Thousands of British Airways workers to get pay rise of up to 13%

Read More About 16,000 workers at British Airways are to receive a pay rise worth as much as 13%, reversing cuts imposed during the Covid pandemic. Union leaders said the deal arose after the threat of strike action earlier this summer by check-in staff, which resulted in a pay agreement that was being extended across […]

UN punishes official who slammed Palestinian terror group’s missile attacks into Israel

The United Nations last week disciplined an employee who works with Palestinians in disputed territories for her tweet condemning the Iranian regime-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and its “indiscriminate” missile fire into Israel. The U.N. removed Jerusalem-based Sarah Muscroft from her post as the head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian […]

Zimbabwe government blames recent measles outbreak on religious gatherings

A measles outbreak has killed 80 children in Zimbabwe since April, the ministry of health has said, blaming church sect gatherings for the surge. In a statement seen by Reuters on Sunday, the ministry said the outbreak had now spread nationwide, with a case fatality rate of 6.9%. Health Secretary Jasper Chimedza said that as […]

Baltic Countries Quit China-led East European Bloc Despite Retaliation From Beijing

Read More Following Lithuania’s departure from the East Europe forum, that is led by China, in May 2021, Latvia and Estonia announced last week that they are also leaving. Meanwhile, the Chinese communist regime put sanctions on Lithuanian officials for visiting Taiwan. Experts point out that the Baltic countries leaving China’s “17+1” bloc is a serious […]

The Opera Virgin attends ‘The Marriage of Figaro’

Read More Picture this: it’s a cold winter’s evening in Joburg, I’ve just navigated dark, load-shed streets along the hilly slopes of the West Rand and I find myself, suitably attired, standing in a queue at the Roodepoort Theatre, about to attend the opening night of The Marriage of Figaro.  It had never crossed my […]