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Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town has one of the busiest emergency centres in the Western Cape. As it turns to the public to raise R20 million for the opening of a new emergency centre, Dr Deidre McPherson chats to Spotlight about the hospital’s trauma frontline. Deep into the night while most of Cape Town is asleep, trauma surgeon Dr Deidre McPherson slips into work scrubs, hitting the highway to Groote Schuur Hospital to save the lives of critically injured patients. In a boardroom next to the hospital’s Trauma Centre, McPherson details her solitary early-morning drives along the deserted N1…

The abuse hurled at Europe’s golfers in the Ryder Cup elicited gasps and dismay on both sides of the Atlantic. The crowd at the Bethpage Black course in New York graduated from boos and heckles to homophobic slurs and insults aimed at players’ wives. The first-tee master of ceremonies set the tone by leading a chant of “fuck you, Rory!”, putting Rory McIlroy firmly in the crosshairs – along with his wife, who was hit with a beer cup.After initially playing it down, American golf officials apologised and said some fan behaviour had “crossed the line”, but the affair has…

Dipali Jagtap and Cherylann MollanBBC Marathi and BBC NewsBBC MarathiSurekha Yadav joined the Indian Railways as an assistant train driver in 1989″Machines don’t see gender; they see your strength,” says Surekha Yadav, who has been driving India’s trains for over three decades.Earlier this week, Ms Yadav bade farewell to her job after 36 years of service, retiring as India’s first female train driver. Over the years, she has operated a variety of trains across the length and breadth of India, sometimes navigating challenging terrain and harsh weather conditions.Today, there are more than 2,000 female train operators in the Indian Railways,…

There are scenes in dumped schlock horror Shell that would make it sound like a giddy five-wines-in camp classic if they were described in isolation. There’s the bit where Kate Hudson’s vampy wellness CEO makes Elisabeth Moss masturbate with a giant vibrator while making her stare in the mirror. There’s a cold open starring ex-Showgirl Elizabeth Berkley tearfully hacking off shells that have grown on her skin before getting slaughtered by a masked killer. There’s Hudson serving an elegant dinner of her discarded skin to enthused guests. And then there’s Kaia Gerber turning into a giant lobster …If only Shell…

The lawsuit claims Trump does not have the authority to override the law that created the H-1B visa programme.Published On 3 Oct 20253 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareA coalition of unions, employers and religious groups has filed a lawsuit seeking to block United States President Donald Trump’s bid to impose a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for high-skilled foreign workers.The lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco on Friday is the first to challenge Trump’s proclamation issued last month announcing the fee.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe United Auto Workers union, American Association…

“ Well, the shutdown melodrama continues.”That’s how, with the verbal equivalent of a sigh, Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana summed up the third day of the United States government shutdown.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listOn Friday, the US Senate reconvened before a weekend recess to vote yet again on a continuing resolution that would keep the government funded through November 21.Republicans have touted the resolution as a “clean” budget bill, maintaining the status quo. But Democrats have said they will refuse to consider any bill that does not consider healthcare spending.By the end of the year, subsidies under the…

Civilians in Gaza face combat wounds usually seen in soldiers, at double the civilian injury rate of other conflicts.

The first and second Trump administrations have provoked markedly different critical reactions. The shock of 2016 and its aftermath saw a wave of liberal anxiety about the fate of objective knowledge, not only in the US but also in Britain, where the Brexit referendum that year had been won by a campaign that misrepresented key facts and figures. A rich lexicon soon arose to describe this epistemic breakdown. Oxford Dictionaries declared “post-truth” their 2016 word of the year; Merriam-Webster’s was “surreal”. The scourge of “fake news”, pumped out by online bots and Russian troll farms, suggested that the authority of professional…

Addis Abeba — On 4 September 2025, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed toured the AeroAbay drone assembly plant and proudly declared that Ethiopia’s “locally produced drones” are “key to defending the nation’s economic gains” and essential to sustaining prosperity. “We are producing high number of suicidal drones,” he announced, unmistakably signaling both their combat and reconnaissance roles. He praised the facility’s capacity to build reconnaissance drones “capable of easily transporting a variety of equipment” and added that “numerous institutions are also engaged in the manufacturing of drones.” Reflecting on Ethiopia’s earlier difficulties in acquiring the technology, Abiy boasted, “we have now…

Anadolu via Getty ImagesMorocco is currently building what will be the globe’s largest football stadium in preparation for co-hosting the 2030 World Cup.But for the demonstrators who have taken to the streets each night across the country since last Saturday, this 115,000-capacity showpiece and all the other football infrastructure in development, costing a reported $5bn (£3.7bn), are an affront – an example of a government that has got its priorities wrong.”I am protesting because I want my country to be better. I don’t want to leave Morocco, and I don’t want to resent my country for choosing to stay,” says…