Thu 16 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ ICJ genocide case will continue despite Gaza ceasefire: “The peace deal that has been struck, which we welcome, will have no bearing on the case that is before the International Court of Justice,” Ramaphosa told parliament. “The case is proceeding, and it now […]
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Thu 16 October 2025: President Cyril Ramaphosa says progress and healing hinge on the case against Israel being heard. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Gaza ceasefire will not affect his country’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Ramaphosa made the statement on Tuesday in Cape Town in parliament, […]
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Wed 15 October 2025: Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban administration have agreed to a temporary ceasefire for 48 hours starting 6:00 p.m. Pakistan local time (1300 GMT) on Wednesday, Islamabad said, after fresh fighting erupted between the neighbours, Reuters reported. Both Pakistan and Afghanistan will make sincere efforts, through dialogue, to find a positive solution […]
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Wed 15 October 2025: Africa carries a heavy health burden. It accounts for 25% of the global disease burden despite having only 18% of the global population. The situation reflects deep-rooted challenges in healthcare access, infrastructure, and socioeconomic conditions. Yet the continent produces only 3% of global medicines. It imports over 70% of its medicines. This makes medicine […]
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Wed 15 October 2025: Handicap International says an estimated 70,000 tonnes of explosives have been dropped on Gaza since the start of the war, warning that returning civilians face severe danger amid a fragile ceasefire. Unexploded ordnance in Gaza poses “enormous” risks for displaced people returning home during the US-led ceasefire, the NGO Handicap International […]
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Wed 15 October 2025: Pope Leo XIV has ordered the delivery of 5,000 doses of antibiotics for children in Gaza as humanitarian aid begins to enter the enclave following two years of conflict, the Vatican has said. The initiative, carried out through the Office of Papal Charities, aims to provide urgent medical support for Gaza’s youngest victims, Vatican […]
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Wed 15 October 2025: China on Wednesday accuse charged the US with “deliberately destabilizing” the South China Sea, following Washington’s backing of the Philippines amid a recent maritime clash. The US State Department said Monday it stood with its ally “as they confront China’s dangerous actions, which undermine regional stability,” condemning what it described as […]
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Wed 15 October 2025: Local media reported on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, that New South Wales (NSW) has seen an unprecedented number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths in custody this year, igniting widespread outrage across the country. The state has so far recorded 12 deaths in custody this year, ABC News reported, citing […]
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Wed 15 October 2025: The EU’s European High-Performance Computing Partnership Initiative (Euro HPC), announced Friday that six more artificial intelligence (AI) factories will be established in Czechia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, and Spain. “The newly selected AI Factories will join the 13 previously chosen sites, forming an interconnected network of AI hubs ready to […]
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Wed 15 October 2025: Americans’ trust in media organizations has reached the lowest levels ever recorded, according to a new poll from Gallup. The survey, released Thursday, found that only 28 percent of US adults express a “great deal” or “fair amount” of trust in newspapers, television and radio “to report the news fully, accurately […]
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