threats to press freedom. Faye demanded a “renewed dialogue with the national press,” which “deserves the particular attention of the government and appropriate recovery measures”,...
BENGALURU – Climate change played a key factor in torrential rains in India that triggered catastrophic landslides, killing at least 200 people last month, a group of scientists said yesterday. Monsoon rains battered the southern coastal state of Kerala and triggered landslides on 30 July, burying homes and residents in Wayanad district under tonnes of...
LONDON – UK police have arrested over 1 000 people in connection with riots which took place over the last two weeks in England, officials said on Tuesday. “Forces across the country have now made more than 1 000 arrests in connection with the recent violent disorder,” the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) said on...
UNITED STATES – Nearly half-a-billion children are facing twice as many days of extreme heat each year or more than their grandparents did, the UN said on Tuesday, warning of deadly consequences. As climate change continues to push up temperatures globally, one in five children, some 466 million kids, live in areas that are registering...
LOS ANGELES – Voters in Arizona will join several other US states in deciding whether to expand abortion access after a new initiative qualified for the November ballot on Monday. The initiative would allow access to abortions for pregnancies up to 24 weeks after conception, a significant increase from the state’s current 15-week limit. It...
NAIROBI – The African Union’s health watchdog on Tuesday declared a public health emergency over the growing mpox outbreak on the continent, saying the move is a “clarion call for action”. The outbreak has swept through several African countries, particularly the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the virus formerly called monkeypox was first discovered in...