South Africa
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20 May 2022|18 Shawaal 1443 President Cyril Ramaphosa says he spoke to Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa about the controversial R22-million flag project. Speaking at the Black Business Council gala dinner on Thursday, Ramaphosa says Mthethwa ...
Africa
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21 May 2022|19 Shawaal 1443 Militiamen have killed 11 civilians during an attack on a village in the strife-torn northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a respected monitor said on Friday. The attack occurred Thursday about ...
Middle East
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21 May 2022|19 Shawaal 1443 Nader al-Sharif remains unconscious in hospital with a fractured skull after eyewitnesses say he was hit by a rubber-coated bullet fired by Israeli forces on Monday. It happened during one of the ...
World
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20 May 2022|18 Shawaal 1443 Cases of Monkeypox are being investigated in European countries as well as the US, Canada and Australia, according to health authorities and local media reports. The latest new cases were reported in ...
Opinions
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10 February 2022 SpaceX’s newest fleet of satellites is tumbling out of orbit after being struck by a solar storm. Up to 40 of the 49 small satellites launched last week have either reentered the atmosphere and ...
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7 February 2022 The mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine produced at the World Health Organization (WHO)-backed vaccine hub in South Africa could take up to three years to get approval if companies do not share their technology and ...
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4 February 2022 A new HIV variant with higher virulence and more damaging health impacts was discovered in a study led by the University of Oxford. For many years, there have been concerns that this could arise ...
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2 February 2022 A recently discovered subvariant of the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus strain has now been detected in 57 countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. In its weekly epidemiological update, the United Nations’ health agency ...
