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Iran cracks down after provocative music video

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A number of figures in Iran’s music industry have been arrested after a US-based Iranian musician produced a music video with suggestive undertones. The video

Actress reveals naked truth about culture in Covid times

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French actress Corinne Masiero stripped on stage during the César Awards, France’s equivalent of the Oscars, to underscore demands that the government do more to

Russia, China working on joint lunar station

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The two former Cold War allies, Russia and China, are teaming up to construct a ‘complex of experimental research facilities’ on and around the moon.

Biden meets Eastern countries to build alliance against China

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President Joe Biden met virtually with the leaders of Australia, Japan and India on Friday as part of his efforts to build a regional alliance

AA raises concerns about law for microdots on cars

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The Automobile Association of South Africa (AASA) has raised concerns about the regulation of microdots on motor vehicles, calling on the government to make public

Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini dies

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The death of the Zulu monarch, who came to the throne as the eighth king of the Zulu nation in December 1971 at the age

Carlson called out over ‘mockery’ comment on female troops

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Conservative television commentator Tucker Carlson has been criticised by the Pentagon for saying that recruiting women in the armed forces was ‘a mockery of the

Electricity system ‘vulnerable and unpredictable’ – Eskom

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The national power utility announced a new round of load-shedding, warning consumers to use electricity sparingly, as the system remains ‘vulnerable and unpredictable’. Stage 2

Catalan translator ‘not the right person’ for Gorman poem

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The Catalan translation of the poem by American writer Amanda Gorman, which she read at President Joe Biden’s inauguration, has been turned down because Barcelona

Lula to run in 2022 in Brazil?

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Luiz Inácio da Silva, the former president of Brazil – better known by his nickname, ‘Lula’ – seems set to make one of the greatest