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- ‘We’re hungry, there are no jobs’: a South African township’s desperate gold rush
A rumour on social media brought dozens of fortune seekers to a field on the outskirts of mining town SpringsIn a township 30 miles east of Johannesburg, a mechanical digger filled in holes in the dark brown earth, bringing to an end a brief but intense gold rush that saw dozens of fortune seekers descend on what was once a cattle field.Less than two weeks ago, a rumour spread like wildfire on social media: someone had found gold while digging a hole for a fence post in a field on the edge of Gugulethu, an informal settlement of dirt roads and metal shacks on the outskirts of mining town Springs. Continue reading... ...[TheTopNews] Read More.29 mins ago - What the killing of drug lord ‘El Mencho’ means for Mexico
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho", was killed during a security operation to arrest him, Mexico's defence ministry has said. ...[TheTopNews] Read More.35 mins ago - Duterte’s Fans Rally in The Hague as the I.C.C. Weighs Evidence Against Him
The protests are a sign of the Philippine ex-leader’s ongoing influence, even as he faces a possible trial for the deaths of thousands during his war on drugs. ...[TheTopNews] Read More.42 mins ago - A new start after 60: I baked a pie every day for a year – and it changed my lifeVickie Hardin Woods was worried she would lose her identity when she retired. Instead, she came up with a plan that made her feel more creative, connected and valued than everWhen Vickie Hardin Woods retired, she knew she needed a plan. “I was worried about losing my carefully crafted identity as a professional. I was looking for something to carry me through that time … What else can I be?”She decided to do – rather than be – something new. Hardin Woods would bake a pie every day for a year, using fresh ingredients local to her home in Salem, Oregon – and she would give each pie away. Continue reading... ...[TheTopNews] Read More.47 mins ago
- Politics Without Politicians by Hélène Landemore review – power to the peopleCan a radical proposal to get rid of career politicians really be implemented?No Donald Trump, Nigel Farage or Liz Truss; no Zack Polanski, Jacinda Ardern or Volodymyr Zelenskyy either. No political parties and no elections, but instead a random bunch of ordinary people chosen by lottery to run the country for two-year spells, like a sort of turbo-charged jury service except with the jurors holding an entire country’s fate in their hands.If you think this idea sounds intriguing and refreshing, you might love Politics Without Politicians, Hélène Landemore’s argument for radically extending citizen power. If you think it sounds like maddening whimsy, ill-suited to the seriousness of the times we are living through – well, we’ll come to that later. But first, to the argument that politics is so broken as to be beyond repair, and that scrapping electoral representation is the best way of fixing it. Continue reading... ...[TheTopNews] Read More.47 mins ago
- Hiking on the roof of North Africa: a trek to Morocco’s tallest peakA fabled boutique hotel in the Atlas mountains makes a stunning base for hikes to spectacular viewpointsComing up the footpath from Imlil, Hussein and I step aside to let a laden mule go past and I look back. On the wooded lower slopes of the valley are clusters of tall houses, some plumed with wood smoke. There appears to be a lot of building work going on, some of it to repair the damage caused by the 2023 earthquake. The sound of a concrete mixer comes cutting through the cool mountain air mixed with birdsong and human voices. Turning back to face south, I can see the Atlas mountains, austere and aloof, a few snow patches on the upper slopes. That’s where we are going, to the top of Toubkal at 4,167 metres, the highest peak in North Africa.Hussein has been a guide in this beautiful Moroccan valley all his adult… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.47 mins ago
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