Posts by Entrepreneur South Africa
COP30 climate talks evacuated after fire breaks out
The UN climate talks COP30 have been evacuated due to a fire breaking out inside the venue in Belém, Brazil. BBC journalists saw flames and smoke in the pavilion area before they were rushed outside where fire engines raced past. The UN has said the fire is now contained “with limited damage”. It is not…
Read MoreNigerian separatist leader convicted on terrorism charges
A court in Nigeria has found separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu guilty of terrorism 10 years after he was first arrested. The court said it was satisfied that Kanu had made a series of broadcasts to incite violence and killings, as part of his campaign for a separate state in south-east Nigeria, known as Biafra. Kanu…
Read MoreFootage shows Brazilian hostage rescue simulation, not ‘Israeli commando shooting Hamas gunman’
Weeks into a fragile US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, a months-old video of a Brazilian hostage rescue simulation was shared in posts falsely claiming it showed an Israeli commando shooting a “Hamas terrorist”. The footage has circulated in posts by Brazilian news outlets since July 2025, when the country’s military police carried out a…
Read MoreReporter’s notebook: Inside the IDF’s ‘Hamas Village,’ and how Israel is rewriting urban warfare
Though a training exercise, the demonstration of force, firepower, and meticulous coordination between different arms of the military felt about as real as one can get. It took around seven minutes of deafening fire and bombardment, often shaking the ground in the area, before IDF forces charged forward to take positions within the “Hamas” village…
Read MoreWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Dignity
When the Albanian political philosopher Lea Ypi was growing up, her grandmother, Leman Ypi, would tell her that during her honeymoon—which took place in Italy in 1941, when war raged throughout Europe and at the edges of the Pacific—she was “the happiest person alive.” Decades later, Ypi wondered how Leman, “no fascist apologist,” had managed…
Read MoreUkraine asks Vatican to formalize mediation role for return of citizens taken by Russia
ROME (AP) — Ukraine has asked the Vatican to formalize its role facilitating negotiations over the return of Ukrainian children and civilians taken by Russia during the nearly four-year war, a Kyiv government official said Wednesday. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made the request in a letter to Pope Leo XIV ahead of an audience Friday between…
Read MoreA Holiday Gift Guide: The Newest, Strangest Gadgets and Apps
We are entering a Surrealist phase of personal technology. Any device you might imagine can be found online courtesy of an obscure Chinese factory, ready to be shipped out for a loved one’s holiday enjoyment: pocket-size artificial-intelligence gizmos (Rabbit r1, $199), in-home hologram machines (Code 27 Character Livehouse, $558), human-size robot servants (1X NEO, $20,000).…
Read MoreFabricated exchange at Chinese government briefing misleads online
Chinese media have reported that fraudsters were able to use SIM cards smuggled out of China in telecom scams despite a rule that anyone buying the cards must register their names. Social media users have shared a clipped video falsely claiming it showed a Chinese official dodging a reporter’s question on how scammers were able…
Read MorePossible disruption as yellow snow and ice warning in place
A weather warning for snow and ice has been issued across Northern Ireland as strong northerly winds bring arctic air across the UK and Ireland. The Met Office alert began at midnight and will last until noon on Wednesday, with the organisation warning that commuters travelling over higher routes could face disruption. While little to…
Read MoreLives in Upheaval After an Eviction, in “Last Days on Lake Trinity”
In March, 2022, the people living in Lakeside Park Estates mobile-home park, in Hollywood, Florida, learned that they were being evicted. The park’s owner, Trinity Broadcasting Network, had decided to shut it down. In many cases, tenants owned their homes, but they didn’t own the land they sat on. The residents—most of whom were low-income,…
Read MoreFrance’s $6.4 Billion Tax Break for Heirs Faces Crackdown After Shocking Audit
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. France’s Dutreil succession regime is suddenly at the center of a fiscal storm, after the Cour des Comptes revealed the tax break may have drained more than 5.5 billion from government coffers last year. The timing could be awkward for Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, who is trying to assemble…
Read MoreFormer chief rabbi among three probed for bribery, extortion in rabbinical courts
During the investigation, Lahav 433 learned that the three officials used their positions within the rabbinical court system to blackmail a fourth official into advancing their personal interests. A former chief rabbi of Israel is one of three senior rabbinical court officials currently being investigated for extortion, bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, the Israel…
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