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South Africa votes as ruling ANC seeks to reverse sliding support
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South Africans are voting in presidential and parliamentary elections in what is being seen as a pivotal election after years of corruption scandals that have plagued the “rainbow nation”. Some 26.8 million voters are registered to cast ballots at 22,925 polling stations. Polls
George Weah suspends Minister over ethnic slur
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Liberia’s President and former football star George Weah has suspended his deputy information minister, Eugene Fahngon, for fuelling ethnic divisions by referring to descendants of freed slaves as “Congo Liberians”. Mr Weah’s government was committed to a “one country, one people”
Asia Bibi: Christian leaves Pakistan after blasphemy acquittal
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Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who spent years on death row after being convicted of blasphemy, has left the country, officials have confirmed. Her conviction was overturned last year by the Supreme Court. She was originally convicted in 2010 after
Israeli newspaper publishes leaked draft of Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ for Israeli-Palestinian peace
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An Israeli newspaper published a document Tuesday detailing the elements of the U.S. back-channel peace plan known as the “Deal of the Century”. No American, Israeli or Palestinian authorities have confirmed the leaked document published by Israel Hayom, which is close
Liverpool makes stunning comeback against Barcelona to reach Champions League final
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Liverpool produced one of the most incredible comebacks in Champions League history as they beat Barcelona 4-0 Tuesday to win 4-3 on aggregate and reach the final for the second year in a row. Divock Origi and Georginio Wijnaldum scored two
10 killed in suicide bombing at Pakistan shrine
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A suicide bomber attacked security forces guarding a famous Sufi shrine in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 20 others, police said. Hizbul Ahrar, an offshoot of the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for
Turkey – Opposition CHP submits request to Turkey’s YSK to cancel Istanbul polls, 2018 elections
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Main opposition the Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Wednesday submitted a request to Turkey’s Supreme Election Council (YSK) to cancel last year’s presidential and parliamentary elections as well as the March 31 local polls across all Istanbul districts. The request was
US warns China, Russia over aggression in the Arctic
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The Trump administration warned China and Russia on Monday that the U.S. won’t stand for aggressive moves in the Arctic region, which is rapidly opening up to development and commerce as temperatures warm and sea ice melts. U.S. Secretary of State