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UN report damns China over Uyghur rights abuses

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The United Nations human rights agency says China’s government may have committed crimes against humanity in its treatment of ethnic Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities

First Alaska Native for Congress beats Palin

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Democrat Mary Peltola, the first Alaska Native to go to Congress, has beaten outspoken former Alaska governor and 2008 vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, in a

What a flop – minister decries Japan’s old-fashioned tech

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Some 1 900 government procedures in Japan still require businesses to use outdated floppy disk storage devices, as well as CDs and mini-discs, prompting the country’s

Only four parties make funding declarations

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Only four political parties made funding declarations, according to the latest funding report from the Electoral Commission (IEC). Between April and June this year, the

Gorbachev hailed for service to world peace

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Tributes to former Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday, emphasised his crucial role in ending the Cold War and reducing the threat of

Trump investigators claim evidence of ‘statutory offences’ – report

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United States Department of Justice officials say that former president Donald Trump may have concealed documents during an FBI search of his property in June.

Break-ins, household robberies soar in SA – statistics

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Household crime – break-ins and home robberies – have increased by 14% in a year, according to the latest statistics. Statistics South Africa’s Victims of

More than 20 die in Baghdad violence

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Shia Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s decision to quit politics has sparked some of the worst fighting for years in Iraq’s capital, the BBC reports. By

AI helps expose thousands of undeclared French pools

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An experiment using artificial intelligence (AI) has helped French tax authorities discover more than 20 000 undeclared swimming polls, and deliver an unexpected windfall. Tax officials

Brian Molefe and others in the dock

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Former Transnet group chief executive, Brian Molefe, and former finance head, Anoj Singh, have appeared in the Palm Ridge Specialised Crimes Court on charges of