Section: South Africa
WATCH: Merkel has third bout of shaking, says she’s ‘working through’ issue
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was “working through” a bout of shaking that first occurred in mid-June and struck for the third time on Wednesday, though she insisted she was fine and that “just as it happened one day, so it will disappear”. Earlier, Merkel shook back and forth as she stood outside...
Rock star vows to bring ‘real change’ to Ukraine after launching party
Kiev – Standing on stage in a black t-shirt, Ukrainian rock star Sviatoslav Vakarchuk turns to his massed ranks of fans and asks if they are fed up about how their country is run. “How many of us want real change … How many of us are tired of old politics?”, he shouts out, holding his microphone in the air as the crowd...
News24.com | Trudeau promises support for Ukraine in wake of Russian ‘aggression’
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau promised to support Ukraine in the wake of Russian “aggression”, after a meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in Toronto. …read more Source:...
News24.com | WATCH: Ukraine’s landmines endangering children
Unexploded mines and rockets are one of the legacies of Ukraine’s conflict with Russia-backed separatists. …read more Source:...
Don’t meddle in election, a smirking Trump tells Putin at G20
Osaka – US President Donald Trump, upon the prodding of journalists, turned to Russian President Vladimir Putin, wagged a finger and with a smirk on his face told his counterpart not to meddle in elections. “Of course,” Trump said, when asked by journalists at the G20 summit in Osaka on Friday if he would warn Putin. He then...
Online voting opens for Andrei Stenin International Photo Contest
Moscow – The 2019 Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest launched online voting on the stenincontest.com website on Thursday, allowing Internet users to pick their favourite entry. The online vote for the contest’s best photo will be open until July 31, 11:59 pm Moscow time [20:00 GMT]. Anyone who has an account on...
News24.com | Council of Europe assembly authorises Russia’s return
The Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly has agreed to allow Russian representatives to return to the body, five years after it was stripped of its voting rights over the annexation of Crimea. …read more Source:...
News24.com | WATCH: War veterans join gay pride march
War veterans in fatigues joined more than 8 000 people marching in Kiev’s Gay Pride parade amid tight security. …read more Source:...
South Africa on alert for Ebola risk
Johannesburg – Although South Africa has not yet put in place travel restrictions to Uganda or Kenya following a recent Ebola scare, authorities say they remain on high alert. This month, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) issued an alert saying the risk of Ebola spreading to South Africa from the Democratic Republic of...
How scammers used silicone mask to steal millions from world leaders
Paris – French investigators are probing whether a conman who became known as the “Fake Chairman” for scamming banks out of millions of dollars by posing as a top-ranking executive gave himself a promotion – to government minister. Gilbert Chikli, a 53-year-old French-Israeli citizen, is at the centre of an investigation...
