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Dispute remains over compensation for Koreans during Japan’s colonial rule

Terumi Tanaka has now gone online with his anti-nuclear message

Eight candidates to be sifted through ‘confessionals’ from members

Security failures at quarantine hotels for returning travellers and poor communication of critical data to migrant communities allowed the virus to roar back in Victoria

Bringing US astronauts safely home and heralding a new age of private-sector space travel is his latest pinnacle

Disagreement about speed of recovery is unlikely to prompt much debate over monetary-policy response

President Rodrigo Duterte agrees to tighten restrictions as spike in infections overwhelms the Southeast Asian country's health-care system

Flight marks the first time US astronauts have flown to the International Space Station aboard an American spacecraft in nearly a decade

Secretary of state's comments suggest a possible widening of measures beyond TikTok after Trump's threat to ban the Chinese music-video app from the US

Operator Hurtigruten was the first to resume cruises following a three-month halt due to the global coronavirus pandemic

Australia’s Victoria state  declares a state of disaster  and police get more powers as Covid-19 outbreak rages on three weeks after lockdown

A string of agreements have seen wealthy countries lock up more than a billion doses of vaccines

This webinar on Debt Management, sponsored by Debt Rescue, had its experts share a practical approach to debt management amid this crisis and beyond The post Debt management amid Covid-19 and beyond appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

The parents of the 2020 crisis have little say about their children’s education The post There are useful lessons to learn from the generation of the 1986 emergency appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Schooling is stuck in the 1950s, but technology must be blended with the basics of education The post Miss Rona’s teaching the 4IR lessons appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

The Covid-19 pandemic gives universities an opportunity to find new ways of ensuring the health and well-being of students The post Caring for students goes beyond the teaching project appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Teachers who spoke to the Mail & Guardian this week are not confident that any effective teaching and learning will take place during this academic year, even if it is extended The post Teachers trying to catch up, ‘ticking boxes’, overloading learners appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Forty-three people were shot dead in the first six months of this year in the Western Cape’s intractable taxi violence, while close to 100 have been arrested and 40 are on court rolls in connection with the conflict The post Scores die in Western Cape’s deadly taxi tit-for-tat appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

More than 50 workers at the Ingonyama Trust Board have been issued section 189 notices The post Ingonyama Trust Board moves to retrench staff appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

English is a valuable resource, but we cannot continue to promote it at the expense of the indigenous languages — including Afrikaans The post The language of Afrikaans is not the problem appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Midvaal’s young mayor dispels all the persistent myths of young leaders not being able to govern effectively The post Bravo Bongani Baloyi! appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

The future is uncertain, and the number of people suffering from anxiety and depression is rising The post Covid-19 is taking its toll on people’s state of mind appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis:

The Vatican, responding to a German newspaper report that former Pope Benedict XVI was seriously ill, says his condition was "not particularly worrying" and that he was overcoming a painful but not grave ailment.

By Roli Srivastava

The US Justice Department announced charges on Friday in the hacking of the Twitter accounts of numerous high-profile figures.

President Donald Trump has lashed out at his coronavirus response coordinator Deborah Birx after she sounded a grim warning about the pandemic's new surge, calling her remarks "pathetic."

John Hume, the Northern Irish politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 for his role in the British province's peace process, has died aged 83, his family has announced.

Former Pope Benedict XVI, the first pontiff in 600 years to resign instead of ruling for life, is seriously ill, a German newspaper has reported.

More than 18.14 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 688 080 have died, according to a Reuters tally.

Israeli fighter jets have carried out strikes on Hamas facilities in the Gaza Strip after a 'rocket' was fired from the Hamas-controlled enclave towards the Jewish state, its military has said.

America's first crewed spaceship to fly to the International Space Station in nearly a decade returned safely to Earth on Sunday, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico.

Huawei has overtaken Samsung as the world's biggest maker of smartphones thanks to strong demand in its Chinese home market.

Development of monoclonal antibodies to target the virus has been endorsed by leading scientists. Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious diseases expert, called them 'almost a sure bet' against COVID-19.

The novel coronavirus has killed nearly 690,000 people and infected at least 18.1 million since the outbreak emerged in Wuhan in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP.

TikTok, popular in the United States and widely used by young people who create, share and watch short videos on the platform - is the latest target in a wide-ranging trade war between Beijing and Washington.

The Russian health ministry gave its approval for the drug's use under a special accelerated process in May.

Hume, the former leader of the SDLP, shared the Nobel with David Trimble of the pro-British UUP after the pair helped forge the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement.

Trump said on Friday he was planning to ban TikTok amid concerns that its Chinese ownership represents a national security risk.

The attack began on Sunday evening with a car bomb detonated at the entrance to the prison, and there were numerous other blasts heard as the IS gunmen opened fire on security guards.

The victim was exploring near the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef in the Indian Ocean when she was struck by the tail of one of the giant creatures.

They will comprise 5.8 million tests using DNA and 450,000 swab tests. Neither will need to be administered by a health professional, said Matt Hancock.

Four people stood trial for the suicide bomb attack on Rafic Hariri's armoured convoy on the Beirut seafront in February 2005, that killed the former Prime Minister and 21 other people.

The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour splashed into the water off Pensacola, Florida at 2:48 pm (1848 GMT), trailed by its four main parachutes. It was the first water landing for a crewed US spaceship since the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz mission.

A German publication has reported that Benedict, 93, is suffering from erysipelas of the face, a virus that causes a facial rash and episodes of severe pain.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's chief of staff, Army General Walter Souza Braga Netto, has tested positive for COVID-19, his office said on Monday, becoming the seventh Brazilian minister to have contracted the disease. The post Chief of staff to Brazil’s Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19 appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, […]

France has reported 3 376 new confirmed COVID-19 cases over the last three days, the country’s Health Department said on Monday, while the number of people being treated in ICUs for the disease is creeping higher. The post France reports 3 376 new COVID-19 cases over three-day period appeared first on SABC News - Breaking […]

Spain's former king Juan Carlos has told his son, King Felipe, that he is leaving the country, the Royal House said on Monday, in a dramatic move designed to protect the monarchy after corruption allegations against him surfaced. The post Former king Juan Carlos to leave Spain amid corruption allegations appeared first on SABC News […]

Afghan security forces laid siege to a prison seized by Islamic State fighters in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Monday, with at least 24 people killed after the militants' overnight assault led to a mass jailbreak. The post Islamic State storm Afghan jail, freeing hundreds of prisoners appeared first on SABC News - Breaking […]

A major incident has been declared in the Manchester area of Britain, allowing the creation of a “central command structure” to help tackle the rising number of coronavirus cases, a local official was quoted as saying on Sunday. The post ‘Major incident’ declared in British city of Manchester to tackle COVID-19 appeared first on SABC […]

Australia’s government expressed support on Sunday for the strictest social-distancing measures yet by the state of Victoria in an effort to contain the new coronavirus. The government in country’s second-most populous state is expected to announce that movement and businesses will be severely restricted in the state’s capital Melbourne for at least six weeks from […]

Facebook said on Saturday it has put a global block on certain accounts controlled by supporters of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro implicated in a fake news inquiry, a day after it was fined for not complying with a Supreme Court judge’s order to do so. The post Facebook puts global block on Brazil’s Bolsonaro supporters […]

China’s ByteDance has agreed to divest the US operations of TikTok completely in a bid to save a deal with the White House, after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided to ban the popular short-video app, two people familiar with the matter said on Saturday. The post TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to […]

A small plane which crashed shortly after take-off on a flight from a remote airstrip in Papua New Guinea to Australia last week was overloaded with more than 500 kg of cocaine, police said on Saturday. The post Australian, Papua New Guinea police arrest five over cocaine haul appeared first on SABC News - Breaking […]

Chilean police are training sniffer dogs to detect the coronavirus in people's sweat at a nearly stage, after a similar trial in the UK showed encouraging results. The post Don’t sweat it: Chilean dogs sniff out coronavirus in early stages appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of […]