Tue 16 December 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ SA in talks with Russia over men ‘tricked’ into fighting in Ukraine: Vincent Magwenya, a spokesperson for South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, said: “The process to retrieve those young men remains a very sensitive process. They are in a dangerous environment. They are […]
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Mon 15 December 2025: UK Labour have lost more than 100,000 members since the General Election – and more than half their total since before Keir Starmer was appointed leader. The leaked figures, reported in The Times, state that Labour have fallen below 250,000 paid-up members. Before Starmer became leader, they had more than half […]
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Zein al-Assad, in white dress, on graduating from university. Mon 15 December 2025: A year after Bashar al-Assad’s regime fell on December 8, 2024, the family lives a quiet, luxurious but reclusive life, likely in Moscow’s gated Rublyovka district—home to exiles like former Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovych.Financially Secure, Socially Cut Off Wealth stashed in Russia […]
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Mon 15 December 2025: President Donald Trump administration insiders and well-connected Republican businesses have been jostling to dominate pending humanitarian aid and reconstruction logistics in the shattered Gaza Strip, according to sources and documents reviewed by The Guardian. With three-quarters of Gaza’s structures damaged or destroyed by two years of Israeli strikes, the rebuilding effort […]
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Mon 15 December 2025: The Trump administration has directed US airport security officials to routinely share passenger names with immigration authorities, a move that officials say is aimed at identifying people subject to deportation, according to reporting by The New York Times and other outlets. Since March, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been sending […]
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Mon 15 December 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ DA man under fire over Starlink: The EFF has had numerous engagements with mobile network operators and interest groups, who have all confirmed their concerns that Starlink poses a threat to jobs in the industry due to its remote operational nature, Thambo said. […]
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Sun 14 December 2025: At least 16 people died, while 40 remained in the hospital after a shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW) police said on Sunday. “More information will be made available soon,” the police said on US-based social media company on X. NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon declared the […]
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Sun 14 December 2025: Every 10 minutes, a woman was killed by a partner or family member somewhere in the world in 2024, a UN Women and UN Office on Drugs and Crime study revealed on Tuesday. Femicide, defined as intentional killing motivated by gender, is the “most brutal and extreme manifestation” of violence against […]
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Sun 14 December 2025: The Trump administration is forming a coalition to build a secure and innovation-driven silicon supply chain — covering critical minerals, energy, advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and logistics — in partnership with key allies, according to the State Department. Called “Pax Silica,” the initiative will formally launch with the […]
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Sun 14 December 2025: Orban’s government has been rocked by several child-abuse scandals in recent years. Tens of thousands of Hungarians have taken part in a demonstration in Budapest demanding Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s resignation over his inaction towards repeated child-abuse scandals in the country. Since returning to power in 2010, Orban has promised to […]
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