AvatarResearch Dept.AvatarAvatar9 hours agoSouth Africa: Girl, 8, only survivor as 45 killed in bus crashverified_publisherBBC News - By Phelan ChatterjeeBBC News An eight-year-old girl is the only survivor after a bus carrying Easter pilgrims plunges into a ravine. South Africa: Girl, 8, only survivor as 45 killed in bus crash
AvatarResearch Dept.AvatarAvatar14 hours agoWarning Sirens Over South AfricaThe Wall Street Journal.Your editorial “ South Africa Joins the Anti-U.S. Axis ” (March 24) concludes that “Congress is right to put Pretoria on notice” due to South Africa’s damaging foreign policy, but there is a crucial point to add. South Africa’s parliament has recently approved legislation to allow expropriation of …
AvatarResearch Dept.FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoEight countries that could cease to exist and instead become one giant nationexpress.co.uk - Alice ScarsiThis political unification is decades in the making but has been slowed down by major issues. Eight sovereign states in the African continent are …
AvatarResearch Dept.FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo12 hours agoJacob Zuma barred from running in South Africa electionbbc.co.uk - BBC NewsFormer President Jacob Zuma has been barred from running in South Africa's general election in May. The country's electoral commission, or IEC, has not given a reason. However, his 2021 conviction and jailing for contempt of court would appear to disqualify him. His backing of the new uMkhonto we …
AvatarResearch Dept.FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoChina-India Face-off in the Indian Oceanasiasentinel.comBy: Salman Rafi Sheikh‘Ahoy – is that a PLA ship?’ Photo from India MODWhen a Chinese armed forces delegation visited the Indian Ocean states of …
AvatarResearch Dept.AvatarAvatar4 days agoKamala Harris says U.S. not ruling out consequences in case of Rafah offensiveRaw Story - DPA InternationalThe U.S. government is not ruling out consequences for Israel if it goes ahead with plans for a ground offensive in Rafah, plans that the White …
AvatarResearch Dept.FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo3 days agoJapan to sell fighter jets in latest break from post-war pacifist idealsbbc.co.uk - By Kelly NgJapan's cabinet has approved the export of new fighter jets it is developing with the UK and Italy, in the latest move away from its pacifist policies. It eased arms export rules to allow the jets to be sold to countries that Japan has signed defence pacts with, and where there is no ongoing …
AvatarResearch Dept.AvatarAvatar4 days agoMexican president takes aim at U.S. politiciansverified_publisherCBS NewsMexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador responded to U.S. House Speaker Johnson's comment that Mexico "will do what we say." Mexican President …
AvatarResearch Dept.FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo3 days agoWest Papua: The Torture Mode Of Governancecounterpunch.org - Julie WarkBudi Hernawan said it ten years ago: “torture in Papua … has become a mode of governance.” It hasn’t stopped. It’s got worse. It’s got worse …
AvatarResearch Dept.AvatarAvatar3 days agoEcuador's youngest mayor, Brigitte Garcia, and her adviser are found shot to death inside carverified_publisherCBS NewsEcuador's youngest mayor was found shot to death Sunday, police said, as the South American country approaches its third month of a state of …
AvatarResearch Dept.AvatarAvatar5 days agoHouthis Fired Missile at Chinese-Owned Ship in Red Sea, US Saysverified_publisherBloomberg - By Yi Wei WongYemen-based Houthis fired a missile at a Chinese-owned oil tanker called M/V Huang Pu on Saturday, the US Central Command said. The Iranian-backed …
AvatarResearch Dept.5 days ago'Good news': US greenlights military aid for Baltic StatesEuronewsWashington has approved €210 million in defence aid for the three states on NATO's eastern frontier.