After conquering Earth, instant noodles have now headed into space with Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who brought a new zero-gravity version aboard the United States space shuttle Discovery. Nissin Food, which invented instant noodles, developed a special ball-shaped noodle that space-travellers can eat with a fork.
Police on Wednesday arrested four men in the central English city of Birmingham under anti-terrorist laws in connection with the investigation into last week’s attempted bombings in London.
It’s hard enough completing an intricate jigsaw puzzle, but when some of the most important pieces are missing — as in the case of Stuart Baxter’s planning for the World Cup qualifying matches against Burkina Faso and the Democratic Republic of Congo — it’s hardly surprising the Bafana Bafana coach finds himself more than a little bemused.
Close to 3 000 members of Solidarity and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa are on an indefinite strike at steel producer Highveld Steel’s Witbank plant. Solidarity spokesperson Jaco Kleynhans said the unions are standing firm on their wage demand of an 8% increase.
Blue Bulls scrumhalf Fourie du Preez is expected to be the only change to the Springbok backline for Saturday’s opening Vodacom Tri-Nations Test against the Wallabies at Loftus on Saturday. With a punishing schedule in the coming weeks, coach Jake White is looking to rest certain players in key positions.
An agreement in principle has been drafted to resolve the dispute between South African Airways (SAA) and striking unions, the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) said on Wednesday. "Significant progress has been made towards resolution of the dispute," the CCMA said in a press statement.
Manchester United fans opposed to Malcolm Glazer’s takeover have promised to continue protesting a British telecom company after it refused to pull out of its sponsorship deal with the club. Disgruntled fans picketed Vodafone’s annual general meeting in London on Tuesday.
David Beckham’s marketability may be fading. The England captain and Real Madrid star — soccer’s most recognisable player — has been dropped as the advertising face of cellphone giant Vodafone, which announced on Tuesday that it has ended its three-year deal with the 30-year-old Beckham.
Michael Phelps left failure in his wake on Tuesday, winning his first individual gold medal of the 11th World Swimming Championships in the 200m freestyle. Phelps’s roller-coaster opening day at the meet included failing to qualify in the 400m freestyle and winning a 4x100m freestyle relay gold.
The South African Airways pay strike is still on, the SAA help desk said on Wednesday following an overnight mediation attempt by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA). Unions and the airline were not immediately available to comment on the outcome of the CCMA mediation session.