Tue 07 October 2025: KwaZulu-Natal’s top cop, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, is set to testify before a parliamentary ad hoc committee over his claims of political interference in the justice system. KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi will appear before Parliament on Tuesday. He is the first witness in a probe into his allegations of widespread […]
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Mon 06 October 2025: Anti-government protests intensified in Madagascar on Monday, marking the third consecutive week of unrest, as crowds in the capital, Antananarivo, demanded the resignation of President Andry Rajoelina. Police responded by firing tear gas at demonstrators, many of whom were university students, according to a Reuters reporter on the scene. The protests, […]
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Mon 06 October 2025: CNN political commentator Van Jones on Sunday apologised for remarks he made on HBO’s Overtime with Bill Maher after drawing backlash for appearing to joke about images of dead children in Gaza, Anadolu reports. On the program, Jones argued that younger audiences view Israel differently because of what he described as a “massive […]
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Mon 06 October 2025: The price of gold increased by over 1.1% on Monday, hitting a historic high of $3,945.12 as of 0500GMT, as the federal government shutdown in the US adds to uncertainty while investors bet on more rate cuts in the Fed’s next meeting. After hitting the new record high, the gold price […]
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Mon 06 October 2025: An Israeli economic study has warned of severe repercussions for the country’s economy if the US President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan is not implemented and the war in Gaza continues. The report, published by the Aharon Institute for Economic Policy at Reichman University and cited by the business daily Calcalist, outlined three […]
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Mon 06 October 2025: The 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell from the US, and Shimon Sakaguchi from Japan for their discoveries in the field of peripheral immune tolerance, which hold promise for more effective treatments of autoimmune diseases and cancer, on Monday. The announcement was made at […]
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Mon 06 October 2025: Russia and Ukraine traded claims on Monday over large-scale overnight air attacks, with Moscow saying its air defenses destroyed more than 250 Ukrainian drones and Kyiv reporting hundreds of Russian strikes on several regions. The Russian Defense Ministry said air defense units intercepted and destroyed 251 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles overnight, […]
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Mon 06 October 2025: Swedish activist Greta Thunberg will be deported to Greece on Monday after being detained aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was sailing toward the Gaza Strip to break Israel’s blockade, the Israeli channel i24News reported Sunday. The channel said that Thunberg will arrive in Greece along with Greek nationals who were […]
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Mon 06 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ US-blacklisted Russian cargo plane lands in South Africa, raising diplomatic tensions: A Russian cargo aircraft, which has been blacklisted by the US, and landed in Upington on Thursday was offloading transport general cargo, civilian helicopters, and acrobatic. aeroplanes, the Department of Transport confirmed […]
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Sun 05 October 2025: Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s leader, announced that Pyongyang has deployed “special assets” to address the growing presence of U.S. military forces in South Korea, vowing to implement”additional military measures,” according to state media KCNA on Sunday. “In direct proportion to the US military’s arms buildup in the ROK (South Korea) […]
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