Wed 28 August 2024: Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of the social media service Facebook and CEO of its parent company Meta, claimed on Tuesday that the Biden administration pressured the company to “censor” specific COVID-19 content during the pandemic. “In 2021, senior officials from the Biden Administration, including the White House, repeatedly pressured our teams for […]
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Wed 28 August 2024: Iran’s supreme leader opened the door to renewed negotiations with the United States over his country’s rapidly advancing nuclear programme, telling the government there was “no barrier” to engaging with its “enemy.” Ali Khamenei’s remarks on Tuesday set clear red lines for any talks taking place under the government of President […]
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Tue 27 August 2024: An estimated 1.5 million incidents of housebreakings occurred in 2023/24, affecting around 1.1 million households in South Africa, says Statistics South Africa (Stats SA). The number of affected households represent 5.9% of all households in the country. About 44% (44.1%) of households that experienced housebreaking reported some or all incidents to […]
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Tue 27 August 2024: Israel said on Monday that it had received its 500th US military supply aircraft since the start of its war on the Gaza Strip last October, Anadolu has reported. “The 500th aircraft in the joint airlift operation has landed in Israel,” said the ministry of defence. “The latest plane is part of a […]
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Tue 27 August 2024: A catastrophic dam collapse in northeastern Sudan has claimed the lives of at least 60 people as heavy rainfall continues to devastate the region. The Arbaat Dam, located north of Port Sudan, gave way on Sunday, triggering deadly floods that swept away homes and left many stranded. Initially, the Sudanese Ministry […]
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Tue 27 August 2024: With China being South Africa’s largest trading partner, the upcoming State Visit to the People’s Republic of China by President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to fortify the economic relationship between the two countries. In 2023, South Africa’s bilateral trade reached $34 billion, with exports totalling $12 billion and imports at $22 […]
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Tue 27 August 2024: The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a global strategic preparedness and response plan on Monday to stop outbreaks of human-to-human transmission of mpox through coordinated global, regional and national efforts. The move came after the declaration of a public health emergency of international concern by WHO Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on […]
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Mon 26 August 2024: Palestine is expected to submit its application to join the BRICS, a group of emerging economies, after its upcoming summit in October in the city of Kazan, southwestern Russia. Russian state news agency TASS quoted the Palestinian ambassador to Moscow, Abdel Hafiz Nofal, as saying that Palestine will lodge its application […]
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Mon 26 August 2024: France extended the detention of Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the encrypted messaging app Telegram. Durov was arrested around 8 p.m. (1800GMT) on Saturday as he alighted from his private jet at Bourget Airport in Paris, according to French media outlets. The 39-year-old Franco-Russian, who was listed as a […]
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Mon 26 August 2024: Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir claimed on Monday that Jews have the right to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, saying he would build a synagogue at the flashpoint site, Anadolu news agency reported. “The policy allows for prayers on the Temple Mount (Al-Aqsa Mosque). There is equal law […]
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