‘No safe space’ from Covid risk in SA schools – union
As the two-week roll-out of vaccines for more than 580 000 teachers begins today, and the basic education ministry says schooling must continue, the Educators’ Union
Cambodian environmental activists charged with ‘insulting’ the king
Three Cambodian environmental activists have been charged with plotting against the government and insulting the king, following their documenting waste run-off into Phnom Penh’s Tonlé
Zimbabwean app launched to report abuse
Zimbabwean activist group Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has produced an app for mobile phones that will enable people to report human rights abuses. The app,
Taiwan pulls staff from Hong Kong
Staff at Taiwan’s representative office in Hong Kong have begun to leave after demands from the city’s government that they commit to the latter’s ‘One
Another hospital fire
A small blaze started in the laundry section of Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital on Sunday. The facility is near a COVID vaccination site. Firefighters
Busted for sheep in luggage section of bus
The police have arrested three suspects, including a bus driver, after they found seven sheep locked in the luggage section of a bus in Mount Fletcher,
The Bidens’ dog dies
In a sad start to an otherwise quiet news day, US President Joe Biden and his wife announced on Saturday that Champ, their “beloved” German
Hong Kong residents rush to buy pro-democracy news paper
On Thursday hundreds of Hong Kong police arrested editors and executives of Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily. The editors were arrested on suspicion
Iranians vote in regime controlled election
Iranians went to the polls on Friday in a presidential election in which all the candidates need to be approved by Iran’s ruling council of
Australia escalates trade dispute with China
Australia will approach the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to file an official complaint after China slapped a 218% tariff on Australian wines last year. China