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According to the Henley Passport Index, South African passport holders can travel to 101 destinations without a prior visa. The ranking places the country 50th or 96th globally, depending on the report, with regional highlights across Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Caribbean.
Australian sprinter Torrie Lewis says she is not surprised no-one shook hands with Commonwealth Games 200m champion Adaejah Hodge, alluding to Hodge's past doping ban. Lewis, who was elevated to gold after Hodge's ban, also recently broke her own national 100m record.
Jamaican officials are set to travel to the UK in September to formally petition King Charles for legal guidance on their slavery reparations claim against Britain. The Caricom Reparations Commission has also called for the return of the British Virgin Islands and for decolonisation of remaining overseas territories.
Two major earthquakes, measured at magnitudes around 7.1-7.2 and 7.5, struck western Venezuela on Wednesday, causing buildings to collapse in Caracas and prompting widespread evacuations. Officials reported alarming damage in parts of the capital while the US Geological Survey warned of probable high casualties. Tsunami alerts were issued for nearby Caribbean territories.
Australia's Treasurer Jim Chalmers has ordered six China-linked shareholders to divest from Northern Minerals, a rare earths developer, citing national interest concerns. The move comes amid efforts to challenge China's dominance in critical minerals like dysprosium.
Labour has called on Robert Jenrick to give £37,500 to charity following allegations that donations to his 2024 Conservative leadership campaign came from a foreign source, a US businessman now convicted of wire fraud. The Electoral Commission has referred evidence to police, who are reviewing the case.
A decade after the Panama Papers leak exposed how the global elite hide wealth, we examine the fallout, key political casualties, and the modest regulatory changes that followed. The leak remains a landmark in investigative journalism, but its long-term impact on offshore finance is still debated.