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Cape Town — Thousands of chanting pro-Palestine demonstrators streamed up Plein Street in Cape Town shortly after noon yesterday and gathered outside Parliament’s main gates.
UN says ending Aids is possible by 2030
The UN says new HIV infections and deaths from Aids are decreasing, making it possible to control the epidemic by 2030 and eventually end it “in every region, in every…
Kenya seizes mega heroin haul
Mombasa — Kenyan police on Tuesday seized 341.7kg of heroin hidden in the diesel tank of a ship, the biggest ever single seizure of drugs at the Indian Ocean port…
Dutch held liable for some Srebrenica deaths
A court has cleared the Netherlands of liability in the deaths of most of the 8,000 Bosnian Muslims slain in the Srebrenica massacre, but says it has to compensate the…
Several dead in subway derailment
A subway train in Moscow has derailed between two stations, killing at least 21 people and injuring more than 130, according to multiple news reports from the Russian capital.
Rebels repel Iraqi attempt to retake Tikrit
Iraqi forces have withdrawn from the rebel-held northern Iraqi city of Tikrit after a new push to retake the city met heavy resistance, soldiers involved in the operation said.
Sata ‘not critically ill’
Lusaka — Zambia released photographs of President Michael Sata chairing a cabinet meeting this week, allaying speculation that the 77-year-old leader was critically ill.
Australia should welcome immigrants: Murdoch
Sydney — Global press baron Rupert Murdoch has urged Australia to be open to immigrants and engage more deeply with Asia, as he celebrated 50 years of the national newspaper…
Mexico rescues 458 children from squalid refuge
Mexico City — Mexico said on Tuesday it had rescued 458 children from a vermin-infested refuge for abandoned boys and girls, some of whom it believes were sexually abused.
Gaza attacks: How it started
Ahmed Moor Beginnings matter. Questions about culpability and responsibility, about the narrow cynicism that defines so much of life in the Gaza Strip, sequence and motive – they all go…