Just days after Britain’s failed satellite launch, Sweden was inaugurated on Friday as the new launch site as it races to become the first country to send a satellite into orbit from continental Europe. Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf, European…
Bankrupt Sri Lanka will drastically reduce its military, the defense ministry said on Friday, as the government works to repair its shambolic finances after an unprecedented economic crisis. The island nation is still reeling from months of food and fuel…
South Korean police on Friday blamed negligence and a failure to plan for last year’s Halloween massacre in Seoul that killed more than 150 people. Scores of young people in party costumes, mostly women in their 20s, were killed in…
Space defence, US troop deployment and “very important” deal with Britain: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida collected more than souvenirs on a whirlwind diplomatic tour. Defense has dominated the agenda this week in meetings with the Group of Seven allies…
Thousands of Catholic Christians attend a special mass on the banks of the Jordan River in the annual pilgrimage to the site where faithful believers Jesus Christ was baptized. “This is the first day (of pilgrimage) after the end of…
Residents of ‘Gatvol’ have taken to social media to voice their anger over the hike in electricity prices that will be implemented from April this year. South Africa’s National Energy Regulator (Nersa) announced on Thursday that it has approved an…
Prominent Saudi Arabian cleric Sheikh Maher Al Muayqali praised the warmth of South Africans and urged them to be patient and strive for unity. An Islamic scholar, who hails from Makkah in the kingdom, is one of the many Imams…
City of Tshwane Mayor Randall Williams has warned that Eskom’s increased electricity tariffs could lead to an escalation of illegal connections. Eskom has welcomed the latest electricity tariff increase approved by South Africa’s National Energy Regulator (Nersa). On Thursday, Nersa…
What bet the orchestra plays the William Tell Overture by Rossini during the concert – either at the very beginning or as an encore? There are short chances at Les Toreadors from George Bizet’s opera Carmen and Ride of the…
Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has condemned the shooting of tourists involved in the elephant poaching incident that took place at the Jozini Dam, KwaZulu-Natal. Tourist According to media reports, five Germans, two Americans, one Australian and four South Africans were…