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India celebrates birth of cheetah cubs to boost reintroduction bid
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (385+ words) Asiatic cheetahs were declared extinct in India in 1952 but their African cousins were reintroduced in 2022 India's ambitious and high-profile bid to reintroduce cheetahs received a major boost Wednesday with the announcement of the birth of three cubs, the environment minister…...
India celebrates cheetah births to boost reintroduction bid
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (455+ words) Asiatic cheetahs were declared extinct in India in 1952 but their African cousins were reintroduced in 2022 India's ambitious bid to reintroduce cheetahs received a major boost Wednesday when the environment minister announced the birth of three cubs. Bhupender Yadav hailed "a…...
Talks towards international panel to tackle 'inequality emergency' begin at UN
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (462+ words) The new IPI body was recommended in a G20 report authored by US economist Joseph Stiglitz Talks towards creating a new international panel to address extreme wealth disparities, modelled on the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), opened in…...
Russia joins Chinese, Iran warships for drills off South Africa
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (688+ words) China will lead the "Will For Peace 2026" navy exercise involving the 11-nation BRICS alliance A small group of pro-Ukraine protesters criticised the participation of the Russian navy in the BRICS military drill A Russian corvette moors at Simon's Town harbour…...
World record winning streak sets up Morocco for AFCON challenge
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (681+ words) Goalkeeper Yassine 'Bono' Bounou is a key figure for 2025 Africa Cup of Nations favourites Morocco. A world record run of 18 consecutive victories has set up Achraf Hakimi-inspired Morocco perfectly for their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) campaign on home soil....
TotalEnergies accused of Mozambique war crimes 'complicity"
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (455+ words) TotalEnergies hopes to restart the gas project in 2029 An NGO said Tuesday it had filed a legal complaint against TotalEnergies, accusing the French energy multinational of "complicity in war crimes" at its gas site in Mozambique. The complaint by the…...
S.Africa says 'suspicious' flights from Israel show 'agenda to cleanse Palestinians"
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (709+ words) South Africa said Monday the surprise arrival of 153 Palestinians on a plane last week indicated "a clear agenda to cleanse Palestinians" out of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The group landed in Johannesburg on a chartered flight on…...
Malawi ruling party claims tampering in vote count
6+ mon, 19+ hour ago (551+ words) The election commission has eight days since the vote to announce results Malawi's ruling party claimed on Friday that it had discovered irregularities in the vote count in nearly half the country's districts after this week's elections, while police announced…...
S.Africa's top court rules men can take wives' surnames
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (270+ words) The court ruling opens the way to South Africa's parliament changing the law to allow men to take on their wives' surnames South Africa's top court ruled Thursday that men should be able to take their wives' surnames and a…...