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Torrential rain pummelled Australia's southeast on Thursday, triggering flash flooding and forcing officials to issue fresh evacuation orders, while 50,000 residents were warned to prepare to isolate ...
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has asked all cabinet secretaries to submit their resignations, a move his office described on Thursday as a "bold reset" that will enable him to overhaul his ...
The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen targeting Israel early on Thursday, in the latest attack bearing the hallmarks of Yemen's Houthi militants.
We have worked hard to ensure that the building blocks are firmly in place with planning, monitoring and evaluation systems becoming more integrated, transparent and citizen-focused than ever before.
We must stop treating the transition from fossil fuels to renewables as something to be feared or delayed. Turning in the other direction will only spell disaster.
Of the top 20 industrial plants by employment in the US today, 11 are in defence and aerospace, four in autos, four in tech and one in pharma. This is hardly a world-class, globally competitive, broad ...
Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past three days.
Another speech. Another spin. In South Africa's third budget tabled in 2025, we follow the money in seven charts, tracking tax tweaks, climbing debt, and what small print has changed.
Australian and South African Indigenous artists explore creativity at the intersection of modern science and ancient wisdom. Cosmic Echoes is up at Wits Origins Centre from Friday 23 May until ...
Budget speech introduced no major tax hikes. Kicking the can down the road, R20-billion in additional tax measures are set to be served up in the 2026 budget, unless the SA Revenue Service can bring ...
Vitamin B12, magnesium and iron – all available in patch form – are typically too large or water-soluble to cross the skin in meaningful amounts. If nutrients need to be injected or taken in high oral ...
The decision to do away with the VAT increase, without a viable alternative source of revenue, significantly reduced our ability to fund additional government programmes and projects to the extent we ...