South Africa’s early voters launch historic election week
AFP : Early voting got under way in South Africa Monday, kick-starting what could be a historic election week, with the ruling African National Congress’...
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Five Pakistani soldiers killed in gunbattles
Reuters : Five Pakistani soldiers were killed in gunbattles with Islamist militants in the country’s northwest bordering Afghanistan on Monday, the Pakistan Army said. The...
Death toll rises to 27
AFP : Survivors reported having to kick down doors and leap out of windows to escape the inferno that swept through a centre packed full...
Sunak promises nat’l service for 18-year-olds
Al Jazeera : Eighteen-year-olds will have to perform a mandatory national service if the Conservative Party is voted back to power in the United Kingdom’s...
UN estimates more than 670 killed in Papua New Guinea landslide
Al Jazeera : The International Organization for Migration has increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea (PNG)...
Cynthia voted for Nelson Mandela
BBC : They were shadow people, moving beyond the light of small fires on a winter dawn. There was no hint then that I was...
China ends military drills around Taiwan
AFP : China has ended two days of military drills around Taiwan that saw jets loaded with live munitions and warships practise seizing and isolating...
Israeli activists battle over Gaza-bound aid convoys
BBC : Months after some Israelis started to protest against aid lorries entering Gaza at the main Kerem Shalom crossing, the battle has moved to...
Over 300 buried in PNG landslide
Reuters : More than 300 people and over 1,100 houses were buried by a massive landslide that levelled a remote village in northern Papua New...
In restive New Caledonia, Macron sees Pacific power and influence
Reuters : In 2018, a year after becoming France’s president, Emmanuel Macron flew to the remote French-ruled Pacific island of New Caledonia to outline his...
Want to recognise Palestinian state: UK
Reuters : Britain’s opposition leader Keir Starmer said on Friday he wanted to recognise a Palestinian state if he won power in an upcoming general...
South Asia faces extreme weather as heatwave scorches India
Reuters : Extreme temperatures throughout Asia last month were made worse most likely as a result of human-driven climate change, a team of international scientists...