HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SOUTH AFRICA TODAY | FRIDAY – 31 OCTOBER 2025

Fri 31 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ US caps refugees at 7,500, prioritizes white South Africans: The Trump administration has repeatedly claimed that the South African government is implementing anti-white policies through a new land expropriation law that allegedly targets Afrikaners’ land. The South African government has pushed back, calling […]

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WHAT’S THE TRUE SCALE OF BIG TECH’S RECORD-BREAKING AI INVESTMENTS?

Fri 31 October 2025: Top U.S. tech firms are ramping up AI investments to seize the booming market that’s propelled stocks to record highs, according to Thursday media reports. Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said its capital expenditures for 2025 are projected to be between $70 billion and $72 billion, up from […]

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SURVIVORS FLEEING SUDAN’S EL-FASHER RECOUNT TERROR, BODIES IN STREETS

 In this satellite photo provided by Planet Labs PBC, the area around the headquarters of the Sudanese military’s 6th Division in El-Fasher, Sudan, is seen on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025.  Planet Labs PBC/AP Fri 31 October 2025: Aid organisations fear that far fewer people than hoped have been able to leave the besieged Darfur city. […]

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OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF PALESTINIANS OPPOSE HAMAS DISARMAMENT, NEW POLL SHOWS

Fri 31 October 2025: An overwhelming majority of Palestinians are opposed to Hamas’s disarmament and are deeply sceptical that US President Donald Trump’s peace plan will lead to a permanent end to Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip, according to a survey. About 70 percent of Palestinians polled across the occupied West Bank and Gaza […]

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REMAINS OF BYZANTINE CHAPEL, OTTOMAN BATH UNEARTHED IN İZNIK

Fri 31 October 2025: Excavations at the İznik Tile Kilns in the northwestern province of Bursa unearthed the remains of a Byzantine-era chapel and an Ottoman bath. The scientific excavations have been continuing for 41 years with the support of Istanbul University. While the site is primarily known for tile kilns and Ottoman-era ceramic fragments, archaeologists recently discovered a 5.5-by-5.2-meter chapel […]

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FRANCE SENDS MILITARY, CIVILIAN PERSONNEL TO ISRAEL FOR POST-CEASEFIRE EFFORTS IN GAZA

Fri 31 October 2025: France has sent a team of military and civilian personnel to Israel to take part in planning the post-ceasefire phase in the Gaza Strip, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot announced Thursday, Anadolu reports. Barrot told LCI television that France joined countries contributing to the US-led coordination center established between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. […]

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PRINCE ANDREW OUSTED FROM ROYAL LODGE, TITLE REVOKED OVER HIS LINKS TO SEX OFFENDER EPSTEIN

Fri 31 October 2025: King Charles’ brother, Prince Andrew, is set to be stripped of his prince title and forced to leave Royal Lodge near Windsor Castle as pressure mounts over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “Prince Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement […]

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US TRIED TO RECRUIT VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT’S PILOT FOR KIDNAP PLOT: REPORT

Fri 31 October 2025: A US federal agent secretly attempted to recruit Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s personal pilot as part of a plot to capture the leader and deliver him into American custody on drug trafficking charges, The Associated Press reported. Citing three current and former US officials, as well as one of Maduro’s opponents, […]

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TEENAGER DIES DURING ULTRA-ORTHODOX PROTEST AGAINST CONSCRIPTION IN JERUSALEM

Fri 31 October 2025: A teenage boy has fallen to his death during a mass ultra-Orthodox Jewish rally against military conscription in Jerusalem, which had shut down the main entrance to the city. Packed crowds of mostly men clogged the roads around the Route 1 highway leading into Jerusalem. Israeli media estimated that about 200,000 people flocked […]

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