While it may have been a shock to see Rafael Nadal kicked out of the Australian Open on Wednesday, the reality is that it shouldn’t come as a surprise. The real shock came last year when he punched above his…
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, a global progressive political figure, stunned the country on Thursday by announcing she would step down from office within weeks. The 42-year-old – who has led the country through natural disasters, the Covid pandemic…
Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) may take control of the City of Ekurhuleni and the ANC return to the City of Joburg. That is if the plan by the opposition party in the two metros succeeded. Discussions are underway…
Tigers are not animals. It cannot be said more clearly than this. But, for some inexplicable reason, people insist on keeping it. A three-day hunt after a leopard escaped a private farm in the south of Johannesburg culminated in the…
Every time he brags about relocating the city center in Arctic Sweden, Kiruna mayor Gunnar Selberg gets a replacement from a disgruntled citizen: his wife. “I told him, ‘Can you imagine? To be part of it! We are building a…
Russian authorities on Wednesday announced they had killed a soldier who had left a military base, with state media identifying the man as an armed deserter from the war in Ukraine. “Dmitry Perov, wanting to leave an illegal military unit,…
The Church of England will not change its rules to allow priests to marry same-sex couples after five years of internal debate over the issue, it was announced on Wednesday. “Under these proposals, same-sex couples will still not be able…
Acrid smoke billows amid sawdust beneath the majestic Nyiragongo volcano, creating a scene of devastation in the heart of the lush natural treasure of eastern DR Congo. In less than two months, more than 200 hectares (500 acres) of forest…
A man from Iran has been imprisoned for more than eight years after decapitating his wife and displaying her head in public, in a case that shocked the country, the court said Wednesday. Mona Heidari, 17, was killed in February…
At least 70 people have been killed in a wave of freezing temperatures sweeping Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday, as the extreme weather deepened a humanitarian crisis in the impoverished country. Since January 10, the mercury has plummeted in Kabul and…