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Legal challenges regarding the Israel-Gaza War are starting to bulk lawyers’ briefs and courtroom proceedings.  South Africa got matters underway with its December application before the International Court of Justice accusing Israel of genocide in its campaign against the Palestinians.  While determining whether genocide has taken place, the ICJ issued an interim order warning Israel to prevent genocidal acts, More

"The cyber threat posed by the Chinese government is massive," FBI director Christopher Wray said at this year's Munich Security Conference.

Labour overturns two large majorities to take seats in Northamptonshire and South Gloucestershire on a bad night for the Conservative party

Breakthrough anthropological and scientific findings have allowed researchers to better trace the outlines, and begin to fill in the blanks, of the human evolutionary story in recent decades. We’re now able to trace the long threads of the social and cultural processes that produced today’s world. Humanity has the potential to be stronger and more More

(Photo credit: Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports) William Nylander scored 54 seconds into overtime and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on Thursday night. Nylander, who also had an assist, scored his 27th goal of the season to save the win after Philadelphia tied the score with two third-period goals. Auston Matthews had his fifth hat trick of the season for Toronto to improve his leag

An Open Letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mr High Commissioner, On 20-21 February, a High Court in London will decide Julian Assange’s fate: freedom or death. Two judges will decide whether the Wikileaks founder will still be able to lodge an ultimate appeal, or will end his days in an More

Following the death of Mangosuthu Buthelezi and the changing fortunes of the ANC after Jacob Zuma disowned the party, Mcebisi Ndletyana writes we are on the cusp of witnessing a new, and third phase in KwaZulu-Natal since the country's democratic breakthrough.

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s films explore deep aspects of Japanese family life, focusing on children; he emphasises listening over intervention in both documentary and scriptwriting, capturing genuine childhood experiences

Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck may be reuniting for a new movie! The 51-year-old Alias actress is in negotiations to star opposite Matt Damon in the new Netflix crime thriller Animals, which is being directed by Ben, also 51, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Keep reading to find out more…Written by Connor McIntyrey, Animals follows [...]

Support for the opposition Isamaa party has risen to 27 percent according to February's poll commissioned by public broadcaster ERR and conducted by pollsters Kantar Emor, with almost a year having elapsed since the Riigikogu election of March 2023.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports Native Americans and Alaska Natives in Washington state die of opioid overdoses at five times the state average

Lagaan was released in June 2001

I spent a decade, like many parents, chauffeuring pre-teen and teenage girls around to a Taylor Swift soundtrack. I learned every Swift song as it was released and sang along to the chorus in the car. I even went to one of her first stadium concerts with my young Swifties. Congrats, Taylor, for your talent More

The modes of communication that a society uses can tell us a lot about its political structure. A research study we published in 2022 revealed distinct modes of communication and administrative recordkeeping in autocratic and collective social governance among a sample of urban societies from pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica, where writing was initially developed for political purposes. Each More

The Central High School boys basketball team climbed back above the .500 mark and kept alive an outside shot at the MVC championship by completing a season sweep of the Spartans with a 77-52 victory on Thursday.

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses South Africa's gas cliff and the warning of a likely 'day zero' in the coming two years, as well as the possible risks associated with some for the proposed solutions.

The stock traded at a P/E multiple of 46.1, while the price-to-book value ratio stood at 16.29.

The Qatar Stock Exchange said in a statement that Qatar’s Lesha Bank has initiated discussions with the Kazakh national management holding Baiterek ...

A woman left one online shopper irate after she was spotted trying to sell her own grandmother's funeral flowers on a second-hand clothing website.

This week in 1898, the United States screamed for what became one of the most consequential imperial wars in world history—based on a lie. On February 15, the Battleship Maine exploded and sank in Havana Harbor. According to the US Navy, 267 sailors were killed. Led by the new-born mass circulation “yellow press,” and by More

It’s no secret that it will be all change at Liverpool at the end of the current Premier League campaign. Jurgen Klopp has decided to quit whilst he is still at the very top of his game as a manager, and his reputation remains intact. Down the road at Old Trafford, there has been no […]

“We hear gunshots at night and there are times we go around and make sure the doors are locked we have a flashlight nearby,” said resident John McDonnell. “Yes, it does cause anxiety.”

1. UK voters deliver double blow to Rishi Sunak, electing Labour lawmakers in 2 special elections  The Associated Press
2. Britain’s Conservative Party Loses Two Seats In Latest Blow To Rishi Sunak  The New York Times
3. Nothing can save the Tories now  The Telegraph
4. Britain's Labour Party deals double blow to PM Sunak's Conservatives  Reuters UK
5. Wellingborough and Kingswood: Labour secures double by-election win  BBC.com

Damien Egan overturns a Conservative majority of more than 11,000 to win Kingswood seat.