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  • A man walks in front of a destroyed school in the city of Bakhmut, in the eastern Ukranian region of Donbas, on May 28, 2022, on the 94th day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

    Russia says missiles sank Ukrainian warship in Odessa port strikes

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced Saturday's strike on the Odessa port -that came just one day after the warring sides struck a deal to resume exports blocked by the conflict - as "Russian barbarism".

    16 days ago
  • This handout photograph taken on 21 July 2022 and released by Sri Lanka's Parliament shows president-elect Ranil Wickremesinghe (C) signing documents during the swearing-in ceremony as Sri Lanka's President, at the parliament in Colombo. Picture: Ishara Kodikara/Sri Lanka's parliament/AFP

    Sri Lanka president's office to reopen after crackdown

    The colonial-era building was occupied earlier this month by protesters angered by the island nation's unprecedented economic crisis.

    16 days ago
  • Residents try to extinguish a fire burning near houses at Vatera coastal resort on the eastern island of Lesbos on July 23, 2022. Residents were evacuated as the wilfire threatened properties. Picture:Manolis LAGOUTARIS / AFP.

    Greece battles fierce wildfires amid heatwave

    The country is in the grip of a heatwave that began on Saturday and is expected to last 10 days. Temperatures were set to rise to 42 degrees Celsius (107 degrees Fahrenheit) in some regions.

    16 days ago
  • Monkeypox belongs to the Poxviridae family of viruses, which includes smallpox. Picture: CDC/Cynthia S. Goldsmith

    WHO declares monkeypox outbreak a global public health emergency

    This is the highest alarm the organisation can sound.

    16 days ago
  • Ukraine is (used to be?) one of the largest grain exporters in the world. © yanadjana/123rf.com

    Hope around global food crisis after Russia, Ukraine sign grain export deal

    The deal will free up millions of tons of grain blockaded since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

    16 days ago
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    'Panama Papers' whistleblower says Russia 'wants me dead'

    Germany's Der Spiegel magazine quoted the whistleblower under his pseudonym John Doe as saying he had evidence of financial wrongdoing by top Russian officials and their allies which helped fund the war in Ukraine.

    16 days ago
  • Excerpt: Image credits: Screengrab of CEO Ian McDermott from Peabody video, photo of Sheila Seleoane from @WhyUfikelate on Twitter

    Landlord apologises over SA-linked woman who lay dead in UK flat for 2 years

    Sheila Seleoane's remains were discovered in her London apartment more than two years after she died.

    16 days ago
  • opera-123rfjpg

    Austrian conductor dead after collapse at German opera

    Stefan Soltesz died after collapsing while conducting a performance in Munich, the city's opera house said.

    16 days ago
  • vince-mcmahon-twitterjpg

    Wrestling boss Vince McMahon retires from WWE amid sexual misconduct allegations

    McMahon stepped down from his roles with WWE last month pending the results of an internal investigation after allegations he had an affair with an employee and paid her $3 million to keep the matter secret.

    17 days ago
  • Monkeypox belongs to the Poxviridae family of viruses, which includes smallpox. Picture: CDC/Cynthia S. Goldsmith

    WHO to say if it will classify monkeypox as a global health emergency

    The head of the World Health Organization is on Saturday expected to declare if the agency has decided to classify the outbreak as a global health emergency -- the highest alarm it can sound.

    17 days ago
  • Picture: Twitter/@LOTRUpdates

    Amazon forges 'Lord of the Rings' prequel hype at Comic-Con

    The enormously ambitious small-screen saga set in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's books has been in the works since Amazon Prime bought the rights for $250 million almost five years ago.

    17 days ago
  • Security personnel stand guard outside the Sri Lankan Presidential Secretariat building in Colombo on 22 July 2022. Picture: Arun SANKAR/AFP

    Sri Lanka troops demolish main protest camp

    Troops and police Special Task Force commandos wielding batons and armed with automatic assault rifles swooped in on protesters blocking the Presidential Secretariat.

    18 days ago
  • FILE: Former US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One before departing Harlingen, Texas on 12 January 2021. Picture: AFP

    US Capitol riot probe slams Trump inaction, urges accountability

    Committee chairman Bennie Thompson, speaking at the televised finale of a series of public hearings, said Trump "recklessly blazed a path of lawlessness and corruption" as he sought to overturn the results of the 2020 US election.

    18 days ago
  • FILE: US President Joe Biden. Picture: Drew Angerer/AFP

    Biden positive for COVID, symptoms 'very mild'

    Biden, who posted a picture of himself working at his desk, tweeted that he was "doing great" -- and apologised for missing a scheduled event in Pennsylvania.

    18 days ago
  • Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi delivers a speech during a visit to a new vaccination centre at Fiumicino Airport near Rome, on 12 March 2021, amid the covid-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic. Picture: Guglielmo Mangiapane/AFP

    Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigns after coalition implodes

    The internationally respected 74-year-old formally handed his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella, whose role it is to now guide the country out of the crisis.

    19 days ago
  • Grain. Picture: freeimages.com

    Turkey says 'optimistic' Russia can agree to grain deal

    Turkey's foreign minister said Thursday he was "optimistic" a deal could be reached soon that addressed Russian concerns and allowed Ukrainian grain to flow across the Black Sea.

    19 days ago
  • This handout photograph taken on 21 July 2022 and released by Sri Lanka's Parliament shows president-elect Ranil Wickremesinghe (C) signing documents during the swearing-in ceremony as Sri Lanka's President, at the parliament in Colombo. Picture: Ishara Kodikara/Sri Lanka's parliament/AFP

    New Sri Lanka president sworn in eyeing unity government

    Sri Lanka's six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in Thursday as president of the crisis-hit island nation, with plans to form a unity government to manage the turmoil.

    19 days ago
  • US President Joe Biden. Picture: AFP.

    Biden seeks to revive climate agenda as heat waves slam US, Europe

    Rocketing summer temperatures have highlighted the growing threat, with 100 million people in the United States currently under excessive heat alerts and devastatingly hot conditions causing misery across Europe.

    19 days ago
  • FILE: A man with a blistering monkeypox rash. Picture: © halfpoint/123rf.com

    WHO to decide on sounding highest alarm on monkeypox

    A second meeting of the WHO's emergency committee on the virus will be held to examine the evidence on the worsening situation, with nearly 14,000 cases reported from more than 70 countries.

    19 days ago
  • This handout picture taken and released by the Ukrainian presidential press service on June 5, 2022, shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting on the current situation in the region during a working trip to the Zaporizhzhia region. Picture: Handout / Ukrainian Presidential Press Service / AFP

    Ukraine's Zelenksy moves against 'spies' and acts of 'high treason'

    His dismissal of SBU security chief Ivan Bakanov, a childhood friend of President Zelensky, and of prosecutor general Iryna Venediktova, is unprecedented since the start of the invasion.

    19 days ago
  • FILE: "I ask citizens to exercise extreme caution," the premier said. Picture: Pexels.com

    Spain's PM estimates more than 500 died from recent heat wave

    'During this heatwave, more than 500 people died because of such high temperatures, according to the statistics,' Sanchez said, referring to a public health institute estimate based on excess mortality rates.

    19 days ago
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