In this tribute to Judge Barathanathan ‘Thumba’ Pillay on his 90th birthday, Judge Dhaya Pillay remembers his seminal judgment granting antiretrovirals to prisoners.
Got to love a one-pot wonder. Especially when it takes under an hour before you’re ready to serve supper.
Greek police arrested 20 people on the island of Crete on Monday, saying they had dismantled a criminal gang suspected of defrauding the European Union of agricultural subsidies - the latest case in a growing scandal that has shaken the government.
Philippine rescuers were racing against time on Monday in a search for possible signs of life more than 24 hours after the collapse ofa building under construction in the city of Angeles, with crews carefully removing rocks and surrounding debris by hand.
Latvian opposition lawmaker Andris Kulbergs of the United List said on Monday he aimed to form a four-party majority government after the ruling coalition collapsed this month over national security concerns, though a final deal has yet to be struck.
Senegal’s parliament speaker, El Malick Ndiaye, has announced his resignation, deepening political turmoil in the West African nation two days after the president dismissed the government.
Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos is set to announce his final squad for next month’s Fifa World Cup on Wednesday, 27 May. The team will be dominated by players from Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates, and the recent silverware successes of these teams will be a great morale boost in the national te…
Houseplants can add beauty and comfort to your home, but their air-purifying abilities are limited. Scientific evidence reveals they aren’t a standalone solution for indoor air quality issues.
The State alleges that Brown Mogotsi attempted to bribe the investigating officer shortly after his arrest, as ballistic evidence suggests the vehicle at the centre of his alleged assassination attempt was stationary and unoccupied when it was shot at.
À Lamastre et à Vernoux-en-Vivarais, la voiture ne sert pas qu’à travailler. Elle est indispensable au quotidien, par exemple pour l’organisation des tournois sportifs. Malgré l’isolement accentué par le prix de l’essence, parents et responsables associatifs veulent tenir le cap.
Avec une nouvelle performance et des vidéos retournant l’IA contre l’usage souvent hostile aux femmes qui en est fait, l’artiste veut faire entendre et voir les violences sexistes et sexuelles qu’elle dit avoir subies, et qu’elle juge systémiques dans ce milieu culturel.
Un livre collectif intitulé «Les révoltes de la dignité. Résister dans les mondes arabes et méditerranéens» déplace la focale politique sur une notion sous-estimée pour saisir les moteurs des résistances à l’humiliation et les aspirations à une vie bonne. Entretien avec les directrices de l’ouvrage.
Les autorités israéliennes intensifient les démolitions dans les quartiers palestiniens de Jérusalem. Fakhri et Amina Abou Diab résistent depuis deux ans sur le terrain de leur maison rasée. Autour d’eux, des centaines de familles vivent sous la menace des bulldozers.
Renvoyée par France Travail en 2019 à cause d’un turban qu’elle dit porter pour des raisons de santé, une salariée se bat depuis sept ans pour faire reconnaître une discrimination en raison de l’origine. L’affaire est enfin passée devant la cour d’appel de Paris le 19 mai.
Les signalements de violences infligées par des animateurs déferlent partout en France, qu’il s’agisse d’humiliations, de coups ou de faits pédocriminels. Alors que s’ouvre mardi le procès d’un agent parisien pour une série d’agressions sexuelles, il est urgent de tirer les leçons d’un an de scandal…
Dans sa première encylique, consacrée à l’intelligence artificielle, le pape Léon XIV souligne les risques de cette technologie en matière militaire, économique et démocratique, et souhaite qu’elle soit strictement encadrée pour «l’empêcher de dominer l’humain».
From Investec’s private banking ambitions to Spear’s Western Cape office bet and Vukile’s Italian tilt, the JSE’s growth playbook is widening. But scaling exclusivity, paying fair prices and protecting retail investors remain the catch points on this week’s capital-market chessboard.
Events in Durban and Joburg last week showed again the political power of prejudice against migrants. The temptation by politicians who have failed in our cities to use this issue in local elections is growing stronger. Nothing good will come from this.
LAGOS, May 24 (Reuters) - Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will seek a second and final four-year term in January after overwhelmingly defeating a little-known challenger in ruling party primaries, results showed on Sunday.
‘Not my problem’ is no longer an option for the Minister of Water and Sanitation and the Eastern Cape Premier when it comes to a rural Eastern Cape water crisis. This comes after the Mthatha high court rejected their attempt to avoid responsibility for ensuring two Centane villages have access to po…
KYIV, May 24 (Reuters) - Russia pounded Kyiv and surrounding areas with hundreds of drones and missiles on Sunday in one of the heaviest bombardments of the city since the start of the four-year war, firing an Oreshnik hypersonic missile near the capital.
The organisers of South Africa’s four-tournament ATP Challenger series want new fans for a sport that’s been in the wilderness domestically
The Nelson Mandela Bay metro had another day of fuel outages as the city hit a further snag in the renewal of its fuel contract, but the MMC for Budget and Treasury, the EFF’s Khanya Ngqisha, said last week that the problem had been sorted out.
An out-of-control pest is invading southern Africa’s major river systems: the Australian red claw crayfish. Researchers warn that this highly invasive species is moving dangerously close to the Okavango Delta.
In near-perfect conditions, three of the four races in the Cape Town Marathon were run in record-breaking times, with the men’s elite race producing the fastest marathon on African soil.
Pharmacy group Dis-Chem says Mark Saltzman is not a board member, employee or company representative, as the SAHRC launches an investigation into social media posts reportedly linked to him.
Three years ago, Krasimir Kamenov and three others from Bulgaria were murdered in the upmarket Cape Town suburb of Constantia. While police asked for the public’s help in tracing suspects, there have been no arrests in a case that has attracted global attention.
The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry continues to send ripples through the SA Police Service, this time with the arrest of a captain from the police’s forensic lab.
Amid growing xenophobic violence in Durban, refugees are terrified as a June 30 deadline looms, exposing the urgent need to address who is fuelling this fear-driven movement.
After months of denying any knowledge of an investigation, Swimming South Africa has confirmed that it was notified last week of an investigation by the state’s integrity unit, and a request to meet.
The manhunt for the killers of a Mossel Bay couple in the Kruger National Park continues as trackers discover tyre tracks leading into Mozambique. The murders happened as SANParks introduced measures to protect tourists in the north of the park.
WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD, May 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had told his representatives not to rush into any deal with Iran, as his administration played down hopes of an imminent breakthrough in the three-month-old war that had been raised a day earlier.
LOS ANGELES, May 24 (Reuters) - Baby Yoda brought crowds to movie theaters over the U.S. Memorial Day weekend, putting “Star Wars” film “The Mandalorian and Grogu” on track to collect roughly $165m around the globe, distributor Walt Disney said on Sunday.
The award-winning and internationally bestselling author Tayari Jones returns with her latest book, Kin.
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We already know how high the stakes are for patients and their families — and rolling over now could hurt all of medicine.
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Africa’s energy transition is increasingly evolving beyond simply building renewable energy projects.
The National Health Insurance now lies in ruins and adjustments will need to be made.
South Africa has received its first positive outlook revision from Moody’s since 2007, but the ratings agency is still keeping the country two notches below investment grade. This tells us that better fiscal discipline is being noticed, but the hard work is far from over.
African swine fever may not be contagious to humans but several rotting pig carcasses found in Grogro may pose a health threat, prompting Nelson Mandela Bay health officials and State Veterinary Services to keep a close eye on the outbreak.
After Joburg readers told Daily Maverick about the extent of broken streetlights across the city, we spoke to five women who described how the lack of streetlights limits their freedom and affects their ability to work, socialise, visit family and practise their faith.
The Reserve Bank in the past decade has focused on the narrow disinflation objective to the neglect of the constitutional injunction to support balanced and sustainable growth.
South Africa’s healthcare sector has many pressure points that will influence its financial future.
Any political party interested in winning votes in South Africa, especially votes from a rather uninterested youthful population, will need to have workable, clear and achievable strategies for job creation.
Nelson Mandela Bay faces about 7,000 active water leaks as its decaying 4,700km pipeline threatens reservoirs. The maintenance budget is being depleted, which will derail the repairs to the leaks as appointed contractors await orders.
The old private markets were built around exclusion. The new prediction markets, such as Polymarket and Kalshi, are built around inclusion. They do not yet democratise ownership, but they do democratise opinion backed by cash.
The device aims to reduce load during peak electricity times, helping to stabilise South Africa’s national grid while saving municipalities’ power costs.
After readers helped Daily Maverick track the extent of broken streetlights across Joburg, we visited one of the worst-affected areas, Lenasia South, to see how unlit neighbourhoods fuel a surge in crime and community distrust ahead of the 2026 local elections.
The horror of 19 March 2026 still haunts a Cape Town father, the night police asked him to lift a blanket and identify what remained of his 79-year-old mother, known to neighbours simply as ‘Auntie Connie’. Beneath the sheet lay her mutilated body. He saw only her naked chest. Her head was missing, …
The moral and legal issues that surround mass hunger should no longer be avoided in South Africa.
Dans «Je suis la mer», Elin Anna Labba fait parler un lac du nord de la Suède, qui, après la construction de plusieurs barrages au XXe siècle, a englouti des villages du peuple saami. Entretien avec l’autrice, qui tisse dans son texte les langues du colonisateur et du colonisé.
Hongroise vivant de longue date en Italie, enfant rescapée d’Auschwitz, Edith Bruck raconte dans son dernier ouvrage, «Lettre de Francfort», son combat, administratif et romancé, pour obtenir une indemnisation à laquelle son statut de survivante de la Shoah lui donne droit.
De retour en France, plusieurs membres français de la flottille Sumud témoignent auprès de «Mediapart» de violences sexistes et sexuelles infligées par leurs geôliers israéliens. Ils soulignent que ce qu’ils ont subi n’est qu’un infime aperçu de ce que subissent au quotidien les détenus palestiniens…
Téhéran et Washington seraient sur le point de signer un accord intérimaire. Une reprise des négociations pendant 60 jours est attendue. Tout ce qui est épineux et conflictuel, comme le dossier nucléaire, a été reporté à la seconde phase.
Cocaine worth about R300-million has gone missing from state storage, suggesting that members of the SAPS are not just botching basic work procedures, but are also actively colluding with global drug traffickers.
South Africa’s Afrophobia reveals a troubling betrayal of pan-African solidarity. Historical injustices mirror today’s xenophobic violence, reflecting deeper governance failures as the continent grapples with a migration crisis.
Winnie Mandela’s life, as complex and divisive a figure as she was, reminds us that we can and must do better to improve the material conditions of those who are marginalised.
We cannot allow the future of healthcare in this country to become a technical and procedural battle between entrenched private interests and a state that has eroded public trust.
The 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival ran from 12 to 23 May 2026, bringing filmmakers, actors and industry figures to the French Riviera for cinema’s most closely watched showcase. South Korean director Park Chan-wook chaired the main competition jury, while Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu…
Alors que la France connaît une vague de chaleur précoce, le climatologue rappelle nos vulnérabilités face au changement climatique et les enjeux de l’adaptation.
Depuis plusieurs mois, l’eau distribuée dans l’enceinte du port industriel de Marseille-Fos est interdite à la consommation. Tandis que la justice a ouvert une enquête, certains continuent à consommer cette eau, également distribuée à Fos-sur-Mer, où les relevés frôlent les seuils autorisés.
Entre mobilisations organisées par le régime et stratégies de survie avec deux à trois heures d’électricité par jour, la population de l’île suit de loin le chantage exercé par l’administration Trump.
Le podcast culturel de «Mediapart» discute aujourd’hui, en amont d’une «saison cabaret» décidée par le ministère de la culture, du renouveau de ce genre, à partir notamment de La Bouche cabaret et du nouveau spectacle de Pierre Maillet.
Avant son élection, le député René Lioret a été le directeur des opérations commerciales du laboratoire pharmaceutique Urgo. Un groupe à l’origine d’une vaste fraude à la loi anti-cadeaux dans le domaine de la santé, pour laquelle des pharmaciens sont actuellement jugés.
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The first known sanction of its kind held CoreCivic responsible for destroying video in a case alleging wrongful death of an ICE detainee.
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Pour creuser l’écart à gauche, le candidat insoumis espère élargir son socle. À défaut de voir Marine Tondelier et Fabien Roussel renversés en interne, il veut convaincre des élus des deux partis de rallier sa campagne, en échange d’un soutien aux législatives. Jusqu’ici personne n’est sorti du bois…
Mégabassines, captage d’eau pollués, zones humides… le volet «eau» du projet de loi d’urgence agricole adopté le 22 mai vise à sécuriser l’accès à l’eau des agriculteurs irrigants au détriment de toute considération écologique. La gauche, mise en minorité, dénonce un mépris des données scientifiques…
Des milliers de familles de la bande de Gaza sont sans nouvelle de leurs proches, volatilisés sans laisser de traces. Certains de ces disparus forcés croupissent dans des lieux de détention en Israël. Obtenir des informations relève de la gageure.
Le «combat culturel» porté durant seize ans par l’ex-premier ministre nationaliste Viktor Orbán a fait beaucoup de victimes dans le milieu du cinéma. Après la transition politique du 12 avril, les professionnels qui ont été mis sur la touche veulent revenir dans le jeu.
Vendredi soir, deux hommes de 52 et 44 ans en poste il y a quelques mois encore à la maternelle Saint-Dominique ont été mis en examen pour des infractions «à caractère sexuel» commises sur le temps périscolaire. Une animatrice est aussi placée sous le statut de témoin assisté.
Le dernier acte du procès a débuté cette semaine avec les plaidoiries de la défense. Elles se sont concentrées sur les volets concernant l’intermédiaire Alexandre Djouhri. Son avocat a dénoncé un «traquenard judiciaire» et plaidé la relaxe pour son client, qui n’aurait été qu’un «homme de réseau». L…
Fabrice Forget transporte patientes et patients en Normandie depuis près de vingt ans. Entre flambée du carburant, déserts médicaux et nouvelle convention de l’assurance-maladie, ce chauffeur de taxi voit un métier de proximité basculer peu à peu dans une logique de rentabilité.
Les scientifiques cherchent toujours l’explication à des changements climatiques radicaux advenus dans un passé relativement récent de la Terre. Des carottes de glace très anciennes contredisent des hypothèses.
L’Écosse, le pays de Galles et l’Irlande du Nord sont dirigés, depuis les élections du 7 mai, par des partis de centre-gauche qui envisagent, à plus ou moins long terme, la dissolution du pays. Les trois nations comptent travailler de concert pour desserrer l’étau de la Couronne.
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The calm of Patricia Schonstein’s home stands in stark contrast to the turmoil beyond it. In The Glass Island, her eighth novel, that dissonance comes into focus, as global violence and moral urgency find expression within her fiction.
Music institution Bassline, which began as a venue 32 years ago, is now a roving concert company about to put on its annual festival.
Frustrated students from the University of Western Cape have entered another day of protests over poor living conditions. On Friday, 22 May, MPs visited the protest site, expressing concern and demanding the university take immediate action to resolve the crisis affecting student welfare.
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In this edition of the Weekend Wrap, accountability takes centre stage with a breakthrough in tracking down missing state funds, a scathing high court ruling involving a late political struggle veteran, and a breakdown of the bid to remove Julius Malema from the JSC.
Recent market volatility has some investors anxious about their portfolios’ performance, but temporary setbacks are not a reason to alter course permanently.
Former political analyst and activist Lukhona Mnguni is entering the race for Johannesburg mayor under the banner of Rise Mzansi, warning that South Africa risks becoming a ‘gangster state’ if corruption and weakened institutions are left unchecked. He answers our five questions for candidates.
The National Consumer Commission has officially referred FlySafair to the National Consumer Tribunal for what an investigation into flight overbooking has revealed to be ‘unconscionable conduct’.
Son père était la principale figure des milieux anticastristes les plus radicaux de Miami. À 63 ans, Jorge Mas Santos prépare la transition qu’il appelle de ses vœux à Cuba. Avec le soutien de Donald Trump, dont le gouvernement vient d’inculper Raúl Castro.
Sous le coup d’une expulsion, mais sans perspective d’éloignement, de nombreux sans-papiers se retrouvent assignés à résidence par l’État. Une réalité méconnue, sous-documentée et aux objectifs obscurs. Témoignages à Marseille.
Deux juges d’instruction qui enquêtent sur des marchés publics attribués à la société Shortcut Events pour des cérémonies de panthéonisation ont perquisitionné l’Élysée jeudi. Ils avaient été refoulés voici un mois.
Un régime dépourvu de soutien populaire qui conserve le pouvoir par le recours à la force: telle est la Russie aujourd’hui. La dégradation de la situation économique atteint la légitimité du Kremlin, mais la force de la répression ne laisse entrevoir aucun débordement populaire.
Voix française de la Palestine, Elias Sanbar publie son livre le plus personnel et le plus douloureux: un «Nouveau Dictionnaire amoureux de la Palestine» écrit à l’ombre du génocide de Gaza.
Entendu comme témoin, un ancien lieutenant-colonel du service action a déclaré avoir alerté la DGSE à propos d’une opération en cours «sur une Israélienne» plusieurs semaines avant une tentative d’assassinat dont allait être victime Marie-Hélène Dini.
Sparkly cake decorations such as edible glitter and metallic dusts are booming in popularity, but experts warn they can pose serious health risks if inhaled – especially by children. The warning comes after a young boy in Australia was admitted to hospital when cake decorating powder entered his lun…
A tongue-in-cheek survey of South Africa’s finest fried chicken.
Try this stylish and sexy, easy yet elegant fried chicken recipe.
The post-operative musings of a man who loves his family. And for the bleakest days of his life, thought he was gone from them.
Seasonal workers in Robertson often struggle to get to the clinic to access basic healthcare during the day, so community health workers in Langeberg have set up mobile clinics to visit the township at night.
There is something magical about that in-between stage when everyone is still setting up for RMB Latitudes Art Fair: ladders everywhere, technicians tweaking lighting, paint still drying, the artworld surviving on caffeine, and a sense of community second to none. It runs from 22 to 24 May at Shepst…
Cyril Ramaphosa’s presidency has been defined by commissions and task teams instead of action. Would he recall all the missed opportunities as he enters the cold corridor of impeachment?
Although military attacks may have ceased, at least temporarily, the war of words between Iran and the US continues.
US President Donald Trump’s election-security czar last year sought to ban voting machines used in more than half of US states by asking whether the Commerce Department could declare their components national-security risks, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
An explosion at Hungarian oil and gas group MOL’s MOLB.BU petrochemical plant in Tiszaujvaros, eastern Hungary, has killed one person and injured several others, the company said in a statement on Friday.
Samsung Electronics’ workers in South Korea on Friday began voting on a pay deal that ensures huge bonuses for its memory chip workers, but other employees who didn’t fare as well said they plan to oppose it.
China on Friday launched a crackdown on cross-border activities that illegally channel domestic money into overseas securities, futures and fund products.
Following a series of articles by Maverick Citizen, the SIU has finalised a R25-million asset recovery from a network of contractors linked to the Gauteng Department of Education’s irregular R431-million Covid-19 sanitisation contracts.
‘The bee kingdom is led by women, we can’t keep assuming men lead it,’ says Lulu Letlape, founder of Bongi Bees. She is one of a new generation of women entrepreneurs quietly reshaping one of South Africa’s most overlooked agricultural sectors.
In their pursuit of a second Champions League title, Mamelodi Sundowns will have to down Morocco’s AS FAR in Rabat. It won’t be a welcoming environment for the Brazilians, who head into the second-leg encounter with a slender 1-0 lead.
Springbok and Lions prop Asenathi Ntlabakanye has started an 18-month ban for a doping violation that says more about the system than it does about any perceived cheating on his part.
Emmanuel Macron a évoqué, lors d’une cérémonie à l’Élysée jeudi, la question des réparations liées à l’esclavage et à la traite, une première pour un chef de l’État français. Mais il a déçu celles et ceux qui espéraient des annonces concrètes.
Grâce à sa mobilisation, le collectif Zor est parvenu à faire voter à l’Assemblée nationale une résolution visant à la reconnaissance du génocide de leurs ancêtres lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Portraits de jeunes militants et militantes déterminés à défendre la dignité de leurs communautés.
Un groupe d’élèves du lycée Jean-Renoir à Bondy a collecté une soixantaine de témoignages de faits et propos jugés racistes de la part des adultes qui les encadrent. Le corps enseignant est divisé, et plusieurs plaintes ont été déposées, dans un climat de tensions élevé.
Des photos volées publiées le 21 mai par «Paris Match» ont dévoilé la relation entre le parlementaire de l’UDR et sa collaboratrice. Celle-ci dément tout «concubinage». Alors que la loi interdit aux députés d’employer leur conjoint ou conjointe, la situation suscite la gêne dans les rangs du parti d…
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Center Forward sent Stevens — and her mom — to a banking and crypto conference. Now it's spending millions on ads in Michigan.
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Intercept staffers break down the latest election news and the front groups fueling the midterms.
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Committee reports reveal a municipality caught between exhausted budgets, contractor pricing chaos and a growing streetlight backlog — with no fix in sight.
Tripling the Metro Police’s boots on the ground and placing a vehicle in every ward forms just one part of DA mayoral candidate Retief Odendaal’s plan to improve safety and security in Nelson Mandela Bay.
I am aware of the benefit of exercise and the inherent danger in driving and dietary overindulgences, and that my insurance company really does have my safety at heart – but I’m not always rational.
The timing of this El Niño event – unfolding at a rapid pace after the fading of its polar opposite La Niña, which typically drenches this region – could hardly be worse as it is looming against the backdrop of surging fuel and fertiliser prices triggered by the almost three-month long Iran conflict…
Responsible investing has entered a more demanding phase for South African asset managers, where the work is shifting from policy statements and emissions measurement to harder questions about carbon costs, portfolio targets, proxy voting and the environmental price tag of artificial intelligence.
The Western Cape Education Department has confirmed that George Gueorguiev, the Kommetjie Primary School principal at the centre of a 2025 hate speech controversy, has been transferred to a deputy principal post at Simon’s Town School.
Residents in Yeoville, Bellevue, Berea and Observatory say Egoli Gas terminated supply with little notice and no compensation.
Minister of Justice Mmamoloko Kubayi has said in a written answer to Parliament that the Department of Home Affairs has agreed to waive a five-year ban on Nigerian evangelist Timothy Omotoso for the National Prosecuting Authority to apply for his extradition. The NPA is awaiting the outcome of its p…
Following a last-minute decision to freeze school textbook budgets just days before a statutory deadline, the Free State Department of Education has strongly defended its centralised takeover, citing chronic administrative failures and unlawful photocopying by school administrators. However, the Sou…
Data centres in South Africa are not just energy consumers; they are catalysts for economic growth, infrastructure development and job creation across cities.
The SAHRC inquiry into Gauteng’s water crisis exposes municipal mismanagement and systemic failures, revealing the human rights violations faced by vulnerable residents.
General Ray Lalla, former national head of Crime Intelligence during President Thabo Mbeki’s tenure, secretly recorded a meeting with officials from the Priority Crimes Litigation Unit (PLCU) ‘to protect the integrity of the state’, the Khampepe Commission was told.
As South Africa wrestles with elephant management, delays and a lack of accountability could push culling from a last resort to an all-too-possible outcome.
The most pressing issue for South Africa is improving trade relations between Pretoria and Washington, says new SA ambassador to the US, Roelf Meyer.
HELSINGBORG, Sweden May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Nato allies on Friday for the first time since President Donald Trump called the alliance into question due to divisions over the Iran war and Washington announced plans to pull 5,000 troops from Europe.
SYDNEY, May 22 (Reuters) - A second group of Australian women and children linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) extremist group have departed a refugee camp in northeast Syria and may be returning to Australia, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported on Friday.
WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday announced sanctions against nine individuals, including Iran's designated ambassador to Lebanon, for obstructing the peace process in the Middle Eastern country and impeding the disarmament of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group.
May 21 (Reuters) - The United States arrested Adys Lastres Morera, the sister of the executive president of GAESA, a sprawling conglomerate of military-run businesses, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday.
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the tragedy that shattered the soul of South Africa on 16 June 1976, the Baxter and Market theatres have co-produced a docu-fictional drama, Rise ’76: The Story of June 16th.
Go behind the scenes of the Cancer Calculus investigation, and hear insights about Merck's cancer drug Keytruda from ICIJ's chief reporter and a health economist.
Les images montrant le ministre israélien d’extrême droite humilier des militants européens de la flottille pour Gaza, qui ont suscité un tollé international, n’ont rien révélé de nouveau sur les prisons de l’État hébreu. Mais elles mettent en lumière quelque chose sur la hiérarchie des corps.
L’institution de la rue de Montpensier a censuré pas moins de 25 articles de loi de simplification de la vie économique, qui en comptait 84, au motif qu’ils étaient hors sujet. La suppression des zones à faibles émissions, notamment, a été annulée.
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The securitisation of the Marange diamond industry in Zimbabwe represents a deliberate political strategy to engineer an ‘architecture of opacity’ for regime survival and elite enrichment.
A new study from Durban shows how at risk taxi drivers are to life-threatening heat stress, and not just during once-off extreme events. Long-term exposure to rising temperatures in their mini buses may end in kidney burnout.
In the wake of the ruling that the new fixed tariffs are unlawful and invalid, a concerning mischaracterisation of the case has emerged. The ratepayers now offer their account – and an open door to the mayor and mayoral committee.
Les négociations devaient s’achever au Parlement européen mercredi, mais aucun accord n’a été trouvé sur une date de mise en œuvre des nouvelles mesures. Droite et extrême droite avaient tout fait pour sceller le processus avant l’entrée en vigueur du pacte migratoire, le 12 juin.
Routes bloquées, affrontements, pénuries, et déjà plusieurs morts: le pays andin, en proie à l’inflation, traverse une violente crise. Le président Rodrigo Paz Pereira, élu en octobre, a annoncé mercredi un remaniement. Son autorité est déjà fragilisée.
Un salon de coiffure mobile conduit par un couple d’Aveyronnais sillonne les villages reculés de la région. Une fois par semaine, le camion se pose au Caylar, dans l’Hérault, où la clientèle devise sur les prix du carburant, le dégoût de la politique et le fort sentiment d’exclusion.
La cour d’appel de Versailles a condamné Jean-Baptiste Rivoire à verser 142 500 euros à son ex-employeur pour avoir rompu la clause de confidentialité qu’il avait signée et qui l’empêchait de dénoncer la politique de l’industriel breton dans le secteur des médias.
Alors que la France l’avait accueilli après sa libération des geôles égyptiennes, le militant palestinien risque une expulsion après que son visa n’a pas été renouvelé. Un avis défavorable de la commission départementale en charge des expulsions lui donne un répit.
À un an de la présidentielle, le chef de l’État nomme ses proches aux plus hautes fonctions. Une façon de «sécuriser les institutions», comme le dit l’Élysée? Ou plutôt de «cadenasser» l’État? Notre débat avec la rédaction de «Mediapart» et la professeure de droit Lauréline Fontaine.
L’humiliation et la violence contre les militants de la flottille pour Gaza indigne en Europe et jusqu’à Benyamin Nétanyahou. Pourquoi cette fois?, s’interrogent de nombreux militants, alors que de telles violences, mais aussi de bien plus graves, commises contre les Palestiniens, ne cessent d’être …
D’après l’avis du Conseil d’État remis au gouvernement le 7 mai, que «Mediapart» a pu consulter, l’instance chargée d’examiner les projets de loi estime que la réforme de l’agence de transition écologique n’est pas «justifiée».