Ed Stoddard

Malawi and the curse of the perpetual hunger crisis Perpetual hunger is Malawi’s curse, and it ultimately has two primary causes which are being exacerbated by climate change. And this has implications for South Africa, including illegal immigration wh...

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Riyadh Comedy Festival opens with up-and-coming executioner RIYADH, KSA – As Saudi Arabia’s new comedy festival welcomes talent from around the world, local executioner Imad Usman is excited for the opportunity to perform in front of larger audiences.

Riyadh Comedy Festival opens with up-and-coming executioner

Action, not finger-pointing, is needed for Madikwe’s elephants There is always a need to discuss all options when it relates to wildlife management, specifically elephants. But there is also a point reached when theoretical discussion must take a back seat to act...

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South Africa does process its metals into final products – for now Valterra Platinum’s gigantic refinery shows that some of the beneficiation rhetoric is ill-founded. But a stumbling South Africa may never see such plants built again.

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US Ambassador threatens to tariff, annex, and bomb Canada if anti-American sentiment doesn't improve OTTAWA - U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra has vowed to improve anti-American sentiment he sees in Canada, no matter how many illegal tariffs, forced annexations, or literal bombs it takes to do it.

US Ambassador threatens to tariff, annex, and bomb Canada if anti-American sentiment doesn't improve

19-year-old finally gets into daycare after 19 year wait London, ON - After waiting for almost two decades on a government waitlist, 19-year-old Chad Mendes is finally getting a subsidized daycare spot.

19-year-old finally gets into daycare after 19-year wait

Wannabe head boy Ernst Roets jumps on Charlie Kirk bandwagon Spurred on by an attempted US right-wing crackdown on Saying Bad Things About Charlie Kirk, South Africa’s self-proclaimed head boy, Ernst Roets, is warning local chatterboxes that he and his crew of ...

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Gullible mother falls for voice cloning scam even though her son would obviously never call NORVAL, ON ― A 74-year-old woman lost over $60 000 from her retirement savings yesterday in a sophisticated, but in her situation, quite obvious scam, police say.

Gullible mother falls for voice cloning scam even though her son would obviously never call

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Report: Most popular kink among millennials is role-playing as a couple that owns a house BURNABY, BC – A published study out of Simon Fraser university on generational sexuality has found that the most popular sexual kink among millennials is roleplaying as a couple that owns a house. While older generations have often used role-play as a way to simulate various power dynamics or unlikely encounters, millennials are using the […]

Report: Most popular kink among millennials is role-playing as a couple that owns a house

Gazprombank’s involvement with Mossel Bay Refinery officially finish and klaar The deal was murky and eyebrow-raising from the get-go, and appeared like the fix had been in, with technical specifications tailor-made for the sanctioned Russian bank. Any deal involving a major Rus...

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Loaded for Bear: Predator or prey — Has Anglo American’s copper move made it a juicier takeover target? The global supply of mined copper, according to the International Energy Agency, is expected to peak later this decade and then decline at a time of soaring demand — a perfect storm that will rain man...

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Jobs bloodbath Bumpy road ahead: SA industries hit job-loss speed bump

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RFK Jr.’s new vaccine board includes Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil, Doctor Doom and Dr. Evil Kennedy’s Volcano Lair, D.C. - Robert Kennedy Jr. has shocked the scientific community after firing the entire vaccine board and replacing them with Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil, Doctor Doom, and Dr. Evil.

RFK Jr.’s new vaccine board includes Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil, Doctor Doom and Dr. Evil

SA economy expands by a better-than-expected 0.8% in Q2, mining leads the way South Africa’s economy is simply stuck in a low-growth rut and not expanding at the pace required to make a meaningful dent in the sky-high levels of unemployment and poverty.

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Anglo merges with Canada’s Teck to form top-tier copper producer Ultimately this is about copper, which is seen as critical to the green energy transition and numerous industrial applications in an urbanising world. Demand for the red metal is expected to surge in ...

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#JamesBarryDiary 8/9/1875 A moderately fine day; not very busy grinding. Doing some bookbinding betimes. Josephine and the little body was in Pictou yesterday with Dan and they got their pictures to send to big girl all the way to California. All are middling well. God be praised. Amen.

Report: More couples choosing box wine over basic human dignity VANCOUVER – A recent poll indicates that more couples than ever are choosing to buy wine in a cardboard box rather than retain their own sense of self-worth. Theories abound as to the reasons for the ...

Report: More couples choosing box wine over basic human dignity

African white rhino numbers fall in 2024, with startling 15% decline in SA – report A couple of things come to mind from this state of affairs. The first is that some provincial governments did not do their jobs. The second is that there are concerns about past overestimates.

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A Canadian staple? The implication is that it is a key part of our daily caloric intake! I have had Nanaimo bars but only a handful of times ...

The Guardian view on the ‘war on drugs’: Donald Trump is turning a failed metaphor into a more dangerous reality | Editorial Editorial: The strike on a speedboat allegedly containing Venezuelan drug traffickers may be performative, but sets a frightening precedent

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Canadian man reading date never knows which is day and which is month unless day is above 12 KITCHENER – Local man Dalton Strickland, whose data entry job regularly requires him to read dates off a form and put them into a computer, literally never knows which date is the day and which is the...

Canadian man reading date never knows which is day and which is month unless day is above 12

The MAGA Influencers Rehabilitating Hitler A growing constituency on the right wants America to unlearn the lessons of World War II.

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Aardvark Burrows Could be Ground Zero for the Next Pandemic - bioGraphic Animals of all kinds mix and mingle in underground burrows, offering troubling opportunities for diseases to jump species.

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I’m a liberal who loves hunting. Allow me to change your mind When I killed my first mule deer, I felt deep reverence for the animal. It showed me hunting can be more honest and sustainable than eating factory-farmed meat

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Loaded for Bear — John Hume’s mega conservation legacy: there would be fewer rhinos without him Hume personally lost mega money on megafauna. But the conservation dividends from his efforts are mammoth. No animal rights or welfare NGO comes close to his achievements.

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Tricks of the Trunk - bioGraphic With their dexterous trunks, bush elephants satisfy their enormous appetites and transform the landscape.

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As our planet burns, the coal sector is reinventing itself The coal sector is defying those who wrote its obituary and is digging in for the long haul.

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Coppertone unveils new SPF 1,000,000 sunblock that shrouds land in eternal darkness “Thanks to our new SPF 1,000,000 sunblock, you, your family, and large swathes of your province will enjoy nonstop protection from harmful UV rays, light, and warmth.”

Coppertone unveils new SPF 1,000,000 sunblock that shrouds land in eternal darkness