The Explainer, 14th January 2025

15 Jan 2025 - Puritans may also argue that this robs the rite of its sting, given the reasons for which it was/is traditionally practised.

15 Jan 2025 - South African rescuers have pulled out 36 dead bodies and 82 survivors from a gold mine deep underground in two days of operations, police said on Tuesday, adding that the survivors would all face illegal mining and immigration charges.

15 Jan 2025 - While Riyadh has not detailed preparations for this year's pilgrimage -- still five months away -- authorities will no doubt want to avoid a repeat, said Abderrezak Bouchama of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah International Medical Research Center.

15 Jan 2025 - The 40-year-old was at home in Kabanna in the Afar region, about 250 kilometres (155 miles) northeast of the capital Addis Ababa, when an earthquake struck in late December.

15 Jan 2025 - After a battle in Russia's snowy western region of Kursk this week, Ukrainian special forces scoured the bodies of more than a dozen slain North Korean enemy soldiers.

15 Jan 2025 - Los Angeles firefighters on Tuesday braced for the return of dry, intense winds that could recharge two monstrous wildfires that have already killed at least 24 people, leveled entire neighborhoods and scorched an area the size of Washington, D.C.

15 Jan 2025 - This is despite China's commitment to extending the railway to neighbouring Uganda.

15 Jan 2025 - Israeli far-right police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir threatened on Tuesday to quit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government if he agrees to a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal being negotiated at talks in Qatar.

15 Jan 2025 - The 2024 KCSE examination results were released recently, marking a significant moment for the 962,512 candidates who sat the tests. However, the celebrations and disappointments that usually accompany this day were overshadowed by allegations of…

15 Jan 2025 - Deductions to double as fund adjusts contributions