North Korea claims to have tested new long-range missile
North Korean officials this week claimed that they have flight-tested a solid-fuel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) for the first time on Thursday. A missile launched
Feinstein under pressure to resign
The Democratic Party in the USA has decided that Dianne Feinstein, California’s senior Senator, is too old, at 89, to serve any longer and they’ve
Neutron star defies physics, says NASA
A new study published in NASA’s ‘The Astrophysical Journal’ has confirmed that the neutron star known as M82 X-2 is too bright for its size,
Botswana’s Ian Khama takes aim at successor
Ian Khama, the former President of Botswana, has said he aims to make sure his successor, Mokgweetsi Masisi, serves only one term. Khama, who served
Four arrested in Libya for attempting Christian conversions
Four people have been arrested in Libya for trying to encourage Muslims to convert to Christianity. Two of the arrested individuals are Americans, while the
Most South Africans feel country moving in wrong direction – report
A ‘significant majority’ of South Africans across race, class and party political lines believe the country ‘is moving in the wrong direction’, according to a
Two arrested in Hong Kong for shooting water pistols
Two men have been arrested in Hong Kong for shooting water pistols at police officers. The incident happened during the ongoing festival of Songkran, which
Alibaba’s ChatGPT rival is here
Alibaba’s cloud computing subsidiary, Alibaba Cloud, unveiled its generative AI chatbot, Tongyi Qianwen, a month after Beijing-headquartered Baidu launched their AI tech, Ernie Bot. Tongyi
New ‘equity’ law: what was Ramaphosa thinking?
President Cyril Ramaphosa made history yesterday [Wednesday 12 April 2023] by signing a far more aggressive form of BEE – the Employment Equity Amendment Bill
Twitter now X
Twitter has ceased to be an independent company after merging with a newly formed shell firm called X Corp, driving speculation about what Elon Musk