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Elon Musk’s dad Errol claims he bankrolled his billionaire son’s escape from South Africa to America with emeralds from an “under the table” mine in Zambia.The Tesla CEO, 51, last week offered a million Dogecoin (about AU$124,000) to anyone…

Health officials in the US have published a warning to be on the lookout for a rare and potentially fatal virus. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week advised doctors about the possible growth of an ebola-like…

Health authorities are urging residents in a small East African country to frequently wash their hands and avoid eating wild animals in a bid to stop the transmission of a deadly mystery illness.Three people in the landlocked nation of…

One of the world’s deadliest diseases has killed nine people in Equatorial Guinea after a fresh outbreak left hundreds infected.Marburg virus - closely related to ebola - has a mortality rate of 88 per cent and has never been seen in the…

A teenager was allegedly abducted while walking home after spending time with friends, according to police.On Friday, SA Police Detective Chief Inspector Kieran Baggoley told media the boy, 17, was walking home from spending time with…

Fredrika Klarén doesn’t pull her punches.As the head of sustainability for Polestar, Klarén’s job is to push boundaries in the automotive business, occasionally pushing people out of their comfort zone.That includes the global mining…

Six journalists in South Sudan have been detained over the circulation of footage that appears to show President Salva Kiir wetting himself at an official event. The footage from December showed a dark stain spreading down the 71-year-old…

A Harvard visiting professor and modern slavery activist has exposed the “appalling” cobalt mining industry in the Congo on a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience that went viral. The video has already racked up more than one million…

Monkeypox is to be renamed mpox in English, the World Health Organization has announced, in a bid to avoid stigmatisation stemming from the existing name.Monkeypox received its name because the virus was originally identified in monkeys…

A woman from Switzerland revealed how her six-figure salary pays for her extravagant lifestyle — by working just three hours per day.Ange Eb had an entrepreneurial spirit from the age of 16 when she would make and sell her own lip balms,…