What science tells us about fire hazards facing Cape Town and its surrounds: A fire rages through wetlands close to Cape Town in February 2017. EPA/Nic Bothma South Africa’s Cape Peninsula – home to the picturesque city of Cape Town – is part of the only region in the world with fynbos. Fynbos is the …
What a failed Johannesburg project tells us about mega cities in Africa: An artist's impression of the failed Modderfontein smart city in Johannesburg. Six years ago a major development was announced in South Africa. Billed as a game changer, it was meant to alter the urban footprint of Johannesburg, Africa’s richest city, forever. The Modderfontein …
North Korea: what latest defection tells us about hopes for peace on peninsula: News broke in early January that North Korea’s acting ambassador to Italy, Jo Song-gil, is in hiding and reportedly is seeking asylum in an “unidentified Western country”. The possible high-level defection came as a surprise, especially as US president Donald Trump recently …
Could MPs form a national unity government to avert a no-deal Brexit? Here’s what history tells us: Conservative MP Anna Soubry recently floated a idea that to some might seem radical: establish some kind of all-party “national unity government” to avoid a no-deal Brexit. But what are the prospects for such a project, what form …
Buster: Man Tells Cop He “Really Enjoyed” Resisting Arrest Because It Was Like Being On a TV Show: A Florida man who tussled with a cop trying to arrest him for disorderly conduct later said that he “really enjoyed resisting” because it was like being on “Live PD,” a cable program that chronicles the mayhem …
South Africa in the news: I am not beating drums of war, Buthelezi tells #ImbizoKaZulu: Taking to the stage earlier in the day were representatives from the African Basic Movement (ABM), a political party calling for South Africa to be a kingdom state and for foreigners to be ejected. AB…: “South Africa” – BingNews Ndaba …
South Africa in the news: South African Leader tells white people he won’t kill them. . . yet: Earlier this week while most of the world was transfixed on the World Cup, the Trump/Kim handshake, or a multitude of other sundry events, Julius Malema, aka the Hitler of South Africa, was busy telling white people …
South Africa in the news: The Hitler of South Africa tells white people he won’t kill them. . . yet: Earlier this week while most of the world was transfixed on the World Cup, the Trump/Kim handshake, or a multitude of other sundry events, Julius Malema, aka the Hitler of South Africa, was busy telling …
‘Get a little bit weird,’ Ed Sheeran tells the hipster cool kids: One gets the feeling that Ed Sheeran misses performing in a small studio before a crowd of about 30 people – which he confesses used to be what he did before became a superstar. During his first Melbourne concert on Friday, with with …
Armed Man Tells Police Trump Ordered Him to Fight Lizard People: A Washington state man who “snorted methamphetamine to lose weight” and caused alarm by waving an AK-47 at a busy intersection while shouting that President Donald Trump ordered him to fight “the lizard people,” was shocked with a Taser gun by police and is …
Life after death PROOF: Car accident survivor tells all and says -…: The Near Death Experience Research Foundation has been collecting people's astonishing accounts of what it is like to be brought back from being clinically dead. One person with the username George J says that when they were a child they were hit by …
We discovered this dinosaur had stripes – and that tells us a lot about how it lived: Cell/University of Bristol Working out what colour dinosaurs were was once thought impossible. But recent discoveries about how colour-producing pigments are preserved in fossils has allowed palaeontologists to reconstruct some dinosaurs’ colour patterns. And by better understanding what …
Arrest made in bizarre rape case, after woman tells FBI stepfather…: A rape suspect has been arrested in Mexico in a bizarre case that involves accusations he held his stepdaughter captive for 19 years after “marrying” her in Oklahoma when she was 11. Henri Michele Piette, 62, was arrested Thursday. He was being returned Friday …
Culture Lab Detroit Dialogue: “The Lie that Tells the Truth” – a Culture interest event taking place on 2017-10-06 18:30:00 in United States Culture Lab Detroit is proud to present a conversation on Post-Truth and how art can help us navigate a world of contested reality. Throughout history, artists and writers have applied different alloys …
Neighbour tells of ‘weird barbecue’ smell in garden where burned body discovered: A 40-year-old man and 34-year-old woman were arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder and were being questioned. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/neighbour-tells-of-weird-barbecue-smell-in-garden-where-burned-body-discovered-36156270.html A 40-year-old man and 34-year-old woman were arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder and were being questioned on Thursday. : Weird …
Billy Joel tells Harry Connick Jr. it’s “weird” people pack stadiums to see him: Wednesday, Billy Joel made his first daytime talk show appearance in years, on Harry Connick Jr.'s show, Harry. This summer, in addition to his residency at New York's Madison Square Garden, Billy's been playing stadiums, but he claims he doesn't understand …
South Africa in the news: ANC tells Mugabe off over Mandela: JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has told President Robert Mugabe to stop “spitting” on Nelson Mandela’s grave and fix the mess he created in his own country. ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe made the …: “South Africa” – BingNews Boks …
What Barack Obama’s record breaking Mandela tweet tells us about the world: Barack Obama on a 2013 visit to South Africa. Kim Ludbrook/EPA What is it about former US President Barack Obama’s record-setting tweet – it has already surpassed 1.6 million retweets and 4.5 million “likes” – that has captured the imagination of the world? …