By Andrew Chung August 3 (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Courtroom Justice Sonia Sotomayor declined on Monday to halt $655.5 million in damages that Palestinian authorities have been ordered to pay plaintiffs in a U.S. civil lawsuit regarding assaults that killed and injured Individuals in Israel from 2002 to 2004. Sotomayor denied a request by the…
As Africa grapples with shrinking worldwide improvement funding and rising stress to create jobs for its quickly rising youth inhabitants, the Mastercard Basis is making one of many continent’s largest long-term investments in greater training, committing US$500 million over the following decade to rework African universities. In an interview with allAfrica, Melody Chironda, Dr. John…
Johannesburg – Jacaranda FM’s Good Morning Angels has raised over R2 million this Mandela Day to assist fund life-changing cochlear implant surgical procedures for 23 hearing-impaired South Africans via former Miss South Africa Mia le Roux’s About Sound initiative. The funds raised will allow kids and adults on the ready listing at Chris Hani Baragwanath…
Johannesburg – The Impartial Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) says a second suspect within the R15 million treasured stones heist disguised as a lawful seizure has handed himself in at a police station the place he was arrested. IPID spokesperson Lizzy Suping introduced the arrest on Sunday, 5 July 2026. The arrests got here simply over…
The jackpot cascaded for the primary time ever and created three new multi-millionaires. Three gamers bagged R45 733 457.30 every from final night time’s PowerBall XTRA draw. This win marks Sizekhaya’s first-ever jackpot cascade, consistent with their preliminary promise to ignore the rollover system. “Once we launched the jackpot cascade, our aim was to make…
United Nations — Remarks by Winnie Byanyima, Government Director of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), at a Excessive-level Assembly within the Normal Meeting Corridor, 22 June 2026 I’m honoured to deal with this Excessive-Degree Assembly. I thank very a lot the President of the Normal Meeting for her management, our Co-Facilitators, and all…
Swiss voters have rejected a proposal to impose a inhabitants ceiling of 10 million individuals, delivering a major victory for enterprise teams, mainstream political events, and advocates of continued financial integration with Europe. Early projections point out that roughly 55% of voters opposed the measure, whereas 45% supported it, halting an initiative that might have…
Bafana Bafana have the chance to considerably enhance their earnings on the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with a spot within the knockout levels price an extra R182 million in prize cash. South Africa have already secured roughly R150 million merely for qualifying and taking part within the expanded 48-team match. That determine nevertheless might rise…
Youngsters aged lower than 5 years face nearly 3 times the chance of sickness from unsafe meals than older kids and adults, based on new estimates launched as we speak by the World Well being Group (WHO). Regardless of being simply 9% of the worldwide inhabitants, younger kids endure from practically one third of all…
The indicative dedication follows the sturdy efficiency of RSSB-anchored Virunga Africa Fund I The Worldwide Finance Company (IFC), the non-public sector arm of the World Financial institution Group, is contemplating a serious funding in Virunga Africa Fund II, a brand new $500 million development fairness fund managed by Kigali-headquartered Admaius Capital Companions. In keeping with…