World Update: Trump’s global shockwaves: The world was definitely watching as the US went to the polls on Tuesday. Many people turned to YouTube to view the latest figures as states turned in their votes, where an apparent 84 million hours of presidential election day news were watched from all around the globe. I had …
World Update: how Israel’s relations with the UN hit rock bottom: With the clock ticking down to November 5 and what just about everyone agrees is the most consequential US presidential election in living memory, various of the Biden administration’s top brass have jetted out to the Middle East for one last try to get …
World Update: will Trump’s hurricane disinformation counter Harris’s media blitz?: The next phase of the US election campaign is coming right at us and it’s even nastier than the last. As hurricanes Milton and Helene rolled in to Florida and North Carolina and at least four other states, bringing tornadoes, storm surges, and miles of …
World Update: Middle East conflict escalating rapidly – there’s no telling where it will end: This article was first published in our World Update email newsletter. To receive this in-depth weekly briefing on the most important global events and how they are shaping international affairs, sign up here. For months now, analysts and academic observers …
Gaza update: what the Lebanon pager attacks could mean for the Middle East conflict: This article was first published in our Gaza Update newsletter. Click here to receive our fortnightly updates on the conflict direct to your inbox. Israel tends not to rush to claim responsibility for assassinations and the like. But the reputation of …
Gaza update: Israeli society at breaking point and Palestinians battle to contain polio: Israelis took to the streets last weekend – including outside the prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem – in their latest show of anger at the government’s handling of the war. The protests were spurred by the news that Hamas had executed six …
Gaza update: Hamas appoints new leader as Middle East braces for more violence: Iran is going to launch a retaliatory strike against Israel for the dual assassinations of Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, on July 31 and Hezbollah’s number two, Fuad Shukr, just hours before. The only questions are when, where and how far will Iran …
Microsoft-CrowdStrike outage: how a single software update was able to cause IT chaos across the globe: The world as we know it increasingly relies on digital connectivity that, for the most part, works quietly and invisibly in the background. So how did a single software update bring down half the internet? The global IT outage …
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 …
Gaza update: as assault on Rafah continues international sentiment shifts away from supporting Israel: If Israel’s ongoing assault on Rafah on the Gaza Strip is anything to go on, the concept of “red lines”, so beloved of US presidents as a measure of when to take action, is increasingly flexible. Back in February, when the …
Gaza update: Biden ups the pressure on Israel as deadline for Rafah assault approaches: Joe Biden’s most senior Middle East adviser, Brett McGurk, has arrived in Israel to push for a deal to halt the war in Gaza and secure the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas. McGurk has served each successive president since …
Gaza update: no end to the killing in sight as extremists on both sides make a peace deal hard to imagine: As the death toll from Israel’s assault on Gaza climbed past 23,000 – including nearly 10,000 children – according to the latest figures from the Hamas-controlled health ministry, the Palestinian militant group released a …
Gaza update: deadlock in the UN security council means no relief for suffering Palestinian civilians: Day by day, as Israel continues its assault on Gaza, the death toll mounts. According to the Gaza health ministry more than 18,500 people have now been killed in the Israeli army’s air and ground assault – and the Israel …
Gaza Update: ceasefire holds for now, but array of armed Hamas allies could threaten this fragile truce: So far, the ceasefire between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Hamas, originally set at four days and since extended twice as more hostages and prisoners are exchanged, remains in place. There have been concerns that isolated incidents …
Gaza Update: as the world debates ‘ceasefires’ and ‘pauses’, Israel is silent on the ‘day after’: I spent several hours on Wednesday night wrestling over how we could best cover the raid by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital. My initial plan was to get an expert in international law to write …
Gaza Update: as Israel begins its ground offensive, the conflict’s reverberations are being felt far beyond the Strip: The ground assault on Gaza is now well underway and, as they advance into the Strip’s urban areas, the Israel Defence Forces are coming up against an elusive enemy that has been preparing for this conflict for …
Understanding Google’s Link Spam Update: What It Is And Why It Matters: Introduction In the intricate world of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), the role of link-building is paramount. Links, often deemed as the ‘backbone’ of the internet, play a critical role in determining the authority, relevance, and overall credibility of a website. When one site links …
UPDATE: Eskom and Municipalities Key Revision Number (KRN) Rollover Plan for Prepaid Meters: Should you have a main prepaid electricity meter in your home it may have to be ‘recoded’ in order to continue dispensing electricity after November 2024. Please note that this also applies to PRIVATE pre-paid meters as supplied by Straton Electrical Pre-Paid and …