16 h. ago Texas at risk of more flooding as death toll surpasses 80 people

Kerr County residents began clearing mud and salvaging what they could from their demolished properties following the rapidly rising floodwaters that hit late Friday.

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29 h. ago Hive Hydrogen Invites Proposals for $5.8 Billion South Africa Plant

Hive Hydrogen South Africa said it’s seeking proposals from engineering companies to develop the $5.8 billion green hydrogen project it’s planning in the country’s Eastern Cape province.

Economics

35 h. ago 11 campers, counsellor still missing after deadly Texas floods: sheriff

Besides the 59 dead in Kerr County — 38 adults and 21 children — additional deaths were reported in Travis, Burnet and Kendall counties.

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5 d. ago Musk should ‘head back home to South Africa,’ Trump says amid tax bill feud

Despite bankrolling Trump's 2024 presidential campaign and helming efforts to eliminate government spending through DOGE, Musk has publicly opposed the tax bill for some time.

Economics

8 d. ago GOLF ROUNDUP: Potgieter wins in playoff for first PGA Tour victory

DETROIT — Aldrich Potgieter made an 18-foot birdie putt on the fifth playoff hole, outlasting Max Greyserman to win the Rocket Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title. The 20-year-old from South Africa is the youngest player on the tour and its biggest hitter. He became the ninth player to win for the […]

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8 d. ago Iran releases death toll of Evin prison attack, expresses doubt about ceasefire

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dozens of staff members, two inmates and a bystander were among the casualties of Israel’s attack last week on Tehran’s Evin prison, a notorious facility where many political prisoners and dissidents have been held. The death toll from the strike was released Sunday by Iran’s judiciary and confirmed by human […]

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1 week ago Township mechanics in South Africa unite to turbocharge their small businesses

BRAKPAN, South Africa (AP) — Themba Maseko quickly wipes oil and grease off his hands with a rag as he breaks away from repairing one car to assist another customer who needs parts for a low-riding BMW 325is that he’s pulled up in, exhausts booming. As soon as Maseko returns beneath the hood of the […]

Economics

2 w. ago Last: South African wine industry coming of age despite 1600s' origins

South Africa and its wines are classified as new world, but considering the history of their industry, which dates to the 17th century, it’s the oldest of the new, if that makes sense. Things really began with the arrival of the French Huguenots in the late 1600s, fleeing religious persecution in France, and their arrival […]

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2 w. ago Opinion: Microplastics are in our bodies and in our water. That's horrific

Opinion: Now rain is on the radar for microplastics — which should scare all of us

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2 w. ago Kyiv rescuers find more bodies as death toll from latest Russian missile attack climbs to 28

KYIV, Ukraine — Emergency workers pulled more bodies Wednesday from the rubble of a nine-story Kyiv apartment building demolished by a Russian missile, raising the death toll from the latest attack on the Ukrainian capital to 28. The building in Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district took a direct hit and collapsed during the deadliest Russian attack on […]

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2 w. ago South Africa on top of the cricketing world with World Test Championship win

South Africa has finally shed that dreaded word “chokers” and replaced it with “champions.” The Proteas claimed the new, welcome label after stunning Australia in the World Test Championship at the home of the game, Lord’s. The chokers tag haunted South Africa for some 27 years and the victory over the high-flying Australians has now […]

Sport

2 w. ago Pulsar Helium Announces Update for Jetstream Well Testing Program at Topaz, Minnesota

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3 w. ago The Private Equity Bet Transforming South Africa’s Energy Market

Just two years after winning the backing of one of the world’s biggest green infrastructure investors, a little-known South African company is rapidly redrawing the country’s energy map.

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3 w. ago Death toll in Air India crash climbs to 270 as search teams find more bodies

AHMEDABAD, India —  Search and recovery teams continued scouring the site of one of India’s worst aviation disasters for a third day after the Air India flight fell from the sky and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday. The London-bound Boeing 787 struck a medical college hostel in a residential […]

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3 w. ago Rescuers still pulling bodies out of the water as death toll in South Africa floods reaches 86

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in floods in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province has risen to 86, the police minister said Saturday as rescuers continued to retrieve bodies from the floodwater. Senzo Mchunu, the country’s top law enforcement official, spoke to police rescue teams that have been searching for missing people […]

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3 w. ago Death toll in Indian plane crash climbs to 270 as search teams find more bodies

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Search and recovery teams continued scouring the site of one of India’s worst aviation disasters for a third day after the Air India flight fell from the sky and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday. The London-bound Boeing 787 struck a medical college hostel in a […]

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3 w. ago Proposed equity fundraising and acquisition of additional licences to create a new West Greenland Hub

Reykjavík, June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — THIS ANNOUNCEMENT (INCLUDING THE APPENDICES) AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS RESTRICTED AND IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH IT […]

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3 w. ago Death toll climbs to nine in Austrian school shooting where gunman also killed, police say

Several students and at least one adult are among those killed by an assailant police believe acted alone

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4 w. ago Manitoba government urges tourists not to visit as 21,000 people flee wildfires

WINNIPEG — Manitoba is urging tourists to reconsider visiting as it works to find shelter for a flood of wildfire evacuees now reaching 21,000. “This is one of the largest evacuations in our province’s history,” Lisa Naylor, the Manitoba minister in charge of emergency management, said Monday. “The government anticipates there may be a need […]

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4 w. ago Carbon Border Taxes Put South Africa Exports at Risk, Study Says

South Africa’s key export industries are becoming increasingly vulnerable as climate policies like cross-border carbon taxes take hold, according to a study by Net Zero Tracker.

Economics