World WATCH | At least 13 people killed, 40 injured in Thai nightclub fire Bangkok – A fire tore through a Thai nightclub early Friday killing at least 13 people and injuring 40,... Read more 5 Aug, 2022
World ‘Most expensive Maccas meal’ – Tourist fined R33 000 for ‘smuggling’ Mcdonald’s meal in luggage Cape Town – A traveller, who arrived in Australia from Indonesia, was fined $2 664 (approximately R33 000) for... Read more 3 Aug, 2022
World UK court rules to end 12-year-old boy’s life support London – A UK court on Monday ruled to end life support for a 12-year-old boy despite opposition from... Read more 2 Aug, 2022
World Conjoined twins separated with help of virtual reality in Brazil Rio de Janeiro – Conjoined twins born in Brazil with a fused head and brain have been separated in... Read more 2 Aug, 2022
World ‘Too early’ to celebrate grain shipment, says Zelensky Kyiv – President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that it was “too soon” to celebrate, after a shipment of... Read more 2 Aug, 2022
World China population to begin shrinking by 2025, officials say Beijing – China’s population will begin to shrink by 2025, officials have said, as family sizes grow smaller and... Read more 2 Aug, 2022
World Truss wins UK cabinet backing as voting begins in PM contest London – British Conservative frontrunner Liz Truss won another heavyweight endorsement on Monday as party members began a month... Read more 1 Aug, 2022
World India reports Asia’s first possible monkeypox death New Delhi – Indian authorities reported on Monday Asia’s first possible monkeypox fatality after a man who recently returned... Read more 1 Aug, 2022
World Two dead in California’s largest blaze this year Yreka – Firefighters in northern California were battling Monday to gain control over the state’s largest wildfire this year,... Read more 1 Aug, 2022
World Restaurant guild leader murdered in Mexico’s Acapulco Mexico City – The leader of the guild of restaurants, bars and nightclubs in the Mexican resort town of... Read more 1 Aug, 2022