World & Africa

6 South African opposition parties to discuss forming alliance to challenge long-ruling ANC

By Associated Press CAPE TOWN: Six opposition parties announced Tuesday they will discuss forming an alliance for South Africa’s national
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Outrage erupts in South Africa over video of deputy president’s security officers stomping on man

By Associated Press CAPE TOWN: A group of armed plainclothes officers assigned to protect South Africa’s deputy president were caught
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France’s Macron weakened by crisis over teen killed by police

BY SYLVIE CORBET PARIS (AP) — Even in normal times Emmanuel Macron needed allies’ help governing France. To get some things done he
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Putin will speak with leaders of China and India in his first summit since the

By Associated Press NEW DELHI: President Vladimir Putin will participate this week in his first multilateral summit since an armed
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South African president cleared of wrongdoing in scandal over $580,000 in cash stolen from his

By Associated Press JOHANNESBURG: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was cleared of wrongdoing Friday by a public watchdog over a
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UK government vows to challenge court ruling that its plan to send migrants to Rwanda

By Associated Press LONDON: A British court ruled Thursday that a U.K. government plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way
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Pope meets with wife and family of Julian Assange, who says pontiff ‘concerned’ by his

By Associated Press VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis met Friday with imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s wife Stella, who said the
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‘Movement’ detected at South African mine where dozens suspected dead, but no search operation yet

By Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African authorities have detected “movement” underground at a shuttered gold
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Children of refugees wanting SA citizenship will have to speak one official language

By Times Live Children of refugees wanting South African citizenship will have to speak at least one official language. This
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Outrage erupts after man accused of blasphemy is stoned to death in latest mob killing

By Associated Press ABUJA: A man was stoned to death after being accused of blasphemy in northwest Nigeria, authorities and
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