Gunman storms embassy in Iran, kills head of security

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A man armed with an automatic rifle stormed the Azerbaijani Embassy in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Friday, killing the embassy’s head of security

Beleaguered Eskom’s ‘equity’ drive exposes race-law absurdity – IRR

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South Africans have been the victims of rolling blackouts every day of 2023 thus far, in large part due to inadequate maintenance of electricity infrastructure

Jooste to go on trial in Germany

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Disgraced businessman Markus Jooste is to go on trial in Germany in April. Jooste, who was allegedly responsible for one of the biggest acts of

Japan PM sounds alarm over low birth rate

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Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has sounded a dire warning for his country, saying that the island nation faces the risk of failing as a

South Africans would accept a good president of any race – IRR

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Ordinary South Africans do not care about the skin colour of political leaders – only that they are competent to do the job. So says

ANC, EFF defend wards in Wednesday by-elections

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The ANC defended two wards in municipal by-elections on Wednesday, while the EFF saw off a challenge in Polokwane, in one of the few wards

Tesla posts record profit amid uncertainties

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Tesla reported a record quarterly profit in its earnings for the final three months of 2022. At the same time, Elon Musk sought to quell

ANC policy, corruption cause of ‘rolling blackouts’ – DA

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DA protesters marched to the ANC’s headquarters at Luthuli House to demand that the governing party take responsibility for causing the rolling blackouts of recent

US, Germany to send tanks to Ukraine

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The United States will be sending 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. President Joe Biden said delivery of the tanks, considered ‘the most capable tanks in

Tensions at Indian campuses over Modi documentary

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Tensions have flared at two of India’s best-known universities over efforts by the authorities to disrupt the screening of a BBC documentary on Prime Minister