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A South African judge adjourned until Friday morning a public inquiry into state corruption after lawyers for former President Jacob Zuma said he was being questioned unfairly. The inquiry is looking into allegations that Zuma, ousted by…
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Nine people died on Sunday when a plane carrying them for a parachute jump crashed in northern Sweden soon after taking off. The GippsAero GA8 Airvan, a single engine plane popular with skydivers, crashed shortly after 14:00 (12:00 GMT),…
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed the first case of Ebola in the eastern city of Goma, home to more than a million people. The health ministry confirmed that a pastor tested positive for the virus in a centre in Goma after…
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US President Donald Trump has been accused of racism after posting tweets attacking Democratic congresswomen. He claimed the women "originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe", before suggesting…
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South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma is due to be questioned, live on television, at a corruption inquiry on Monday, and for the rest of the week. Mr Zuma, who has been implicated in wrongdoing by numerous witnesses, has said he is…
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Gamblers in Kenya have until Friday night to withdraw money deposited in sports betting companies’ wallets or lose them. The directive was issued on Thursday, when the Kenya’s Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government…
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Paedophiles will be chemically castrated by an injection under sweeping new laws in Ukraine. The chemical process ‘involves the forced injection of anti-androgen drugs consisting of chemicals that should reduce libido and sexual…
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President Donald Trump will no longer pursue adding a question on citizenship to the 2020 US census questionnaire. Instead, he said he had directed officials to obtain the information through an executive order for government agencies,…
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A truck carrying a gas tanker on Wednesday exploded in Worcester, a town 70 miles north of Cape Town, South Africa injuring six people, including firefighters. Eyewitness, Marazelle de Villiers, filmed the huge fire that resulted from…
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The US says it wants to create an international military coalition to safeguard waters around Iran and Yemen.Marine Gen Joseph Dunford, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he wanted to "ensure freedom of navigation" in the…
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