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Earthquake Syria
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Earthquake kills over 1400 across Turkey and Syria [video]

Machete-wielding man, Queensland, Australia, hijack, carjack, man with machete, attempted hijacking, TikTok video
Offbeat

WATCH: Machete-wielding man smiles while trying to hijack car

the Guantanamo Bay detention centre, US, United States, oldest Guantanamo Bay prisoner, Saifullah Paracha, released, Saifullah Paracha
World News

Oldest Guantanamo Bay prisoner, 75, RELEASED

Earthquake Syria
World News

Earthquake kills over 1400 across Turkey and Syria [video]

Machete-wielding man, Queensland, Australia, hijack, carjack, man with machete, attempted hijacking, TikTok video
Offbeat

WATCH: Machete-wielding man smiles while trying to hijack car

the Guantanamo Bay detention centre, US, United States, oldest Guantanamo Bay prisoner, Saifullah Paracha, released, Saifullah Paracha
World News

Oldest Guantanamo Bay prisoner, 75, RELEASED

Hoërskool Tuine
World News

DNA evidence clears man who spent 38 years in jail

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty30-10-2022 11:24

Maurice Hastings, 69, was convicted of a murder in 1983 and was finally released after DNA evidence proved his innocence.

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World News

World’s largest active volcano could ERUPT – here’s why…

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty28-10-2022 10:52

Officials and scientists are on high alert since the volcano Mauna Loa started showing ‘heightened unrest’ last month.

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Offbeat

WATCH: Huge beast not seen since the Ice Age returns

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty26-10-2022 13:38

For the first time in nearly 6 000 years, a beast of an animal is roaming the wild and one of them recently had a calf!

This mother wants justice after her child woke up in a coffin and dead later after being falsely declared dead. Images via Facebook Mary Jane Mendoza
Lifestyle

Mom traumatised after ‘dead’ baby wakes up in coffin, dies ‘again’

By Marilynn Manuel26-08-2022 13:23

A mother wants justice after she was forced to relive her child’s death twice because doctor’s falsely declared her dead the first time.

A-Chinese-man-abandoned-a-child-at-daycare-after-discovering-the-child-wasnt-his-biological-son.-Image-via-Unsplash
Parenting and Kids

Man abandons boy at daycare after paternity tests reveal he isn’t the dad

By Marilynn Manuel14-07-2022 13:27

A man refused to fetch a five-year-old from daycare after learning from a paternity test that the boy isn’t his biological son.

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Scientists pinpoint source and year of origin of the Black Plague

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty19-06-2022 19:38

A new study revealed the origin of the Black Plague, as well as the year, being nine years earlier than previously believed.

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New study reveals the world’s most EXPENSIVE cities for expats

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty11-06-2022 21:07

Hong Kong has been ranked the most expensive city in the world for expats to reside in through a recent study conducted by ECA International.

Journalist missing in Amazon
World News

Journalist missing in Amazon while researching a book

By Agence France-Presse08-06-2022 05:05

British journalist Dom Phillips went missing while researching a book in the Brazilian Amazon with respected indigenous expert Bruno Pereira

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Mercedes-Benz recalls nearly one million older vehicles – here’s why

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty05-06-2022 12:43

Nearly one million vehicles built between 2004 and 2015 are being recalled by Mercedes-Benz – 70 000 are in Germany.

EFF leader Julius Malema
News

EFF meet with Russian Embassy: Make ‘wild claims’ about war in Ukraine

By Samantha Riddle16-03-2022 16:15

EFF leadership recently met with the Russian Embassy and emerged with some controversial views on the Ukraine conflict.

Ukraine
News

Ukraine conflict: European leaders brave danger to visit Kyiv

By Samantha Riddle16-03-2022 13:00

European leaders were so determined to stand with Ukraine that they braved the trip into the war-torn region.

Russia Ukraine
World News

Russia’s war in Ukraine: Latest developments

By AFP07-03-2022 18:43

The UN says 1.7 million people have fled Ukraine, making it the fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War II.

Russia
News

Russia: Thousands arrested at anti-war protests amid Ukraine conflict

By Samantha Riddle06-03-2022 23:02

Reports have confirmed anti-war protests in Russia have seen thousands of citizens arrested in the aftermath of the Ukraine conflict.

Ukraine
News

Ukraine President confirms talks with UK Prime Minister over conflict

By Samantha Riddle06-03-2022 22:12

Ukraine President Volodymyr Kelensky says that Johnson condemned Russia’s war crimes amid the continued conflict.

Jacob Zuma
News

Zuma: Ukraine must stop pandering to West, put own people first

By Samantha Riddle06-03-2022 19:40

Former president Jacob Zuma has called on Ukraine to stop ‘pandering’ to the West and put its own people first.

Jacob Zuma
News

Zuma on Ukraine conflict: Russia’s Putin has been ‘very patient’

By Samantha Riddle06-03-2022 19:07

Former president Jacob Zuma seems to agree with the Russian invassion on Ukraine, expressing his views that the act was justified.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Kelensky
News

Watch: Ukraine President confirms another Russian missile attack

By Samantha Riddle06-03-2022 18:37

Ukraine President Volodymyr Kelensky has confirmed yet another Russian missile attack on his country in an emotional clip.

ukraine
News

First death reported as ground forces enter, say Ukraine border guards

By Storm Simpson24-02-2022 10:23

Ukraine has reported its first military casualty. A serviceman was killed in a shelling attack along the Crimean border.

Ukraine
News

‘Full-scale invasion’: Putin announces military op in Ukraine – explosions heard across country

By Storm Simpson24-02-2022 07:35

‘I have a few words for those who could feel tempted to interfere with ongoing developments: whoever tries to impede us, let alone create threats for our country and its people must know that the Russian response will be immediate and lead to the consequences you have never seen in history,’ said Putin as he announced military action in Ukraine.

ukraine invasion
South Africa

DIRCO: SA concerned about ‘ongoing tensions’ between Russia and Ukraine

By Storm Simpson23-02-2022 19:57

DIRCO finally commented on the situation at the Russia and Ukraine border, saying ‘the world does not need another war as that will result in death and destruction.’

Florida Man
Offbeat

Florida man! The stolen car, the train and the terrified homeowners [PICS]

By Storm Simpson07-02-2022 11:19

A Florida Man told detectives that he stole a vehicle because he couldn’t find his car. He abandoned the stolen car on a railway line where it was struck by an oncoming train and sent flying into a nearby home.

COVID-19
News

UK scraps COVID-19 travel restrictions: ‘A step closer to normality’

By Samantha Riddle24-01-2022 21:12

The United Kingdom has opted to relax certian COVID-19 travel restrictions in a bid to make travel cheaper and easier.

irish police
Offbeat

Irish police investigate after dead body was taken to post office to collect pension

By Storm Simpson24-01-2022 11:16

Irish police are trying to figure out whether a 66-year-old man was dead before two men brought him to a post office to pick up his pension

Radim Passer German Transport
Offbeat

WATCH: German government upset after millionaire hits 414km/h on public road

By Storm Simpson20-01-2022 09:23

‘We thank God for the safety and good circumstances, as we were able to reach the speed of 414 km/h,’ said Radim Passer after the feat.

Eruption
News

Tonga volcanic eruption prompts tsunami concerns in US, Japan

By Samantha Riddle16-01-2022 15:22

The major volcanic eruption near Tonga has seen tsunami warnings as far as the United States with reports of waves in Japan.

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