22+ hour, 3+ min ago   (476+ words) Most athletes might bristle at seeing their records being broken. When eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt learned that a robot in China had eclipsed his 100-metres world record by almost a second, he was rather amused by the turn of…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (821+ words) What do a DJ, a footballer, an actor, a podcaster, a controversial TV show presenter and a poet have in common? They are among a number of celebrities who have thrown their hats into the ring for the local government…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (861+ words) The mysterious virus that has caused thousands of dead sardines and pilchards to wash ashore from Cape Town to Gqeberha and beyond will hurt consumers, the economy and our marine life. That’s according to marine experts and fishing and socioeconomic…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (684+ words) Earth cooked during its hottest month on record in August, blowing far past a key climate threshold due to the dangerous double whammy of human-caused climate change and a supersized El Niño, according to the European climate service Copernicus. August’s…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (605+ words) Britain has spent nearly $40m (R637m) on SpaceX satellite services, deepening its reliance on Elon Musk’s company for military communications despite growing European concerns about dependence on US security infrastructure. The spending was disclosed in response to a freedom of information request…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1408+ words) There are two ways that civilians from around the world, including from South Africa, are being deceived by Russia into participation in the war with Ukraine, research by Amnesty International shows. The first involves recruiting foreign nationals by approaching them…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (156+ words) Volkswagen estimates the total cost of job cuts and potential plant closures, part of a landmark restructuring pact struck last week, at about €16bn (R299.46bn), a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The German carmaker, Europe’s largest, has embarked on…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (174+ words) Searchers in southeastern China have found another body after rain-triggered landslides last weekend in Jiangxi province, raising the death toll to 16, state media said on Thursday. The deaths were spread across three towns in Suichuan county, where heavy rain drenched…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (610+ words) Israel opened its first embassy in Slovenia on Wednesday, boosting relations with the small EU nation even as ties sour with some long-time allies over its policy on illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar…...

5+ day, 54+ min ago   (595+ words) By Andreas Rinke and Kirsti Knolle German chancellor Friedrich Merz accused the Alternative for Germany on Wednesday of supporting Russia against Germany’s interests and advocating anti-migration policies that were tantamount to “ethnic cleansing”. Merz was addressing the German parliament following…...