Brazil's upcoming presidential runoff election carries high stakes for South Africa, threatening key Global South partnerships, multilateral cooperation and shared commitments to human rights and democracy.
TUNIS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Tunisian police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in Ettadhamen, a suburb of the capital, after the death of a man detained on suspicion of drug dealing, amid clashes with police in two towns in southern Tunisia.
TOKYO/BEIJING/AMSTERDAM, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Global firms and governments rushed on Thursday to patch critical flaws in the PHP programming language that underpins much of the internet, as cloud firms reported a surge of hacking attempts after the vulnerabilities were disclosed.
Athletics South Africa has adopted the recommendation to remove rogue president James Moloi for misusing the federation’s credit. But World Athletics also wants the the athletics body to overhaul its leadership structure and constitution.
After a decade of blocking marine reserves with Moscow, Beijing seems to have unveiled its own - in a Soviet-named sea. A Daily Maverick investigation uncovers a second Russian connection: a Chinese bid to rewrite the Southern Ocean’s conservation rules, which mirrors changes pushed by Moscow.
Exploring more than 50 African islands means chartering flights in wonky planes with laissez-faire pilots and testing the seaworthiness of all manner of vessels, all while taking in the salt, sun and palms.
Oct 22 (Reuters) - Microsoft researchers say an AI tool that diagnoses patients step by step, as doctors do, was more than twice as accurate as general physicians at solving complex medical cases, according to a study published on Thursday in Science.
KATHMANDU, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Nepal will receive $20m in aid from the United Nations' climate loss and damage fund after the devastating flood along its border with China’s Tibet region in August, the government said late on Thursday.
The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement offers Dirco a temporary lifeline, but underlying governance failures, unstaffed embassies and decaying overseas properties show South Africa’s diplomatic corps remains deeply in crisis.
The Constitutional Court’s refugee judgment protects constitutional rights. Misreading it fuels xenophobia, threatens democracy and imperils the rule of law.