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Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton, who took money from pro-Israel donors, won the race to be the Democratic Senate candidate.Published On 18 Mar 202618 Mar 2026Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton has won the Democratic primary for an open United States Senate seat in one of a slate of closely watched races shaped by heavy spending from special interest groups, including pro-Israel lobbying networks and the artificial intelligence industry.Stratton’s victory on Tuesday night was the highest-profile primary result, putting the pro–working rights candidate on track to join the Senate in November.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listBolstered by the endorsement of…
Strait of Hormuz. (Photo: STR/AFP)The International Maritime Organization (IMO), the shipping body of the UN, will hold a session on Wednesday to discuss the issue of shipping in the Middle East amid concerns about the fate of thousands of ships and seafarers without a place to go.The UN organization, which is based in London and is responsible for the regulation of international shipping safety, will consider possible solutions during the two-day meeting at its headquarters.The IMO’s council of 40 may vote on Thursday on several proposed solutions, including to “ensure a safe passage to enable the flow of ships and…
The MANAGER of Thukela District Municipality, Mr. Langelihle Jili, signed the agreement without reading it properly which led to the confiscation of the council’s bank account.Jili told members of the Parliamentary committee responsible for the operation of the Department of Cooperative Governance and Indigenous Affairs that he did not know that the agreement had a condition that if the municipality violates the agreement, it must pay all the interest on the debt of millions of rands.Jili and council officials appeared before a committee in Parliament in Cape Town yesterday.Jili’s explanation left the committee members speechless.The chairman of the committee, Dr…
COLLECTING full points for Mamelodi Sundowns against Marumo Gallants is like leaving a foot on the neck of Orlando Pirates who won the Betway Premiership title before going to finish the job in the Caf Champions League on Sunday in Bamako, Mali.Sundowns returned to the top of the log with a victory over Gallants with two goals from Teboho Mokoena and Keanu Cupido on Tuesday night at Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria.The home scorer for Gallants was scored by former Pirates player, Ndabayithethwa Ndlondlo, it was a penalty.Sundowns’ victory left Pirates with the burden of winning on Saturday when they face…
Iran’s army and air force have been hit hard, while about 80% of Iran’s ability to fire missiles, according to him, has already been destroyed. (Photo: MARTIN LELIEVRE / AFP) Jaco Kleynhans, head of international relations at Solidarity, says the military operation in Iran has already lasted two and a half weeks and the big question is whether the USA and Israel will be caught in a longer, protracted conflict. According to him, there were indeed significant breakthroughs for Israel and the USA at that time. Iran’s army and air force have been hit hard, while about 80% of Iran’s…
OFFICER of the Ministry of Home Affairs KwaZulu-Natal, Mr Cyril Mncwabe, we have appealed to those who issued IDs and ended up not collecting them, to collect them as they are in their offices. Mncwabe said there were 100,000 identity cards that had not been collected from different offices in the province.Uthey spoke to the school principals, as well as different agencies to raise the alarm that the IDs of those who have lost their lives should be collected.”From December 2025, there are 105,878 identity cards that have not been collected from our offices. We have different campaigns, including going…
The reality is that Europe has large-scale challenges. Mass immigration is destroying many European countries. For many, turning around is probably no longer possible and Islamization will become a reality within the next decade or two.
A man accused of murdering a witness who testified in secret at the Commission investigating the allegations made by the KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, will appear in court today.The suspect arrested for the murder of Mr Marius Van Der Merwe will appear at the Brakpan Magistrate’s Court in Gauteng.The suspect was arrested by a police team investigating the cases based on evidence presented before the Commission led by Judge Mbuyiseli Madlanga. Van Der Merwe was named after he was accused of corruption in the Kurhuleni Municipal Police.During his testimony last year, Van Der Merwe criticized police officers…
Dawie Roodt. (Archive photo: Reint Dykema) The Association of State Servants (USA) noted with “extreme concern” comments by Dawie Roodt, well-known economist, that South Africa is a “parasitic state” with certain civil servants the real “state makers”. Roodt was one of the speakers at the online business newspaper BizNews’ conference in Hermanus last week. He said, among other things, that the average civil servant is paid more than R50 000 per month, while there are more than 1.2 million civil servants. State-owned enterprises and entrepreneurs are excluded from this. “The salary of civil servants represents a third of total government…
NewsFeed“We’ll be doing something with Cuba very soon.” While the US wages an outright military assault on Iran, the US president and his secretary of state also have an eye on Cuba, demanding a change of leadership in Havana.Published On 18 Mar 202618 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2SharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo