Giorno: 18 Novembre 2022

North Korea test launches ballistic missile capable of striking anywhere in US

North Korea test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of carrying a nuclear warhead with a range that could strike anywhere across the U.S.’s mainland, defense officials said Friday. The missile landed 130 miles off the coast of Japan, and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said it was in close communication with Japanese and South Korean […]

Deadly Gaza Strip house fire kills 21

A fire set off by stored gasoline in a residential building killed 21 people Thursday evening in a refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, the territory’s Hamas rulers said, in one of the deadliest incidents in recent years outside the violence stemming from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The blaze erupted on the third floor of […]

A war has raged in Great Lakes region for decades and we can no longer ignore

Read More In early November, foreign ministers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Christophe Lutundula Apala Pen’Apala, and Rwanda, Vicent Biruta met in Luanda, Angola, to find a political solution to a conflict that has been ongoing in eastern DRC for decades.  The foreign ministers agreed that the “peace roadmap” agreed to in a […]

Turmoil for Twitter employees stunned by erratic Elon Musk demands

Read More Twitter employees are marching to the exit door. International media reported on Friday that new Twitter chief executive Elon Musk’s directives this week have compromised staff morale — potentially leaving the company exposed because of severe capacity issues. Musk cut the social media company’s workforce in half shortly after taking over last month, […]

Ghost hunters use technology to harness the supernatural

Read More Shortly after nightfall, flashlight in hand, Rivas Bright knocks twice on the broken window of an abandoned building in Pretoria. “Still!” he tells his fellow ghost hunters. They hold their breath, waiting for a response from the shadows. It’s been about two years since Bright set up The Upsidedown, a group of paranormal […]

South Africa must use 4IR technologies in the fight against corruption

Read More Corruption is an endemic problem in South Africa. It is a multifaceted phenomenon that has blighted the country for decades and is holding back economic growth, social cohesion and service delivery.  The 2017 Corruption Perceptions Index, for instance, ranked South Africa 71 out of 180 countries, scoring 43 out of a possible 100. […]

Planned two-day Western Cape taxi strike could cost R9 million a day

Read More The South African National Taxi Council’s (Santaco) looming shutdown of minibus taxi services in the Western Cape could cost the taxi industry about R9 million a day.   Santaco announced a “provincial stayaway” for its nearly 15 000 taxis on Monday and Tuesday in protest against the provincial government’s announcement that the Blue Dot […]

Man, 29, pleads guilty to murder of Zara Aleena

Read More A man has pleaded guilty to pulling Zara Aleena off the street as she walked home after an evening out, and then kicking and stamping her to death. At the Old Bailey on Friday Jordan McSweeney, 29, admitted he murdered Aleena on 26 June 2022, in Ilford, east London. McSweeney, of Dagenham, east […]