Damon Galgut’s The Promise to hit the stage
Read More Damon Galgut’s lauded novel ‘The Promise’ has been adapted into a play, set to hit local stages later this year South African author Damon Galgut’s The Promise will premiere on stage in September. The novel on which it is based rose to prominence after winning the 2021 Booker Prize, telling some brutal truths […]
Transforming the labour market fast is vital for SA’s economic growth
Read More (John McCann/M&G) The outrage of some South Africans after President Ramaphosa’s endorsement of passing the Employment Equity Amendment Bill of 2020 into law on 12 April 2023 is misguided. The new measures aim to further promote diversity and equality in the workplace, particularly for designated groups such as Africans, coloureds, Indians, white females […]
‘Extra Trumpy’: Atlantic profile of CNN chief Licht details town hall disaster
Read More The CNN chief executive, Chris Licht, wanted the network’s New Hampshire town hall with Donald Trump last month to be “extra Trumpy”, according to a report on Licht’s attempts to remodel the news giant, how the Trump event came to be and how the controversy it set off continues to reverberate through US […]
Two arrested after woman in 70s killed by dog in Warwickshire
Read More Two people have been arrested after a woman in her 70s was killed by a dog in Bedworth, Warwickshire police have said. A 52-year-old man and a 49-year-old woman were detained on suspicion of possession of a banned breed of dog and owning a dog dangerously out of control, the force said. The […]
Caroline Flack’s mother criticises ITV over Phillip Schofield departure
Read More Caroline Flack’s mother has criticised ITV over the way it handled Phillip Schofield’s departure and said it has “learned nothing” from her daughter’s death. Christine Flack, whose daughter previously hosted ITV’s Love Island, said the broadcaster treated on-screen talent as “commodities” and that Schofield and the young man he had an affair with […]
Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine’s counteroffensive will be ‘very impressive’, US general says
Read More From 2h ago Gen David Petraeus has said Ukraine’s counteroffensive is “very impressive” and can succeed, adding that the Ukrainians are “determined to liberate their country”. Petraeus, who was director of the CIA and led international forces in Iraq and Afghanistan before that, has been in Kyiv recently, meeting President Zelenskiy and others. […]
‘Wailing for help’: passengers and bystanders tell of India train crash horror
Read More The carriages from three separate trains sat piled high in an entangled wreck. Some lay sideways, others had been thrown so high into the air on impact that they had fallen back to earth twisted and upside down. A line of dozens of bodies covered in white sheets were laid out next to […]
Vt. School District Settles Suit in Trans Case for $125K
A Vermont school district that disciplined a soccer coach and his daughter for speaking out against a biological male being in the girls’ locker room has reached a $125,000 settlement with the family in a federal lawsuit.
Hawaii Allows More Concealed Carry, but Bans Guns Most Places
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green on Friday signed legislation that will allow more people to carry concealed firearms but at the same time prohibit people from taking guns to a wide range of places, including beaches, hospitals, stadiums, bars that serve alcohol, and movie theaters.
Ric Grenell to Newsmax: Voters Can Compare Trump-Biden Records in ’24 Rematch
Ric Grenell, former acting Director of National Intelligence in the Trump administration, told Newsmax Friday that he expects the 2024 presidential election will be a rematch between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, offering voters a chance to compare the records of back-to-back administrations.