A teenager tried to prevent her father marrying his fiancée by having sex with him because of “misplaced love”, a court in Hon Kong reportedly heard. As her father’s marriage approached in 2008, the 19-year-old tried to change his mind, according to the South
The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has announced that the Kariba hydroelectric power plant has doubled its electricity output to 401 MW in response to the ongoing load-shedding crisis in the country. The Munyati and Hwange power plants are also contributing 17 MW and 429 MW, respectively, for a total power supply of 847 MW. However,
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A UN nuclear watchdog team set off on an urgent mission on Monday to safeguard the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia atomic power plant at the heart of fighting in Ukraine, a long-awaited trip the world hopes will help avoid a radioactive catastrophe. The stakes couldn’t be higher for the International Atomic Energy Agency experts, who will visit
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A US judge says it is her “preliminary intent” to grant former president Donald Trump’s request to appoint a special master to oversee a review of materials seized from his Florida home during an FBI raid. US District Judge Aileen M. Cannon, who was nominated by Mr Trump in 2020, on Saturday also directed the
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The United States officials have confirmed a pair of United States Navy warships are sailing through international waters in the Taiwan Strait in a direct challenge to China. It is the first such operation since heightened tension with China over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in early August. In recent years US
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Dr Ramathuba who is a member of the ANC should know better, her government should address these issues with their Zimbabwean counterparts and not take it out on helpless Zimbabwean citizens who are fleeing a crisis in their country.
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A South Korean soldier who committed suicide earlier this year after being dismissed by the army following gender reassignment surgery won a posthumous victory on Thursday, as a court told the army to recognise her as a woman and annul her dismissal. Staff Sergeant Byun Hui-su had wanted a transfer to the military’s female corps after undergoing
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Britain is expected to announce plans to issue temporary visas to truck drivers to alleviate an acute labour shortage that has led to fuel rationing at some filling stations and warnings from retailers of significant disruption in the run-up to Christmas. As queues started forming outside filling stations early on Saturday, prime minister Boris Johnson’s
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Two Japanese passengers who contracted the new coronavirus on board a Diamond Princess cruise liner quarantined in Japan have died, Japan’s health ministry said on Thursday. Both were in their 80s with underlying health conditions. They were being treated in hospitals after being taken off the Diamond Princess last week. At least 621 people on
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Sudan’s president on Sunday became the first Arab League leader to visit Syria since civil war erupted there nearly eight years ago. President Bashar al Assad welcomed him at the airport, official photos showed. Many Arab countries have shunned Assad since the conflict that began early in 2011 after protests calling for his downfall swept
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