2015-11-08 South Africa Health

eNCA   

Breakthrough in early detection of breast cancer   
eNCA
Johannesburg, 6 November 2015 - A new homegrown machine that detects breast cancer in less than an hour, is set to revolutionise the medical fraternity. Not only does it have far-reaching implications for the fight against the disease, it looks set to als.
South Africa makes breakthrough in the fight against breast cancer   TheSouthAfrican

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Huffington Post   

Cuts To Free Condom Program Put Indian Sex Workers At Greater Risk For HIV   
Huffington Post
<span class='image-component__caption' itemprop="caption">An INDRANIL MUKHERJEE via Getty Images An Indian sex worker demonstrates how to use a condom during a behavioural change communication (BCC) session at the Social Activities ...

2015-11-08 South Africa Science

Phys.Org   

New Horizons completes record-setting Kuiper Belt targeting maneuvers   
Phys.Org
Path to a KBO: Projected route of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft toward 2014 MU69, which orbits in the Kuiper Belt about 1 billion miles beyond Pluto. Planets are shown in their positions on Jan. 1, 2019, when New Horizons is projected to …more. NASA ...
New Horizons is Officially Off to the Kuiper Belt!   Gizmodo
New Horizons Team finishes Maneuvers for Kuiper belt Object 2014 MU69   NYC Today
New Horizons Changes Course For 2019 Encounter   Aviation Week
MyBroadband   
The Space Reporter   
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UpNorthLive.com   

Photos: Blue whale washes up on Oregon Coast   
UpNorthLive.com
The whale washed ashore Monday morning about 7 miles north of Gold Beach in Curry County and is visible from Highway 101. The state parks department is leading the effort to remove the carcass. (Oregon State Parks photo). 151105_blue_whale_660.jpg ...

2015-11-08 South Africa Sports

Independent Online   

Boks to play All Blacks in Durban   
Independent Online
South Africa will face world champions New Zealand in coastal city Durban next October in the Rugby Championship after four seasons of hosting their greatest rivals on the Highveld. New Zealand regained the world title and became the first three-time ...

2015-11-08 South Africa Entertainment

Independent Online   

H&M out of style on Twitter   
Independent Online
Johannesburg - Hennes & Mauritz's much anticipated arrival in SA - only the third country on the continent to open outlets - has been marred by a social media faux pas. The brand, which dates its history back to 1947 when it launched in Sweden and has ...
H&M apologises for 'racist' Twitter response   Eyewitness News
H&M's big South African faux pas   eNCA
Did H&M South Africa make a 2nd Twitter gaffe?   Women24

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The Citizen (press release) (blog)   

Holiday pics of Boity and Cassper   
The Citizen (press release) (blog)
We do not know where they are, but from the pictures, it looks amazing. Warning: last pic is PG. Refiloe Phoolo, known as Cassper Nyovest, and his presenter and model girlfriend Boitumelo Thulo, known as Boity, have gone on a vacation which they have ...

2015-11-08 South Africa Technology

htxt.africa   

Hands on with the Huawei Mate S and Mediapad M2 8.0   
htxt.africa
Although the Huawei Mate S has been available for the better part of a month in South Africa, the Chinese manufacturer gave members of the press and guests some private time with the smartphone as well as the brand new Mediapad M2 8.0 tablet at a ...

2015-11-08 South Africa Business

BDlive   

Nuclear Matters' Carol M. Browner on White House Summit on Nuclear Energy   
Digital Journal
WASHINGTON--(Business Wire)--Nuclear Matters Leadership Council Member and former EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner issued the following statement following today's White House Summit on Nuclear Energy. “Today's recognition by the Obama ...

2015-11-08 South Africa South Africa

News24   

Stop fighting and bickering, Mbete tells ANC conference in KZN   
News24
Pietermaritzburg – National ANC chairperson Baleka Mbete on Friday told delegates attending the ANC's 8th Provincial Conference in KwaZulu-Natal to stop the bickering and infighting between them. "We don't have to lie to ourselves. We have to ...

2015-11-08 South Africa Africa

Vanguard   

This Nnamdi Kanu, that Radio Biafra and the tragedy of charlatanism (2)   
Vanguard
From the great heights of Ikemba Ojukwu to the wretchedness and mediocrity of an Nnamdi Kanu. What a tragedy! “As long as your mother ties a two piece wrapper you are a Biafran, you are a descendant of light. …..Why would anyone go to church to ...

2015-11-08 South Africa World

The Nation   

Dozens missing in Brazil mine disaster, death toll uncertain   
Reuters Africa
MARIANA, Brazil (Reuters) - Rescue teams searched through mud and debris on Friday for dozens of people missing after a pair of dams collapsed at a Brazilian mine owned by two of the world's biggest iron ore producers. Walls of water filled with mining ...

2015-11-07 South Africa Health

eNCA   

Breakthrough in early detection of breast cancer   
eNCA
Johannesburg, 6 November 2015 - A new homegrown machine that detects breast cancer in less than an hour, is set to revolutionise the medical fraternity. Not only does it have far-reaching implications for the fight against the disease, it looks set to als.
South Africa makes breakthrough in the fight against breast cancer   TheSouthAfrican

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Eyewitness News   

Condom shortage hampers India's Aids fight   
Eyewitness News
Two-thirds of India's 31 state Aids units have less than a month's supply of condoms. Condoms. Picture: sxc.hu. Picture: freeimages.com. India · HIV Aids · Aids · Shortage of condoms. India,HIV Aids,Aids,Shortage of condoms. World. Email; Print ...

2015-11-07 South Africa Science

Livemint   

New UN report underscores the tough math of the global carbon budget   
Washington Post
With less than a month to go until the all important U.N. climate change conference in Paris, yet another key report has reinforced how off target the world is from the goal of limiting warming to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. And it ...
All Eyes On China as Climate Summit Approaches   Huffington Post
Biggest emitters of carbon 'least worried about climate change'   The Straits Times
Who Will Pay for Climate Change?   Newsweek
The Australian Financial Review   
TIME   
Business Standard   
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New York Times   

Wonderful Indonesia   
AllAfrica.com
The word 'wonderful' is a big brag. It's a term that connotes pleasure, delight and admiration and to use it as the defining word for an entire country may seem a little immodest. Unless, of course, that country is Indonesia. Wonderful Indonesia with ...
Reclamation and the (re)public   Jakarta Post

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The Express Tribune   

UN Green Climate Fund Approves First Projects for $168 Million   
Bloomberg
The United Nations Green Climate Fund approved $168 million of funding for its first eight projects, a boost to the global climate talks a month before 195 nations aim to seal a new deal requiring all nations to limit greenhouse gases. The projects ...
UN fund approves its first climate aid for poor nations   News24
UN climate fund releases $183m to tackle global warming   The Guardian
Green Climate Fund approves first eight investments to combat climate change   UN News Centre
Livemint   
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Yahoo7 News   

Pilot whales die after NZ mass stranding   
Yahoo7 News
A pod of 29 pilot whales that got stranded on New Zealand s remote Stewart Island A pod of 29 pilot whales that got stranded on New Zealand's remote Stewart Island have all died. A pod of 29 pilot whales have died after becoming stranded on a remote ...
Stranded whales on Stewart Island euthanised by DOC   TVNZ
Mass stranding leaves 29 pilot whales dead   3News NZ
Dozens of whales die on Stewart Island   Southland Times

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Aviation Week   

New Horizons Changes Course For 2019 Encounter   
Aviation Week
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2015-11-07 South Africa Sports

Sport24   

Mathoho expects Chiefs response   
Sport24
Cape Town - Kaizer Chiefs defender Eric Mathoho believes the team have identified the mistakes from their humbling derby defeat against Orlando Pirates, and are ready to respond this weekend. AmaKhosi suffered a demoralising 3-1 loss against their ...
Big guns battle for TKO semis spots   SuperSport
Tips For Selected Soccer 6 Matches   Soccer Laduma
Soweto derby - Bucs have the edge   Independent Online
Times LIVE   
KickOff.com   
AllAfrica.com   
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Sport24   

Wits out to reclaim PSL top spot   
Sport24
Cape Town - Bidvest Wits will have the chance to move to the top of the Absa Premiership when they host Jomo Cosmos at Bidvest Stadium. Wits claimed their biggest win of the season and ended Platinum Stars' unbeaten run with a 4-0 win in Rustenburg on ...

2015-11-07 South Africa Entertainment

eNCA   

Bonang and AKA set tongues wagging   
eNCA
File: Bonang and AKA (not pictured) found themselves in the middle of social media storm about their rumored relationship. Photo: Twitter / Bonang Matheba. JOHANNESBURG - Bonang and AKA found themselves in the middle of a social media storm on ...

2015-11-07 South Africa Technology

htxt.africa   

Hands on with the Huawei Mate S and Mediapad M2 8.0   
htxt.africa
Although the Huawei Mate S has been available for the better part of a month in South Africa, the Chinese manufacturer gave members of the press and guests some private time with the smartphone as well as the brand new Mediapad M2 8.0 tablet at a ...

2015-11-07 South Africa Business

Citizen TV   

South Africa's rand, stocks tumble on strong US jobs data   
Reuters Africa
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 6 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand weakened sharply to a record low against the dollar after firmer-than-expected non-farm payrolls data from the United States on Friday heightened prospects of an interest rate hike next month by the ...

2015-11-07 South Africa South Africa

News24   

Stop fighting and bickering, Mbete tells ANC conference in KZN   
News24
Pietermaritzburg – National ANC chairperson Baleka Mbete on Friday told delegates attending the ANC's 8th Provincial Conference in KwaZulu-Natal to stop the bickering and infighting between them. "We don't have to lie to ourselves. We have to ...

2015-11-07 South Africa Africa

Vanguard   

This Nnamdi Kanu, that Radio Biafra and the tragedy of charlatanism (2)   
Vanguard
From the great heights of Ikemba Ojukwu to the wretchedness and mediocrity of an Nnamdi Kanu. What a tragedy! “As long as your mother ties a two piece wrapper you are a Biafran, you are a descendant of light. …..Why would anyone go to church to ...

2015-11-07 South Africa World

The Guardian   

Dozens missing in BHP-Vale mine disaster in Brazil as rescue continues   
The Guardian
Rescue teams searched through mud and debris on Friday for dozens of people missing after a pair of dams collapsed at a Brazilian mine owned by two of the world's biggest iron ore producers. Walls of water filled with mining waste cascaded downhill ...
Brazilian village buried in mudslide   CBC.ca
UPDATE 5-Dozens missing in Brazil mine disaster, death toll uncertain   Reuters
Search ongoing for missing in Brazil mine disaster, death toll uncertain   Daily Mail
ABC Online   
Fox News Latino   
Stuff.co.nz   
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Independent Online   

Irish women tweet their periods to PM   
Independent Online
Dublin - Irish women are tweeting details of their periods to Prime Minister Enda Kenny to help publicise a campaign to repeal restrictive abortion laws. Abortion is a divisive issue in Ireland where, after large street protests from both sides of the ...
Enda Kenny silent on pro-choice women's tweets on periods   Irish Examiner
Irish women tweet about periods to PM in abortion row   Eyewitness News
Inside Ireland's Largest Newsroom: Enda Kenny; Yesterday's Man?   Irish Independent
INFORUM   
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Reuters Africa   

US patrol sought to avoid provocation, not reinforce China island claim ...   
Reuters Africa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy deliberately avoided military drills or other actions that could have further inflamed tensions with Beijing during a patrol last week near islands China has built in the South China Sea, U.S. officials said. "We ...
US Wants China to be Part of Asian Security System: Ashton Carter   NDTV
EU urges peaceful settlement in disputed sea   ABS CBN News
Chinese warship and US destroyer keep it friendly in South China Sea   New York Post
The Straits Times   
新华搜索 - 新华网   
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Reuters   

Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline in win for greens   
Reuters
WASHINGTONU.S. President Barack Obama on Friday rejected the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada in a victory for environmentalists who campaigned against the project for more than seven years. "The pipeline would not make a meaningful ...

2015-11-06 South Africa Health

Times LIVE   

SA health body is sick   
Times LIVE
Doctors have long complained that the HPCSA does not register new professionals quickly enough and allows investigations into doctors and therapists to drag on for years. File photo. Image by: Gallo Images/ Thinkstock ...

2015-11-06 South Africa Science

Renewable energy supply to double in major economies by 2030   
Daily Times
LONDON: Renewable energy supply in eight major economies will collectively more than double by 2030 due to new national climate and energy plans, according to a study by the think tank World Resources Institute (WRI). Total clean energy supply from ...

2015-11-06 South Africa Sports

SuperSport   

Australia march on, Southee injured   
SuperSport
Australia were pegged back a little by a re-energised New Zealand on the second morning of the first test in Brisbane on Friday but still reached an imposing 482 for three at lunch after the early loss of skipper Steve Smith. Live Scoring: Australia v ...
Australia v New Zealand: day two of the first Test – live!   The Guardian
/video/video.news.com.au/Sport/Cricket/Australian Internationals/   NEWS.com.au
Australia vs New Zealand Live Score: 1st Test, Day 2, The Gabba   IBNLive
Sydney Morning Herald   
DAWN.com   
The Roar   
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Sport24   

Habana among top Springboks named in sevens training squad   
Reuters Africa
CAPE TOWN, Nov 4 (Reuters) – They may have had to settle for bronze at the recent World Cup but a number of South Africa's leading 15-a-side players could be going for gold when rugby returns to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro next year. Leading ...

2015-11-06 South Africa Entertainment

Mail & Guardian Online   

Lost 1928 Walt Disney film uncovered in British Film Institute archive   
Mail & Guardian Online
Six-minute film Sleigh Bells, featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, has been restored and will get its world premiere at BFI in London next month. Clip of a Walt Disney film originally released in 1928, featuring Disney's first-ever animated character ...
Lost Disney film Sleigh Bells found   Independent Online
Disney Film Lost For 87 Years Rediscovered   Eagle Radio
'Lost' Oswald bunny hops back in Disney cartoon restoration   TV Newsroom
moviepilot.com   
Kansas City Star   
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Times LIVE   

Bonang all smiles as she crosses paths with DJ Zinhle   
Times LIVE
Bonang Matheba was all smiles on Wednesday evening as she nearly came face-to-face with DJ Zinhle for the first time since she was accused of having an affair with the latter's ex-boyfriend and baby daddy, AKA.
Bonang laughs off 'bae' Twitter comments   Channel 24
Bonang and AKA set tongues wagging   eNCA
Who's fooling who? Are Bonang and AKA fooling us or are they fooling Zinhle?   Johannesburg Sunday World
East Coast Radio   
Independent Online   
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Times LIVE   

Cassper to speak out about betrayal, Khuli Chana and AKA feud   
Times LIVE
Dubbed the 'man of the moment' Cassper will set tongues wagging once again when he spills the details on his complicated rap career and personal life. Save & Share. Email · Print. Related News. Dome alone: Cassper's rant · #FillUpTheDome: Zuma ...

2015-11-06 South Africa Technology

Ubisoft® reports firsT-HALF 2015-16 SALES AND EARNINGS FIGURES   
Gamasutra
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource GamesPress.] An excellent showing from major franchises with a 53.1% jump in back-catalog sales to €184.3 million.

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NBCNews.com   

Germany to retest VW cars as scandal pushes Berlin to act   
Daily Times
BERLIN: Germany is to retest all Volkswagen car models to gauge their genuine emissions levels after new revelations from the carmaker six weeks into its biggest-ever corporate scandal pushed the government to act. Expressing his “irritation” with one ...
Moody's downgrades Volkswagen   Independent Online
Moody's downgrades VW as toll from emissions scandal grows   Times LIVE
VW emissions scandal: How it unfolded   Stuff.co.nz
Bangkok Post   
The Straits Times   
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Motorburn   

Tokyo's drift towards electric mobility   
Hindu Business Line
The Japanese simply love order. They would probably be the happiest when everything goes according to plan – according to clockwork precision to say the least. Even if it is an auto show, where the best and the beautiful vehicles are on display under ...
The exciting electric future   Manila Bulletin
4 things this year's Tokyo Motor Show tells us about the future of driving   Motorburn
Imagining the Future of Driving at the Tokyo Motor Show   Nippon.com
Architectural Digest   
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We Got This Covered   

Anno 2205: Asteroid Miner Released, Video Available   
Gamers Hell
Anno 2205: Asteroid Miner, a Match 3 puzzle game developed by the makers of the award-winning Anno series, is now available to download for free on Apple and Android devices. You will match and blast through asteroids within the Anno realm, choose ...

2015-11-06 South Africa Business

Mineweb   

AMCU supports fight for free higher education   
Mineweb
For the first time, the union is advocating for issues outside of its traditional mandate. Nastassia Arendse | 5 November 2015 23:39. Amcu-Joseph-Mntunjwa-19-Large-500x333. JOHANNESBURG – For the first time the South African Association of ...

2015-11-06 South Africa South Africa

Times LIVE   

Noisy start to ANC conference anticipated   
Times LIVE
Talking to the media about conference preparations, secretary Sihle Zikalala stressed that the elective provincial conference was not to be seen as a mirror of what might happen in 2017. File photo. Image by: Supplied ...

2015-11-06 South Africa Africa

The Standard Digital News (satire) (press release) (registration) (blog)   

Aden Duale: Punish PS Peter Mangiti for exposing rot in Waiguru's ministry   
The Standard Digital News (satire) (press release) (registration) (blog)
NAIROBI: As the allegations of corruption continue to blow up in President Uhuru Kenyatta's administration, the Jubilee lawmakers Thursday asked the Head of State to ignore the public pressure to sack Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru over the ...

2015-11-06 South Africa World

Sydney Morning Herald   

Australia 'could be sued for billions' by foreign companies under TPP   
Sydney Morning Herald
A leading expert on intellectual property has warned that Australian governments could be sued for billions of dollars by foreign companies under a controversial clause in a huge multilateral trade deal. The text of the long-awaited Trans-Pacific ...
Canadian auto sector alarmed by concessions revealed in full TPP text   The Globe and Mail
TPP: Robb acknowledges there are still hurdles   The Australian
Text of Trade Deal Released, Waving a Green Flag for the Debate   New York Times
BBC News   
Los Angeles Times   
The Australian Financial Review   
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Hindustan Times   

Plane was in no state to fly   
The Hindu
The decades-old Antonov plane that crashed today in South Sudan, killing at least 36 people, “was in no state to fly”, the Ukraine-based aircraft company said. “The An-12B was is no state to fly because it failed to undergo timely technical servicing ...
Baby survived South Sudan plane crash in man's arms: Witnesses   Daily News & Analysis
Infant survives South Sudan plane crash   Brisbane Times
A plane crash in South Sudan killed 37 people. Somehow, this 13-month-old survived   National Post
Sudan Tribune   
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation   
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USA TODAY   

If Suu Kyi Wins Myanmar Victory, Can She Lead?   
Wall Street Journal
YANGON, Myanmar—Aung San Suu Kyi is known as the gentle, Oxford-educated voice of democracy, fearless before ruling generals. Her story is so well-scripted it became a Hollywood movie. But a Hollywood ending that leaves her at Myanmar's helm is ...

2015-11-05 South Africa Health

Independent Online   

MEC tackles health workers' attitudes   
Independent Online
Durban - Too many healthcare workers have a bad attitude towards people with disabilities – and this needs to change. This is according to KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, who told of how he had encountered such attitudes from nurses ...

2015-11-05 South Africa Science

Times LIVE   

Now they've found pieces of plastic in your salt   
Times LIVE
Researchers from East China Normal University found micro-sized particles of plastic, cellophane and other plastics in the 15 brands of salt they tested. File photo. Image by: AFP Relaxnews ©Shutterstock.com/Ilya Andriyanov ...