Sunday, 29 March 2026

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Jamaica and Curacao reach Gold Cup quarter-finals

LOS ANGELES: Jurien Gaari rifled an equaliser from 28 yards out in the third minute of  stoppage time to give Curacao a 1-1 draw against Jamaica  on Tuesday as both teams reached the Gold Cup quarter-finals. The Reggae Boyz, runners-up in the past two editions of the regional championship for

Coal dust and smog plague lives on S. Africa’s Highveld

Tumelo has again lost several days at school because of sickness. “My eyes are burning. Sometimes I can’t breathe,” she coughs. “The doc said there is nothing we can do,” says her mother Nono Ledwaba. “We need to take her out of eMalahleni. When she goes to her grandma in

Nasa’s Curiosity rover finds new methane spike on Mars

NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected the highest ever levels of methane in the course of its mission on Mars, an exciting discovery because the gas could point to the existence of microbial life. But the methane could also be produced as a result of interactions between rocks and water. Curiosity’s

Sri Lankans charged over traffic in baby elephants

A senior Sri Lankan conservation official was among eight people charged Tuesday in a landmark case over the capture and sale to the wealthy of dozens of baby elephants as status symbols. Wildlife experts say about 40 calves may have been stolen from their herds during a 10-year period and sold

Kia debuts its new Seltos compact urban SUV

South Korean automaker Kia has unveiled its new Seltos compact SUV, the series version of its SP Signature concept shown at the Seoul Motor Show in March 2019. It will make its formal debut at the International Motor Show Germany in Frankfurt in September, ahead of its global launch, by

Five rhinos resettled in Rwanda from Czech zoo

Five critically endangered eastern black rhinos were on Monday successfully relocated to Rwanda’s Akagera National Park after a long journey from the Czech Republic, park officials said. The arrival of the rhinos marks the second translocation to Rwanda after South Africa donated 17 rhinos in 2017, reintroducing the species after

Bad weather causing ‘catastrophic’ French honey harvest

Alarmed French beekeepers and farming groups warned Tuesday of a “catastrophic” honey harvest this year due to adverse weather. “For honey producers the season risks being catastrophic. Bees are collecting nothing!” French farming union MODEF said in a statement. “In the hives, there is nothing to eat, beekeepers are having

Fashion world shaken by cultural appropriation claims

The women embroiderers of the remote Mexican mountain village of Tenango de Doria made worldwide headlines this week when their government went to war with an American designer for “plagiarising” their patterns. Wes Gordon, the artistic director of the New York label founded by Venezuelan designer Carolina Herrera, found himself

Trump to visit Seoul after letters with Kim

SEOUL: US President Donald Trump will visit South Korea at the weekend after the G20 summit to discuss deadlocked nuclear talks with the North with President Moon Jae-in, Seoul’s presidential office said yesterday. Trump will fly to the South Korean capital on Saturday after attending the G20 summit in Japan,

Vietnam jails US citizen for ‘state overthrow’ attempt

HANOI: A US citizen was sentenced yesterday to 12 years in Vietnamese prison for “attempting to overthrow the state”, a lawyer and state media said, as the one-party country squeezes dissent. Vietnamese-American Michael Nguyen was detained in July last year while travelling in the country with two activists, who were