Staff at a Virginia liquor store got a shock on Saturday when they came into work to find a raccoon had burgled the store, drinking its way through the spirits section. The “masked bandit” was found passed out in the bathroom between the toilet and bin having helped itself to bottles on a bottom shelf….
Uber Moto … and a decidely non-electric motorbike Uber South Africa is exploring switching to electric motorbikes for its Uber Moto service, which is aimed at riders wanting quick, short-distance trips. The company launched its first fleet of electric cars in Johannesburg last month. Uber Go Electric allows commuters to pay entry-level prices like those…
Addis Ababa — Ethiopia has unveiled its fourth National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), reaffirming its commitment to tackling this pressing global health threat. The launch places Ethiopia among a growing number of African countries with firm strategies to address AMR, which occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites evolve to withstand drugs designed…
Charles Shay, a decorated Native American veteran who was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day and helped save lives, died on Wednesday. He was 101. Shay died at his home in Bretteville-L’Orgueilleuse in France’s Normandy region, his longtime friend and carer Marie-Pascale Legrand said. Shay, of the Penobscot…
Samsung offers a cooling solution for the summer season, designed for modern living, the Samsung WindFree™ Air Conditioner with Direct Inverter Technology (DIT). This Samsung innovation redefines home comfort by combining reduced-noise1 cooling and intelligent energy efficiency2. Designed to cool air 43% faster3, the cool air is dispersed farther and wider4, reaching up to 15m….
DR Congo Declares End to Ebola Outbreak The Democratic Republic of the Congo declared the end of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Kasai Province, after no new cases were reported in the past 42 days since the last patient was discharged from the treatment centre on 19 October 2025. This outbreak affected the remote Bulape…
Nairobi, Kenya — Africa’s fight for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and gender equality has never been more urgent, as hard-won gains are increasingly threatened by shrinking civic spaces, rising political hostility, and the withdrawal of global funding. These pressures are creating widening gaps in national budgets and weakening the systems meant to…
Ukraine’s desire to join NATO was a “key question” discussed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and senior American officials during talks in Moscow, the Kremlin says. Putin’s top aide, Yury Ushakov, made the comment on Wednesday, the day after an almost five-hour meeting between Putin and Washington officials Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner failed to…
Some online payment platforms and local banks reported double- and triple-digit growth in spending on Black Friday. South African consumers shopped their way to another strong performance over Black Friday 2025, with online spending surging past the 2024 bargain-hunting weekend period. Online payment platforms and local banks reported double- and triple-digit growth on some platforms,…
The decision by the United States government to retreat from public recognition of World AIDS Day, and to withhold the release of its annual HIV data, is being treated globally as a political earthquake. But World AIDS Day was not created in a US government office and it does not depend on a White House…
