Travel + Leisure5h
I Walked Japan's Kiso Valley and It Felt Like Stepping Into a Woodblock Print
A walking tour of the Kiso Valley offers glimpses of the golden age of Japan’s great printmakers.
The New York Times14d
Life After a Rebel Takeover
For those living in Goma, which has been captured by Rwanda-backed rebels, there is little water ... Most wore the uniforms they were captured in. Many of them were furious.
News2414d
'We expected corruption, but not to this extent': Syria navigates Assad legacy as it rebuilds
There were high levels of corruption under the Assad regime ... including removing numerous "ghost employees" - people who got paid for doing little or nothing during Assad's rule. Under Assad and his ...
Independent Online15d
More than 50,000 people without any passports recently intercepted and banned from entering South Africa
The Border Management Authority (BMA) on Friday said it intercepted 50,000 people without passports who were attempting to enter South Africa during the 2024/25 festive season period. Minister of ...
Daily Maverick16d
Upington Tales II — Spanish bulls in the veld, farming Kalahari-style and a quirky camera shop
The retail centres might slump a little ... excerpt from Karoo Roads IV – In Faraway Places (360 pages, black and white photography, R350 including taxes and courier in South Africa) available ...
FXEmpire.com16d
South Africa Interest Rate
The 2025 inflation forecast was revised down to 3.9% from 4%, while the estimates for 2026 and 2027 were kept steady at 4.6% and 4.5%, respectively. Meanwhile, South Africa’s economy is expected ...
Toronto Star17d
Too little, too late: Residents say they were in the dark as fire spread with no evacuation order
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby dangers and instructions to help them stay safe ...
The Washington Post17d
Too little, too late: Residents say they were in the dark as fire spread with no evacuation order
“If we had even been informed that houses and other structures were burning down ... Incident command stations may have trouble synthesizing the large amounts of information they are getting ...
The Sacramento Observer17d
1,772 Black servicemen who died in WWI were ignored in South Africa. At last they are being honored
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The names are carved on poles of African hardwood that are set upright as if reaching for the sun. No one knows where the men they represent were buried. But their names ...
Sydney Morning Herald18d
The cute little train at the end of the world with a brutal history
The Southern Fuegian Railway, more aptly called the End of the World Train.Credit: Alamy I’m near Ushuaia on South America ... locomotives were indeed made in Britain. A station platform ...
Daily Express20d
The incredible £2.8bn African railway network that connects 2 of the country's 3 capitals
The Gautrain project in South Africa has redefined infrastructure ... Along its route, the tunnel accommodates three key underground stations—Johannesburg Park, Rosebank, and Sandton—offering ...