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THE SENTRY INVESTIGATION: Libya’s $210m investment in Sandton yields zero benefits for the north African nation's people

Two pilots killed in New York runway collision, Trump deploys ICE to US airports

Australia, EU seal long-awaited trade deal amid global trade tensions

MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: Trump delays strikes on Iran’s power grid while Iran denies claims of US talks

Colombian military plane with 125 on board crashes after takeoff, sources say 71 rescued

Two India tankers pass through Hormuz as Trump-Iran standoff simmers

TRC Roulette : Khampepe Inquiry: Former NPA head Menzi Simelane challenges senior TRC prosecutor’s ‘scapegoating’

SA-US CYBERCRIME: Million-dollar hacker who targeted US businesses from SA jailed in America, faces deportation

INVESTIGATION: In search of Banksy — Following the trail of the world’s most elusive artist

POWER CHAT: Watch: Geordin Hill-Lewis — DA leader, Cape Town's Mayor, or both?

APARTHEID ASSASSINATIONS: ‘Cradock Four were not terrorists’ — ‘Prime Evil’ De Kock takes stand in inquest

TECH BYTES: Laptop blues: SA can’t hide from the RAM price spike

BUSINESS REFLECTION: After the Bell: Our new universities and the River of Employment

MINING: Gold Fields’ relocation project adds to scientific insights into chinchillas

Conservation by choice or by chance: Understanding human-nature interactions in SA

Premier Lesufi heeds DA call to decentralise police functions in Gauteng

Shockwaves from the Gulf: How the Iran war could reshape Africa’s economic outlook

Order at the border: Illegal migration and the South African state’s responsibility

AGE OF THE ASSASSIN: Sibanye lawyer shot dead in Joburg CBD while working on labour dispute case

ONE FOR THE BOOKS: Delivering change: MavericKids Vol 5 lands in Paarl East

PARLIAMENTARY HEARING: The Feroz Khan-sized hole in Parliament’s ad hoc committee inquiry

To stop TB we must act now — together

NEWSFLASH: Mashatile rubbishes claims he met with ‘Cat’ Matlala

NUTRITION PROBE: ‘Constitutional crisis’: Experts flag UIF, data gaps amid rising food insecurity in SA’s stunting scourge

MEETING HALFWAY: Sunshine Tour must be part of future LIV Golf SA events

French far right fails to win in major cities in boost to mainstream rivals

Greece opens trial for 2023 train crash that killed 57

Pilot, co-pilot killed after passenger jet hits ground fire truck at New York's LaGuardia airport

London Jewish community ambulances set ablaze in suspected hate crime, police say

New Zealand endorses new private T20 league, wants more focus on women

Former Google executive Matt Brittin named new BBC director-general, The Times reports

THE INVISIBLE HEIST (Part One): How commercial crime quietly became SA’s most dangerous growth industry

ANALYSIS: Finally, signs of an ANC electoral strategy

Breaking the brass ceiling — women are the future of the global energy sector

GOLF: Bryson DeChambeau the perfect LIV Golf ambassador as its reputation grows

LIGHTS, CAMERAS, PARLIAMENT: Butt lifts, reprimands, pillow talk: The parliamentary theatrics around Mkhwanazi’s drug cartel claims

Slovenia limits fuel purchases as some pumps run dry

Iran threatens to retaliate against Gulf energy and water after Trump ultimatum

Fuel and fertiliser risks — why Middle East conflict threatens SA’s food price outlook

MADLANGA COMMISSION ANALYSIS: Sergeant Fannie Nkosi, information and kickback peddler between ‘Big Five’ and SAPS

SA's infrastructure crisis is self-inflicted — and fixable if politicians choose to act

WALLET WARS: On the road, at the pump, at the till – Iran war will hit your pocket hard

NATURAL RESOURCES: Mantashe’s moment — could war and oil havoc push SA into new energy fields?

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Why AI-generated wildlife imagery is a conservation crisis

BUSINESS REFLECTION: Crossed Wires: Nvidia and Uber just upended the robotaxi market

WHERE TO INVEST: Taking stock - damage control at Mr Price isn’t working

BALANCING ACT: Back at the Boardwalk: New GM aims to turn challenges into opportunities in Gqeberha

AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED OP-ED: War in eastern DRC — the Rumble in the Jungle that keeps rumbling

PARADISE LOST: Nelson Mandela Bay’s flagship beachfront left to rot through neglect, vandalism and poor security

PERSONAL FINANCE: The two-pot temptation that could wreck your retirement

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: isiZulu-speaking German ambassador Peschke is the envy of the diplomatic corps

MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: Iran and Armageddon: US extremists believe war is ‘part of God’s plan’

Human rights promise rings hollow as violence against women persists

LONG-DISTANCE CHAMP: ‘Keep on pushing’: SA running sensation Adriaan Wildschutt on inspiring others and staying grounded

OUR CITY NEWS: How the Apartheid Museum is confronting modern ignorance

VIDEO: Watch – Mkhwanazi vs McBride: Clashing claims tear South Africa’s security apart