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Greenpeace activists returned a wax figure of President Emmanuel Macron they had stolen from a Paris museum as part of a protest against nuclear cooperation between France and Russia.

A widely shared claim that South Africa will face “14 hours of daily load shedding” in June is false, and has been rejected by Eskom as disinformation.

A hotel security worker said Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs paid $100 000 for the 2016 video of him assaulting his then-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, in a hallway.

Leading the culinary chaos is none other than the undisputed Queen of Constantia, Camilla McDowell of Real Housewives of Cape Town fame. She claims to be the real queen of the kitchen too — and plans to prove it with a bold Beef Wellington she swears outshines Gordon Ramsay’s. Bold claim. Beefier consequences. Dessert? A divine Meringue.

Winter is nearly here, which is the prime time for children to get influenza, or flu. This very contagious viral infection affects the air passages of the lungs and can cause a high fever, body aches, a cough, headaches as well as other symptoms.

Russia on Tuesday said it was wrong to expect a quick breakthrough in Ukraine talks, a day after Moscow rejected Kyiv’s call for an unconditional ceasefire at negotiations in Istanbul.

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Aid centres in hunger-wracked Gaza will temporarily close a controversial US-backed agency said, with the Israeli army warning roads leading to distribution stations “are considered combat zones”.

National police commissioner General Fannie Masemola has condemned the attack on members of the Anti-Gang Unit conducting routine operations in Westbury, Johannesburg, on Tuesday.

The Dutch government collapsed on Tuesday, most likely ushering in a snap election, after anti-Muslim politician Geert Wilders quit the right-wing coalition, accusing other parties of failing to back his tougher immigration policies.

South Korea’s center-left presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung hailed voters’ “great decision” as he was poised early on Wednesday to win a snap election by a wide margin, capping months of political chaos.

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2025 didn’t kick off well for South Africa’s economy, with the gross domestic product growing only 0.1%, slower than the 0.4% growth in the fourth quarter of 2024.

US President Donald Trump’s first batch of judicial nominees since returning to the White House is set to go before a US Senate panel as the Republican looks to further reshape a judiciary whose members have stymied parts of his agenda.

The South African Weather Service has warned of damaging waves and winds that could disrupt small harbours and ports in parts of KwaZulu-Natal.

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Zimbabwe will cull dozens of elephants and distribute the meat for consumption to ease the ballooning population of the animals, its wildlife authority said on Tuesday.

The High Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by the EFF that sought to stop the government from raising fuel levies.

Flash flooding in north-central Nigeria last week killed more than 200 people, the Niger state humanitarian commissioner said on Tuesday, while hundreds more remain missing and are feared dead.