North Korea faced united condemnation of its missile tests at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, with the United States and Japan pressing for a strong response to the launch of seven missiles in 24 hours. ”We hope that the response of the council will be swift, strong and resolute,” said Kenzo Oshima, Japan’s ambassador to the UN.
Britain absorbed far more money from sub-Saharan Africa than it gave in aid and debt relief last year, despite pledges to help the region, the charity Christian Aid said on Wednesday. In the 12 months since an annual Group of Eight summit in Scotland last July, the British economy gained a net profit of more than £11-billion ($20,3-billion) from the region.
When former radio presenter and adventurer Patricia Glyn read her great-great-grand uncle’s diary three years ago, she immediately decided on a roots odyssey. She would walk in the footsteps of her ancestors and peek into the world they once knew, writes Yolandi Groenewald.
There’s something batty going on inside the Palace of Westminster, home of Britain’s Parliament, and it’s got nothing to do with political shenanigans.
In a first, the Bat Conservation Trust will deploy inside the gothic-style premises in central London next Monday to determine exactly how many bats live beneath its rafters, towers and gargoyles.
Online search giants Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft are not doing enough to combat fraud that cost United States advertisers $800-million last year, a study released on Wednesday claimed. "Pay-per-click" advertising is a core revenue source for search engines and has come under attack by those concerned about fraud.
Tickets are selling fast for test flights later this month to Bangkok’s new international airport, with one short flight already sold out, flag carrier Thai Airways International said this week. About 400 tickets for the 20-minute flight between the new airport and Bangkok’s current Don Muang international airport sold out in the first two days of sales.
Moses and his 14-strong collective mean business. Feeling rejected by the Month of Photography (MOP), currently sweeping Cape Town, they formed their own fringe event, cheekily named the Month of People’s Photography (MOPP), Carl Collison finds out.
Men in the kitchen will benefit from renowned chef Peter Goffe-Wood’s recent book <i>Kitchen Cowboys</i>, but this is no manual for health-conscious sissies, writes Matthew Krouse.
There is a part of Cape Town that never makes it into the travel magazines. Chantel East takes a trip to Parklands and discovers a Truman-show neighbourhood.
<i>Hard Copy</i> is shot on a reconstructed newsroom set in the disused Rissik Street post office donated as a location by the city of Johannesburg. In a month, production designer Emelia Weavind and crew created a busy, layered working space where issues and temperaments can play themselves out to the full. Matthew Krouse saw the first episode.