South African National Defence Force personnel take part in a military training exercise on Nov 22, 2024 File Photo -SANDF X (Twitter) Wed 29 January 2025: President Cyril Ramaphosa has addressed growing speculation about the conditions faced by South African troops deployed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), calling on the nation to […]
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Wed 29 January 2025: US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to restrict gender transition procedures for people under the age of 19, in his latest move targeting transgender people since returning to office. The order comes the week after Trump said in his inauguration speech that his government would only recognize two genders, male […]
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Wed 29 January 2025: China on Monday dismissed the lab leak theory on COVID-19 origins proposed by the CIA, calling it baseless and emphasizing the need for scientific investigation, state media reported. “The origin of coronavirus is a scientific issue and should be determined by scientists in a scientific spirit. The lab leak is highly unlikely,” said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning during […]
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Wed 29 January 2025: US President Donald Trump intends to withdraw thousands of American troops from Syria, according to Israeli media on Tuesday. Israel’s official public broadcasting Kan reported that “senior White House officials conveyed a message to their Israeli counterparts indicating that President Trump intends to pull thousands of US troops from Syria.” It added that […]
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Wed 29 January 2025: Palestinian group, Hamas, said Tuesday that it discussed with Egyptian officials efforts to form a national unity government in the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, Hamas said a group delegation held discussions in Cairo with Egyptian intelligence chief, Hassan Rashad, on the implementation of a Gaza ceasefire and prisoner exchange […]
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Tue 28 January 2025: The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has dismissed claims circulating on social media that its forces surrendered to M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The SANDF said these allegations are misleading and untrue. In a statement on Tuesday, the SANDF clarified the misrepresentation of events circulating in […]
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Tue 28 January 2025: President Donald Trump on Monday threatened China, India, and Brazil with high tariffs once again, calling them countries “that really mean harm” to the US. “We’re going to put tariffs on outside countries and outside people that really mean harm to us,” Trump said at the House Republicans conference dinner in […]
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Tue 28 January 2025: US President Donald Trump has said that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok, while the app’s future in the country faces uncertainty. TikTok is facing down a US law that ordered the company to divest from its Chinese owner ByteDance or be banned in the United States. Asked late on […]
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Tue 28 January 2025: Ukrainian and Russian forces have reported fierce fighting across the front lines in eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian military said on Tuesday that its forces were repelling Russian attacks in the Donetsk region while Moscow announced that it had taken control of a settlement in Kharkiv, extending the slow but steady progress it […]
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Tue 28 January 2025: Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic announced his resignation on Tuesday following months of massive protests sparked by the deadly collapse of a concrete canopy in November. “It is my unconditional decision to resign,” Vucevic stated at a news conference. Vucevic’s resignation came just a day after demonstrators, supported by farmers, blocked […]
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