Mon 08 December 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Sold for R14 million? The shocking claims behind SA’s Russia–Ukraine recruit scandal: “When they got to Russia, they found themselves being contracts written in Russian,” Mahlangu told the SABC. “They couldn’t understand what the contracts entailed until some South Africans, including Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla […]
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Mon 08 December 2025: The UK and Qatar have jointly announced $11.2 million in funding to support more than 647,000 Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh’s southeastern Cox’s Bazar district. The joint funding will support the provision of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) to vulnerable refugee households, aiming to improve living conditions and reduce environmental degradation in and around the camps, according to […]
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Mon 08 December 2025: Sympathy for Israel over Palestine among US voters has plummeted to a record low, according to a recent survey by Big Data Poll (BDP). The pollster interviewed 2,005 registered voters; 29.1% said they side with Israel, while 21.4% expressed support for the Palestinians. Nearly 30% said they sympathize with neither side […]
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Mon 08 December 2025: In public discourse, we spend a great deal of collective energy debating the accuracy of facts. We fact-check politicians, monitor social media for misinformation, and prioritise data-driven decision-making in our workplaces. This focus is vital; the distinction between truth and falsehood is the bedrock of a functioning society. However, by focusing […]
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Mon 08 December 2025: China routinely sends astronauts to and from its space station Tiangong. A crew capsule is about to undock from the station and return to Earth, but there’s nothing routine about its journey home. The Shenzhou-20 capsule will carry no crew, because one of its windows has been struck by space debris. Astronauts […]
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Mon 08 December 2025: Syrian president accuses Israel of using pretexts to justify military actions across the region as he commits to holding elections within the next five years. Doha, Qatar – Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa has accused Israel of stoking regional tensions to divert attention from the “horrifying massacres” it has committed in Gaza. Speaking […]
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Mon 08 December 2025: At least 153 students and 12 teachers taken from a Catholic school last month remain in captivity. Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 100 children who were among hundreds kidnapped from a Catholic school in northern Nigeria last month, officials and local media have reported. The 100 children arrived in […]
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Sun 07 December 2025: Infertility affects one in six people of reproductive age worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, as it released a new global guideline that outlines recommendations for improving access to prevention, diagnosis and treatment. The WHO said access to fertility care remains “severely limited” despite the scale of the issue. In many countries, […]
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Sun 07 December 2025: The Venezuelan army swore in 5,600 soldiers on Saturday, as the United States cranks up military pressure on the oil-producing country. President Nicolas Maduro has called for stepped-up military recruitment after the United States deployed a fleet of warships and the world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean under the pretext […]
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Sun 07 December 2025: Benin’s Interior Minister, Alassane Seidou, announced that the country’s armed forces successfully foiled an attempted coup d’état in the West African nation. “A small group of soldiers launched a mutiny with the aim of destabilising the country and its institutions,” said Seidou on Sunday. “Faced with this situation, the Beninese Armed […]
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