South Africa Top Stories

    Russian missile attack kills 10 in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, officials say
    A Russian missile attack killed 10 people on Tuesday in a village in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, Ukrainian authorities said.
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    Two students dead in Philippines school shooting including gunman, officials say
    Two students were killed in a shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, one of them the gunman, and the situation was now under control, officials said, the second such incident in the country in less than two months.
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    At a Gaza zoo, war takes its toll on the animals
    As children walked into the zoo near Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp, they found a lion barely looking back at them through the bars of its cage and chimpanzees sitting listlessly in their enclosure.
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    Williams sisters beaten on doubles return at Cincinnati Open
    Serena Williams and Venus Williams said they had a good time on their return to doubles action for the first time since 2022, despite suffering an opening round defeat at the Cincinnati Open on Monday.
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    WHAT’S COOKING: Creamy biltong and mushroom pasta with coriander
    Combine the traditional flavours that go with biltong, including coriander, with the happy marriage of mushrooms, cream and black pepper, for a pasta sauce that is one part Italian and another part South African.
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    OP-ED: Enter, the age of provenance — or the week AI started tagging itself
    AI models and platforms now tag and detect AI-generated content, forcing us to define authorship, disclosure and where human judgement must prevail.
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    Trump says Iran won’t make deal he thinks is needed, threatens to bomb Oman
    WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran would not make the deal he thinks is needed to end a war with the U.S.and should surrender as talks between the countries remained stalled.
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    Zambia’s Hichilema re-elected though cost-of-living pressures dent his support
    LUSAKA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema was re-elected for a second term, but the opposition leader put in an unexpectedly strong showing, capitalising on public frustration with lingering hardships despite an economic turnaround.
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    By siloing human rights from animal welfare, our regulatory framework makes it harder to see what – or rather who – such cross-species harms have in common.
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    HUNGRY HOMES: At the heart of the home, gogo Toti goes without so grandchildren can eat
    Gogo Thozama Toti (68) of Emaxelegwini near Ngcobo, Eastern Cape, routinely skips meals so her grandchildren can eat. Noodles for the kids, hunger for the adults in her three-roomed mud home.
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