Protesters in Barcelona set fires, built barricades and hurled projectiles as violence erupted at a housing protest. Affordable housing is a key issue in Spain and the prime minister has called for snap elections after parliament rejected a new law expanding renter protections. Published On 6 Oct 20266 Oct 2026 Share Violent clashes erupt after…
An African Union mediation delegation on Monday, October 5, met the leadership of the AFC/M23 movement in Goma amid continued efforts to find a political solution to the conflict in eastern DR Congo. ALSO READ: DR Congo crisis: What’s the main challenge facing AU mediators? The delegation, comprising former Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde, former Kenyan…
The constitutional court’s judgment on the Copyright Amendment Bill has sent the bill back to Parliament. That pause creates an opportunity to fix a provision the court did not rule on: the bill’s ban on bypassing digital locks. South Africa should use it to legalise jailbreaking – the right to unlock, modify and connect the…
Should the world move away sharply from fossil fuels, or manage a slower, more careful retreat? That question underpinned many of the speeches from global leaders at this year’s High-level Week General Debate in New York, as climate change emerged as one of the defining fault lines dividing Member States. UN News reviewed some of…
India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said trade talks with the U.S. had reached a plateau, adding to growing skepticism around a deal between New Delhi and Washington. “Negotiations are still ongoing, although we’d like to believe that both sides have reached a plateau beyond which giving or taking might be very very difficult,” Sitharaman said,…
ZARC’s 1.5 million registrations mark the maturation of South Africa’s domain space. The ZA Registry Consortium (ZARC) has reached 1.5 million registrations across South Africa’s commercial .ZA second-level domains, marking a significant point in the development of the country’s internet ecosystem, it says. The milestone covers the .co.za, .org.za, .net.za and .web.za namespaces and makes…
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The Competition Commission has warned makers of smartphones, appliances and other electronics that blocking independent repairers, including through software that stops replacement parts from working until the manufacturer activates them, could fall foul of the Competition Act. The warning is contained in the commission’s final Guidelines on Repair, Service and Maintenance Aftermarkets, announced on Monday….
RAF Fairford – in the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire – has been at the centre of an incident being investigated by counter-terror police. Five men were initially arrested on suspicion of terror offences and subsequently released on bail. A sixth man, a UK-Iranian national, was also later arrested and released on bail. Following the release of…
Getting aid to people in the world’s most neglected emergencies takes more than money. It takes open roads, open borders and leaders willing to help it reach those in dire need. That was the message from UN relief chief Tom Fletcher on Friday, as the aid coordination office he runs, OCHA, released $160 million to…
