Sunday World News Updates

Ten lions were found dead in Tanzania’s Ngorongoro wildlife reserve last week and preliminary findings suggest they may have been poisoned, the area’s management authority said. The deaths raise concerns over the conservation of lions in one of Africa’s most renowned wildlife ecosystems. Poisoning has been a recurring threat to… Read more »

Faulty intelligence, outdated satellite imagery, staffing cuts and heavy reliance on artificial intelligence contributed to a US strike that killed around 120 children at a school in the Iranian city of Minab, Bloomberg reported on Saturday, citing officials involved in a Pentagon internal investigation. The officials described the tragedy as… Read more »

Russia has substantially expanded its entry ban list for European Union representatives in response to the EU’s 21st package of anti-Russian sanctions adopted on July 23, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs says. “In response to the EU’s unlawful decisions, the Russian side has significantly expanded the list of representatives… Read more »

Kenya’s Agnes Ngetich took a second off the previous women-only half marathon world record as she won the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Copenhagen on Sunday, stopping the clock at one hour, five minutes and 15 seconds. Ngetich, who also broke the women-only 10km world record last year, pushed… Read more »

Nasa has given SpaceX a $946 million (R15.4 billion) contract to fly three more astronaut missions to the International Space Station (ISS), extending the company’s crewed flights to the station ‌through 2030, the space agency has announced. The deal brings SpaceX’s total number of Nasa astronaut flights under the contract… Read more »

The EU says it regrets the US’s decision to extend the denial of entry visas for members of the Palestinian delegation for a second year in a row ahead of the UN General Assembly in New York. In a statement on Saturday, the EU urged the US to reconsider the… Read more »

Google’s Gemini accessed the internet and hacked three companies during a cybersecurity test in May, ​the first known case of a Google AI model doing so on its own. During the evaluation, run by independent firm Irregular, Gemini found public information ​online and guessed credentials to get into three websites… Read more »

China launched nine satellites into space on Sunday, including the Qinling-1 and Qinling-2 satellites. The Lijian-1 Y18 carrier rocket lifted off at 12.03pm (Beijing time) on Sunday from the Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Pilot Zone. All nine satellites entered their designated orbits, marking the success of the launch mission. The… Read more »

Three men, including two field rangers, aged 40 and 62, and a 41-year-old community member from Tolwe, Limpopo, have been served with summons to appear in court on charges of fraud, corruption, and contravention of the Environmental Act. Investigations revealed that on May 25 and 26, 2023, the suspects allegedly… Read more »

Police have arrested a 52-year-old South African man at OR Tambo International Airport after seizing heroin with a street value of more than R2 million in an intelligence-led operation, police said on Sunday. The suspect had just arrived on a flight from Accra, Ghana, when members of the South African… Read more »