At least 16 tourists died in freezing temperatures after being stranded in their vehicles in northern Pakistan, where thousands had flocked to enjoy the snow, officials said on Saturday.

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Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said on Saturday he was well and had no Covid-19 symptoms after testing positive for the coronavirus this week, vowing to do everything possible to prevent another nationwide lockdown.

Sixteen people were killed and 18 injured in an accident involving a bus and a microbus on the road between Egypt's Suez and El-Tor, the Egyptian health ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

An air strike in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray killed 56 people and wounded at least 30 in a camp for the internally displaced, two aid workers told Reuters on Saturday, citing local authorities and eyewitness accounts.

Australian leaders, including Frydenberg, have been urging the country to move on from a strategy of stop-start lockdowns now that more than 90% of the population aged over 16 is fully vaccinated.

The head of communications at Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc, John Pinette, is leaving the company, the social media company said late on Friday.

US Forces Korea raised its health protection alert on Saturday after posting its highest weekly tally of new coronavirus infections, at 682.

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Sidney Poitier, who broke through racial barriers as the first Black winner of the best actor Oscar for his role in “Lilies of the Field,” and inspired a generation during the civil rights movement, has died at age 94, Bahamas Prime Minister Phil...

Luvuyo Godla, the attorney for alleged arsonist Zandile Christmas Mafe, has dismissed allegations linking him to the EFF.

A Georgia judge sentenced Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan to life in prison on Friday for the 2020 murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man running through their mostly white neighborhood in the southern US state.

MTN said it will oppose Telkom's urgent interdict aimed at stopping the regulator from proceeding with the issuing of radio frequency spectrum licences.

The Gauteng education department announced on Friday that 276,564 Grade 1 and 8 online applicants have been successfully placed.

Of the new cases, most were in the Western Cape (2,435), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (2,303) and Gauteng (1,813).

The eThekwini municipality has closed six of Durban's beaches with immediate effect after "unacceptable" levels of E-coli bacteria were found in the sea water following the vandalism of one of the city's sewage pump stations.

Soldiers deployed just ahead of the festive season to help police combat crime will keep their boots on the ground until March at a cost of R233m.

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The government has extended the Zimbabwean exemption permit (ZEP) granted to Zimbabwean nationals to the end of this year.

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Firefighters have withdrawn from the parliamentary precinct and the buildings have been handed over to the Hawks for investigation.

Paul Makaula appeared in the Hillbrow magistrate’s court on Friday for allegedly breaking windows at the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg with a hammer, causing about R50,000 in damage.

National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula told journalists on Wednesday she could not speculate on whether the incident at parliament could be linked to last year's unrest.

The power utility told TimesLIVE the announcement was for load reduction on Thursday and not an indicator of imminent load-shedding.

Forensic investigators are combing the scene at the department of justice regional office in Cape Town where a wooden door was allegedly set on fire.

An incident report based on observations by fire safety officers paints a disturbing picture of slip-ups and equipment failure during the blaze that gutted parts of the parliamentary precinct in Cape Town.

Mmusi Maimane says the 30% pass mark hurts pupils, the education system, and the economy in the long run.

The man arrested for allegedly breaking windows at the Constitutional Court with a hammer on Wednesday is a parolee with a 2010 murder conviction.