Gaza update: hopes for a ceasefire fade again: Northern and central Gaza have been hit by Israeli airstrikes this week as troops return to battle Hamas fighters in areas they claimed to have cleared many months ago. The intensified military offensive unfolded just days after mediators thought they were making headway in negotiations for a …
Ukraine recap: naval success raises hopes of advantage against Russia this winter: War in wintertime is especially challenging militarily. Troops have to deal with the risk of frostbite while vehicles can’t always move over muddy or frozen terrain. It’s no wonder then that wars tend to move much more slowly during the colder months. Cold …
Scientists can’t agree on when the first animals evolved – our research hopes to end the debate: Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock There are estimated to be nearly 8 million species of animals living today, making up the majority of Earth’s documented biodiversity and inhabiting almost all of its environments. However, for most of Earth’s history animals were completely …
Rugby World Cup 2023: Africa’s hopes lie with South Africa and Namibia, for now: Two African teams have made it through to the 20 countries playing across four pools in the final stages of the 2023 men’s Rugby World Cup: three-time champions South Africa (ranked 2nd in the world) and underdogs Namibia (ranked 21st). What …
Chandrayaan-3: India hopes to land a rover on the Moon for the first time: The Vikram lander should carry the rover to the lunar surface. ISRO, Author provided On Wednesday August 23, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) mission Chandrayaan-3 will deploy its lander and rover to the surface of the Moon. As the name …
Tanzania’s gas boom that never was – when local hopes are dashed by global realities: A flashy new administrative office opened in Mtwara in 2013 to serve vocational training centres throughout southern Tanzania. Grahamcole Rising international commodity prices can shape or reshape the fortunes of places. When large mining and oil and gas prospectors suddenly …
Did our mammal ancestors live alongside dinosaurs? New research hopes to end long-running debate: david.costa.art/Shutterstock If you were asked to think of a mammal, chances are high you would think of a placental mammal – horses, dogs, cats, humans, even bats and rats all fall into that category. It includes some 6,000 species who live …
An element essential to life discovered on one of Saturn’s moons, raising hopes of finding alien microbes: Ice particles, with just a trace of phosphates, venting from near Enceladus's south pole, as imaged by Cassini in 2010. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Enceladus is the tiny moon of Saturn that seems to have it all. Its icy …
World Cup 2022: Senegal and Cameroon carry Africa’s best hopes: Sadio Mané, Senegal's star player, has suffered an injury just ahead of the tournament in Qatar. Jose Breton/Pics Action/NurPhoto via Getty Images The men’s Fifa World Cup kicks off on 20 November in Qatar. Africa is allocated five spots in the month-long final stage of …
Energy crisis: how the EU hopes to tackle high power prices while protecting its cross-border electricity market: The EU has taken action as power prices have have spiked in line with gas prices this year. Viktollio / Shutterstock Europe is getting more of its power from renewable sources every year but, as the current crisis …
Waiting for Ethiopia: Berbera port upgrade raises Somaliland’s hopes for trade: Dubai-based port operator DP World and the Government of Somaliland, opened a container terminal at Berbera Port in June 2021. Photo by ED RAM/AFP via Getty Images Berbera port is the main overseas trade gateway of the breakaway Republic of Somaliland. The port city …
Ukraine hopes to retake territory as new weapons give firepower to push back Russians: There’s recently been a shift in the tactics used by both sides in the Ukraine war, due largely to the arrival of new weapons. Initially after Russian troops crossed over into Ukraine on February 24, Ukrainian armed forces engaged in a …
South Africa in the news: Organisations pin hopes on new bid to halt Shell’s seismic survey off Wild Coast: Several organisations are hoping that a second application for an interdict to stop Shell from seismic blasting off the Wild Coast will be successful.: “South Africa” – BingNews ICC Women’s World Cup 2022: India to Start …
Lamine Diack made Africa visible in global sport, but dashed hopes: Lamine Diack during the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships, Beijing 2015. Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images for IAAF Lamine Diack, former president of the International Association of Athletics Federations, died in Dakar, Senegal, on 2 December, aged 88. He was allowed to return to …
A year of COVID vaccines: how the UK pinned its hopes on the jab – and why those hopes are under threat: A year ago, Margaret Keenan made history. On December 8 2020, she became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine outside of a clinical trial. Ninety-year-old Keenan described it …
South Africa in the news: Omicron will spread fast, says government, hopes it will be milder: The Omicron variant is likely to cause increased reinfections and some mutations reported on the spike gene may decrease the efficacy of existing vaccines, the government said on Friday, urging people …: “South Africa” – BingNews Omicron may be …
South Africa in the news: COVID news live: Date revealed for mandatory mask-wearing as health secretary says he hopes new measures will be ‘temporary’: COVID news live: Date revealed for mandatory mask-wearing as health secretary says he hopes new measures will be ‘temporary’ Coronavirus latest as new variant, first identified in South Africa, is …: …
South Africa in the news: Dubious penalty dashes Bafana’s World Cup hopes: South Africa’s hopes of advancing into the final round of 2022 World Cup Qualifying were snuffed out on Sunday night when they lost 1-0 to Group G rivals Ghana at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium.: “South Africa” – BingNews Massive Revenue in Aircraft …