India says Pakistan-Iran air strikes ‘bilateral issue’………

India says Pakistan-Iran air strikes ‘bilateral issue’………

After Pakistan and Iran launched missile strikes on each other's territory this week, experts say neighbour India is watching the developments very closely. Iran's foreign ministry says it will not allow 'enemies' to strain its ties with Pakistan even as Islamabad has downgraded ties with Tehran. New Delhi says this is a bilateral issue between two countries. Our South Asia correspondent Neha Poonia reports.

January 19, 2024 7

Namibia

Tondoro Health Centre in Kavango West Hit by Flooding After Thunderstorm

The Tondoro Health Centre in the Kavango West Region faced flooding in the aftermath of a heavy thunderstorm on Wednesday. The Ministry of Health and Social Services' Executive Director, Ben Nangombe, reassured in a statement on Thursday that there was no significant damage to medical equipment or clinical supplies. Nangombe attributed the flooding to rainwater originating from a water pool formed along a nearby gravel road, emphasizing the need for […]

January 19, 2024 6

South Africa

SA’s AfriForum is concerned about the early school leaving rate

SA's AfriForum says it is concerned about the group of learners who never even participate in matric examinations. According to statistics of the Department of Basic Education’s report, one-million-208-thousand-and-973 learners found themselves in grade one of so-called ordinary schools in 2011. In contrast, 715-thousand full-time and 182-thousand part-time learners wrote the matric exams last year, of whom 15-thousand-186 were in independent schools. AfriForum’s Nicolene Müller says it is extremely worrying […]

January 19, 2024 7

APO International

FIFA World Cup 2026™ match schedule to be announced on 4 February

FIFA World Cup 2026™ (www.FIFA.com) match schedule to be unveiled during a special live broadcast starting at 3pm ET on Sunday, 4 February 2024; Match schedule announcement will include host city match allocations for the 104 matches of the tournament in 2026, as well as the locations of key matches, including the biggest showpiece match, the FIFA World Cup 26 final; Special programme will be broadcast live across Canada, Mexico and the USA […]

January 19, 2024 7

APO International

Somali President Meets Ambassador of Qatar

HE President of the sisterly Federal Republic of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met Thursday with HE Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Somalia Dr. Abdullah bin Salem Al Nuaimi. During the meeting, cooperation relations between the two countries were discussed.Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The State of Qatar.

January 19, 2024 8

Science & Technology

Japan’s little Moon toy: the camera probe ready to roll

By Natsuko Fukue On board Japan's "Moon Sniper" spacecraft is a little robot with a big mission: to pop open like a Transformer toy, wiggle across the lunar surface and beam images back to Earth. The shape-shifting SORA-Q probe -- co-developed by a major toy company -- has been compared to a friendly "Star Wars" droid and a sea turtle because of the way its metal form can navigate the […]

January 19, 2024 17

Sport

Australia’s in-form Welsford wins his third stage in Tour Down Under

Australia's Sam Welsford celebrated his birthday with a third stage win in another sprint finish as Mexican Isaac del Toro Romero clung on to the overall lead in Australia's Tour Down Under on Friday. Welford (BORA-Hansgrohe) gave himself the ideal present on his 28th birthday, surging to victory in the 136.2-kilometre fourth stage into Port Elliott to make it three wins from three bunch sprint finishes in the WorldTour season […]

January 19, 2024 3

World

2023 prison census: Jailed journalist numbers near record high; Israel imprisonments spike

An Israeli army vehicle drives outside the Ofer military prison in the occupied West Bank in November 2023. Israel's imprisonment of 17 journalists in the West Bank since the October 7 start of the Israel-Gaza war has made it the 6th worst jailer of journalists, according to CPJ's prison census, which was taken December 1. China and Myanmar led the worst-jailers list. (Photo: AFP/Fadel Senna) By Arlene Getz/CPJ Editorial Director […]

January 19, 2024 3

APO International

Clairfield International and Rand Merchant Bank announce a formal M&A advisory partnership spanning 32 countries

Clairfield International, a top-ranked Europe-based global corporate finance partnership, and Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) (www.RMB.co.za), a division of FirstRand Bank Limited (part of FirstRand Limited, the largest financial services group by market capitalisation in Africa), are delighted to announce that they formally agreed to partner, marking both firms’ commitment to global expansion and delivery of top-quality corporate finance advisory solutions for clients. This partnership will position RMB as the gateway […]

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