Category: GLOBAL NEWS
LIVE | Sumud Flotilla activists arrive in SA after Israeli detention – SABC News
South African activists who were part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was intercepted by Israel, are expected to arrive in the country today. The activists were abducted in international
Read MoreGaza aid flotilla says Israeli forces attack convoy, intercept boats – SABC News
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) said on Wednesday its vessels were “under attack” by the Israeli military, which intercepted several boats sailing toward the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave. The FFC is
Read MoreNobel physics prize goes to pioneers of quantum mechanics – SABC News
US-based scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for “experiments that revealed quantum physics in action”, paving the way for the development
Read MoreBrazil’s finance minister sees Lula, Trump willing to ‘turn the page’ – SABC News
Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Tuesday that Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Donald Trump are determined to “turn the page” on recent events, in a reference
Read MoreMagnitude 6.6 earthquake shakes Lae city in Papua New Guinea – SABC News
An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck near Lae, the second largest city in Papua New Guinea, on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. City police official Mildred Ongige told
Read MoreEU says UN resolution only switched China representation, did not mention Taiwan – SABC News
The United Nations resolution that led to Beijing assuming China’s seat from Taipei was about switching representation and did not mention Taiwan, the EU said, commenting on an escalating dispute
Read MoreIn hometown of Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’, supporters stress a softer side – SABC News
Motoko Shimada fondly recalls when a classmate at her public school in the western Japanese city of Nara, Sanae Takaichi, showed early signs of the leadership that would set her on course to
Read MoreFrance’s new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigns – SABC News
France‘s new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and his government resigned on Monday hours after he announced his cabinet line-up, in a major deepening of France’s political crisis that drove stocks
Read MoreAt least 50 bodies recovered after Indonesian school collapse – SABC News
The death toll from the collapse of a school in Indonesia last week has climbed to at least 50 people as rescuers have cleared nearly all of the debris, rescue authorities said on
Read MoreRussia condemns US strike on alleged drug vessel near Venezuela – SABC News
Russia on Sunday condemned a US strike on a vessel allegedly carrying illegal drugs off the coast of Venezuela and cautioned about the dangers of potential US escalation in the
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