So, what really is the point of the ICJ? Lucy Kenningham The ICJ is the UN body known as the World’s Court but in the past has taken over a decade to conclude judgments – so how much use is it anyway?
Hamas launches major attack as gunmen enter Israel Israel The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched the biggest attack on Israel in years on Saturday in a surprise assault.
Searches for overseas jobs by Brits surge with Dubai most popular destination Work abroad searches Searches for work abroad have surged among UK workers with Dubai the most sought-after destination. Over the last 12 months, searches for overseas work by British workers soared by 56 per cent, according to data by overseas job website Anywork Anywhere, which analysed Google search data over the past year. Dubai was the most popular [...]
Sigh of relief in South Africa as Omicron variant appears to be ‘super mild‘ mutation with Covid death rate not jumping December 6, 2021 The WHO and Coronavirus experts are increasingly convinced the new Omicron variant is ‘super mild’ and has, so far, not led to a jump in Covid death rates anywhere in Southern Africa. The WHO is calling this morning for countries to drop travel restrictions and end the mass hysteria, and instead be cautiously optimistic as [...]
Blessing in disguise: Omicron variant may be ‘very positive’ news for the world if new Covid mutation kills off more lethal Delta coronavirus November 30, 2021 Hospitals and GPs across Southern Africa are increasingly reporting that the symptoms of the aggressive new Covid strain Omicron are “unusual but very mild,” according to various media in South Africa this weekend. Around 90 per cent of all new infections in the Johannesburg region are now caused by the Omicron strain but, so far, [...]
D-day for Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell as sex trafficking trial begins in New York City November 29, 2021 The sex trafficking trial against disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell is set to begin in New York. The British socialite denies recruiting teenagers who were not yet adults for Epstein to sexually abuse from 1994 to 2004. Maxwell, the daughter of late media mogul Robert Maxwell, has been in a US jail since [...]
Police in Kenya refuse to release post-mortem report into death of murdered BBC staffer Kate Mitchell November 28, 2021 Calls are growing in Kenya for the police to release the post-mortem report into the death of Briton Kate Michell, the BBC staffer who was murdered in her Nairobi hotel room just over a week ago. Dan Mauti, the father of the prime suspect implicated in the killing, Tamati Mauti, told various media in Kenya [...]
Kenya killing: Fresh details emerge about murder of BBC staffer Kate Mitchell in Nairobi hotel room November 24, 2021 It has emerged that BBC staffer Kate Mitchell, who was found murdered in her hotel room after being stabbed, had drinks with her alleged killer in the bar of the Nairobi hotel where she was staying. The prime suspect in the murder of the British journalist had booked a room with his girlfriend at the [...]
FW de Klerk: South Africa’s last apartheid president dies aged 85 November 11, 2021 FW de Klerk, South Africa’s last apartheid president who oversaw the end of white-minority rule, died on Thursday morning at his home in Cape Town. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in March earlier this year, a cancer that affects the tissue lining the lungs. His passing was confirmed in a statement from the FW de [...]
Military coup underway in Sudan, prime minister under house arrest October 25, 2021 Military forces in Sudan have detained a number of senior government figures, officials said, as leading politicians called on people to take to the streets to counter an apparent military coup. Sudan’s information ministry said the internet had been cut off and military forces had closed bridges, while the country’s state news channel played patriotic [...]