Fri 17 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ ‘He hasn’t paid anything’: The Presidency is fighting to get former president Jacob Zuma to pay back R29 million in taxpayer funds that he spent on his corruption trial costs. However, the office does not believe that Zuma will ever pay, given that […]
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Fri 17 October 2025: The 2026 FIFA World Cup organizers have brushed off worries that U.S. President Donald Trump might relocate matches from cities he does not deem “safe”. Last month, Republican President Trump indicated he would contemplate shifting games from Democrat-run San Francisco and Seattle if they fail to align with his immigration and […]
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Fri 17 October 2025: The report says 10 small, ocean-dependent nations will experience the biggest increase in dangerous heat days, despite collectively producing only 1 percent of global heat-trapping gases. A new study by World Weather Attribution and United States-based Climate Central has calculated the increase in dangerous “superhot days” – defined as warmer than […]
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Fri 17 October 2025: Continued Israeli restrictions still choking the flow of aid especially to the neediest patients in hospitals in Gaza. Days after the Palestinian group Hamas and Israel declared a ceasefire in Gaza, the flow of humanitarian aid into the besieged territory remains heavily restricted, denying many residents, particularly ailing children, the life-saving help […]
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Fri 17 October 2025: NATO is keeping a large-scale military presence near Russia’s borders, Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov stated, pointing to what he called the bloc’s increased training and reconnaissance activities. Belousov made his remarks at a joint session of the Russian and Belarusian defense ministries on Wednesday, according to Sputnik. Cooperation between Moscow […]
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Thu 16 October 2025: US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Hungary to discuss an end to the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine after high-level delegations meet next week. Trump said that he and Putin agreed to send their respective teams during a “very productive” call. The […]
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Thu 16 October 2025: The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Thursday that over 650,000 children are deprived of education in the Gaza Strip for the third consecutive year. “In Gaza, children are out of school for a third year in a row,” UNRWA said on the US social media company X. “For […]
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CAPSAT military unit commander Colonel Michael Randrianirina joins protesters to announce that the armed forces are taking control of the country in Antananarivo, Madagascar Thu 16 October 2025: Colonel Michael Randrianirina, a military leader, is set to be inaugurated as Madagascar’s interim president on Friday, according to the nation’s new leadership, while the African Union […]
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Thu 16 October 2025: Egypt and Sudan reiterated their firm rejection on Wednesday of any unilateral measures regarding the Blue Nile, where Ethiopia built a dam project disputed by the two downstream nations, Anadolu reports. Speaking during a meeting in Cairo between Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council, […]
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Thu 16 October 2025: Planning is under way for an international stabilisation force to go into Gaza, the Reuters news agency reports. “Right now what we’re looking to accomplish is just a basic stabilization of the situation. The international stabilization force is starting to be constructed,” it quoted an unnamed “senior US adviser” as saying. […]
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