UK government to sue former Chelsea owner over funds

News

The British government is suing Roman Abramovich, the former owner of Premier League football club, Chelsea. Abramovich sold the club in 2022 for £2.5 billion.

Klaasen retires from international cricket

News

Heinrich Klaasen, the Proteas’ batter, has announced that he is retiring from all international cricket. He retired from Test cricket in 2024. There was speculation

Right-winger wins Polish presidential election

News

Karol Nawrocki has won the Polish presidential election, held on Sunday. He narrowly beat the mayor of Warsaw, Rafal Trzaskowski, with Nawrocki winning 50.9% of

UK’s defence spending plans a “message to Moscow”

News

UK Defence Secretary John Healey says plans for defence spending of some £6 billion over the next five years will send a “message to Moscow”

Venezuelan government claims crushing electoral victory

News

Venezuela’s ruling party, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), has claimed a crushing victory in elections for state governors and for the country’s legislature.

Tretchikoff sells for nearly $2 million

News

A painting by Valdimir Tretchikoff has sold for $1.7 million. The painting, “Lady of the Orient,” depicts a glamorous woman with east Asian features, wearing

Beijing must explain “extraordinary” military buildup, says Australia

News

Richard Marles, Australia’s defence minister, has said China must explain what he called an “extraordinary military buildup”. He said Beijing must provide greater transparency and

State of municipal finance remains concerning: Auditor General

News

South Africa’s municipal governments are struggling to manage their spending. This is the message from the latest report by the Auditor General on the consolidated

Not criminally guilty: Stellenbosch urination prosecution at an end

News

The Stellenbosch Magistrate’s Court has ruled that a former student of the town’s university was not guilty of charges arising from a highly publicised incident

Russian bookshops told to pull books by American and British novelists

News

A Russian book distributor has told bookshops that they must “return or destroy” books by American writer, Jeffrey Eugenides, and Briton, Bridget Collins. Other writers