Cheeky baby snatches handbag from British royal Kate
LONDON (Reuters) – British royal Kate was briefly dispossessed of her handbag on Friday by a baby she met while greeting wellwishers on a visit...
Day : April 28, 2023
Zambia fights damaging cassava root rot outbreak
By Ntombi Mhlongo Authorities in Zambia are working to contain a damaging outbreak of root rot disease that could lead to shortages of a key...
Truck drivers threaten to shut down major routes in South Africa this weekend
By Phephile Motau Truck drivers in South Africa plan to embark on a national shutdown on April 30. The shutdown is expected to interrupt major...
Ricki Lake pays tribute to Jerry Springer
By Bahle Gama Talk show host Ricki Lake says she will remember Jerry Springer as a rival and friend for many years. Springer who had...
Ambitious genome project shows how humans fit with other mammals
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists on Thursday unveiled the results of a project comparing the genomes of 240 mammal species – from aardvarks...
London police failed to learn from serial killer case, review finds
LONDON (Reuters) – London’s police force has failed to learn enough from its failures in a 2016 serial killer case to stop similar crimes from...
Peruvian gas firm doubles up as pre-Hispanic tomb-finder
LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian archaeologist Cecilia Camargo isn’t your usual tomb finder hunting for lost ruins: she works for the local gas firm. While installing...
US court orders South African firm’s CEO to pay E61.2 billion for Bitcoin fraud
By Kanishka Singh and Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge in Texas ordered the head of a South African firm to pay a...
Iran seizes oil tanker in Gulf, U.S. Navy says
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman in international waters on Thursday, the U.S. Navy said, the...
