Year: 2026
News24 | First European-owned ship openly crosses Strait of Hormuz
A container ship signalling French ownership has exited the Strait of Hormuz, in what appears to be the first known transit by a vessel linked to Western Europe since the Iran war all but shuttered the vital waterway.
Continue ReadingNews24 | US fighter jet shot down over Iran, search underway for crew
A US fighter jet was shot down over Iran and a search and rescue operation was underway for any survivors, a US official said on Friday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | UPDATE | ‘Doctors did their best’: Motsoaledi on death of one of separated conjoined twins
President Cyril Ramaphosa hailed them as “miracle workers”. But on Friday, the team of doctors who separated Limpopo’s conjoined twins on 29 January during complex surgery at Mankweng Hospital were mourning the loss of one of the babies.
Continue ReadingNews24 | I visited Cat Heaven in Cape Town – home to 22 rescues that you can have cake with
Home to 22 rescues, this Somerset West cat cafe provides hours of feline therapy – and great cake and coffee – to raise awareness of the beauty of shelter cats and the need to adopt, not shop.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Five EU nations urge tax on energy firms’ windfall profits
Spain and four other European Union nations have called for a tax on windfall profits of energy companies in response to rising fuel prices due to the Middle East war.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Trump weighs broader Cabinet shake-up as Iran war pressure grows
According to Reuters, US President Donald Trump is considering a broader Cabinet shake-up in the wake of Attorney General Pam Bondi’s removal this week, as he grows increasingly frustrated with the political fallout from the war with Iran, five people familiar with internal White House...
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Here are the Daily Lotto and Daily Lotto Plus numbers.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Middle East war presents ‘serious risk’ for Africa: report
The Middle East war “presents a serious risk to Africa”, the African Union and the African Development Bank (AfDB) said in a report seen by AFP on Saturday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Trump gives Iran 48 hours to make deal or face ‘Hell’
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Tehran had 48 hours left to cut a deal or face “all Hell”, as US and Iranian forces scrambled to find a downed American airman.
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