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ANC faces anger over poor services as South Africans vote in local elections — World News article illustration
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ANC faces anger over poor services as South Africans vote in local elections

Party expected to get less than a third of the vote amid frustration over water outages and power cuts The African National Congress is on course for a bruising result in South Africa’s local elections on Wednesday as voters go to the polls amid deep discontent over water outages, power cuts and crumbling infrastructur

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Brazil publishes first global ‘roadmap’ for phasing out fossil fuels — World News article illustration
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Brazil publishes first global ‘roadmap’ for phasing out fossil fuels

Cop30 host sets out steps to break link with coal, oil and gas as it aims to move focus from negotiating to implementing All countries can start to break their dependence on fossil fuels now without needing to wait for new technologies or economic changes, Brazil’s government has said ahead of a global climate summit.

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Russian bombing kills 26 people at Ukraine aid centre, Kyiv says — World News article illustration
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Russian bombing kills 26 people at Ukraine aid centre, Kyiv says

Officials say at least nine 3,000kg aerial bombs hit a southern Ukrainian village in what the president called an "utterly horrific" attack.

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Fossilised red blood cells found in 115m-year-old dinosaur’s bone, say scientists — World News article illustration
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Fossilised red blood cells found in 115m-year-old dinosaur’s bone, say scientists

Chemical tests on Aratasaurus bone identify presence of heme, the organic compound that allows haemoglobin in blood to carry oxygen around body It could be the opening of a Jurassic Park rip-off: scientists examining ancient dinosaur bones find what appear to be fossilised red blood cells, and traces of the molecule th

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Ukraine air raid app apparently hacked as users receive false radiation threat, Air Force says — World News article illustration
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Ukraine air raid app apparently hacked as users receive false radiation threat, Air Force says

Authorities say there is no threat and have advised the public to stay calm and follow official channels for information.

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Russian strikes cut power to thousands in Ukraine as Kherson ceasefire ends — World News article illustration
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Russian strikes cut power to thousands in Ukraine as Kherson ceasefire ends

A rare humanitarian ceasefire allowed civilians to evacuate the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky.

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Israeli strikes in Gaza kill eight including child, hospitals say — World News article illustration
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Israeli strikes in Gaza kill eight including child, hospitals say

Five officers from the Hamas-run police have been killed in Khan Younis and three people, including a child, killed in Gaza City, officials say.

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Ethiopian PM puts ministers through military training — World News article illustration
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Ethiopian PM puts ministers through military training

The prime minister has previously emphasised military preparedness as central to his government's ambitions.

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Evacuees from Russia-occupied city where residents ate weeds on way to Ukraine — World News article illustration
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Evacuees from Russia-occupied city where residents ate weeds on way to Ukraine

Residents left the devastated city on Friday following a ceasefire brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump.

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US approves sale of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine — World News article illustration
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US approves sale of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine

The American-made interceptors are the only effective weapon for downing Russia's ballistic missiles.

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Residents leave devastated Russian-occupied Oleshky as evacuation corridor opens — World News article illustration
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Residents leave devastated Russian-occupied Oleshky as evacuation corridor opens

Several hundred people are understood to have decided to stay in the frontline town, despite the lack of gas, electricity and running water.

By David Okafor
Sudanese diaspora and human rights groups denounce UAE nominee for UN top job — World News article illustration
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Sudanese diaspora and human rights groups denounce UAE nominee for UN top job

Critics cite Lana Nusseibeh’s denial of accusations the UAE is fuelling Sudan war by supporting paramilitary RSF Members of the Sudanese diaspora and international human rights monitors have denounced the candidature of an Emirati diplomat for the top job at the UN, citing her denial of accusations that the United Arab

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Sinkholes, scarred land and scapegoats: the scourge of illegal gold mining in Johannesburg — World News article illustration
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Sinkholes, scarred land and scapegoats: the scourge of illegal gold mining in Johannesburg

There is no end in sight for the drivers of illegal mining, while police action appears ineffective Cora Bailey has been encountering illegal miners ever since she first started treating injured animals in the townships around Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg, in 1991. But as the price of gold has soared, so too has ac

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'The city is alive': A brief peace in Kherson, but residents fear what comes next — World News article illustration
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'The city is alive': A brief peace in Kherson, but residents fear what comes next

A temporary ceasefire has brought rare quiet to Kherson, offering its residents a glimpse of normal life before fighting resumes.

By David Okafor
Rock collapse kills two in Turkey's Cappadocia, local media reports — World News article illustration
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Rock collapse kills two in Turkey's Cappadocia, local media reports

One of the region's famous rock formations, known as "fairy chimneys", reportedly collapsed outside an open-air museum.

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Egypt fines prominent editor Lina Attalah and shuts independent news outlet Mada Masr — World News article illustration
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Egypt fines prominent editor Lina Attalah and shuts independent news outlet Mada Masr

Warnings of escalating clampdown on press freedom come after Cairo court convicts Attalah of managing an unlicensed website Lina Attalah, a prominent Egyptian journalist and the editor-in-chief of the news outlet Mada Masr, has been released from detention by Egypt’s authorities and had her website ordered to be shut d

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President Lula calls Bolsonaro’s Brazil exit ‘shameful’ — World News article illustration
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President Lula calls Bolsonaro’s Brazil exit ‘shameful’

President Lula da Silva criticised Flavio Bolsonaro for leaving Brazil amid reports he was headed to the US.

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A bad day for Ben-Gvir as he addresses his supporters — World News article illustration
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A bad day for Ben-Gvir as he addresses his supporters

Itamar Ben Gvir was defiant after polls show his Otzma Yehudit party has lost seats in the Israeli election.

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Bolsonaro and family to be granted US visas after election loss — World News article illustration
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Bolsonaro and family to be granted US visas after election loss

Brazilian opposition candidate Flavio Bolsonaro and his family will be will issued with US visas following his election loss on Sunday, a state department official has said.

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At least 62 killed and thousands displaced in gunmen attack in Nigeria — World News article illustration
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At least 62 killed and thousands displaced in gunmen attack in Nigeria

At least 62 people have been killed after an attack in northeastern Nigeria, the country's emergency agency said.

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Meghan 'can't wait' to join Junior MasterChef Australia as host — World News article illustration
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Meghan 'can't wait' to join Junior MasterChef Australia as host

Meghan Markle has said she "can't wait" to join as a host for the upcoming series of Junior MasterChef Australia.

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Ebola cases in DRC surpass 10,000 as nurse treating patients is killed by machete-wielding mob — World News article illustration
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Ebola cases in DRC surpass 10,000 as nurse treating patients is killed by machete-wielding mob

The number of Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has surpassed 10,000, government data showed, as fears that the epidemic could spread to more African countries grow.

By David Okafor
Israel 'genocide' has continued in Gaza after ceasefire, UN report claims — World News article illustration
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Israel 'genocide' has continued in Gaza after ceasefire, UN report claims

Israel has continued to commit genocide in Gaza despite last October's ceasefire, a UN commission claims.

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Woman treated for Ebola in Nigeria is evacuated to Switzerland — World News article illustration
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Woman treated for Ebola in Nigeria is evacuated to Switzerland

A woman being treated for Ebola in Nigeria has been medically evacuated to Switzerland, authorities say.

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Vatican issues Pope health update ahead of South America trip — World News article illustration
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Vatican issues Pope health update ahead of South America trip

The Pope is recovering well from cancer surgery and his trip to South America will go ahead as planned next month, the Vatican has said.

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Harry Kane ends England's 25-year wait to win men's Ballon d'Or — World News article illustration
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Harry Kane ends England's 25-year wait to win men's Ballon d'Or

Harry Kane has won the 2026 Ballon d'Or, becoming the first Englishman to win football's most prestigious individual trophy in 25 years.

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Macron promises 'concrete measures' over protest demands - amid fears of Halloween unrest — World News article illustration
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Macron promises 'concrete measures' over protest demands - amid fears of Halloween unrest

Emmanuel Macron says his government will unveil "concrete measures" in response to the demands of student protesters for more resources in France.

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UK sanctions senior Sudanese commanders 'implicated in rape campaign' — World News article illustration
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UK sanctions senior Sudanese commanders 'implicated in rape campaign'

Senior Sudanese commanders allegedly implicated in a campaign of rape during the country's conflict have been sanctioned by the UK government.

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Mariupol veteran who flew in classified mission on what every Ukrainian should know — World News article illustration
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Mariupol veteran who flew in classified mission on what every Ukrainian should know

"Everyone in Ukraine should know how to apply a tourniquet and how to stop someone's bleeding," Anatolii says.

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Putin has already broken Trump's 'energy ceasefire' with attack on power plant, says Zelenskyy — World News article illustration
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Putin has already broken Trump's 'energy ceasefire' with attack on power plant, says Zelenskyy

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of striking a Ukrainian power plant and energy facilities after Donald Trump claimed an "energy ceasefire" was in place.

By David Okafor
'At least 72' miners killed in airstrike — World News article illustration
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'At least 72' miners killed in airstrike

Dozens of miners have been killed in an airstrike in the border region between Sudan and Egypt, according to a human rights group.

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Pakistan's president declares state of emergency in province run by Imran Khan's party — World News article illustration
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Pakistan's president declares state of emergency in province run by Imran Khan's party

The president of Pakistan has declared a state of emergency in the country's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

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Pope Leo to undergo surgery in coming days after nodule discovered on his lung — World News article illustration
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Pope Leo to undergo surgery in coming days after nodule discovered on his lung

Pope Leo has said he is to undergo surgery to remove a nodule on his lung.

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Four dead after Hurricane Isaias crashes into US - as Mexico braces itself for Category 4 storm — World News article illustration
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Four dead after Hurricane Isaias crashes into US - as Mexico braces itself for Category 4 storm

Four people have died after Hurricane Isaias smashed into the US Gulf Coast.

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At least 139 dead and 84 missing after boat capsizes — World News article illustration
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At least 139 dead and 84 missing after boat capsizes

A boat has capsized off the coast of Djibouti leaving at least 139 migrants dead and 84 missing, a United Nations agency has reported.

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'If we don't do it, nobody else will': Inside Ukraine's wartime postal service — World News article illustration
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'If we don't do it, nobody else will': Inside Ukraine's wartime postal service

"If we don't do it, nobody else will."

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Hurricane Isaias kills four, leaves 650,000 without power in Florida — World News article illustration
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Hurricane Isaias kills four, leaves 650,000 without power in Florida

Hurricane Isaias has killed four people and left more than 650,000 people without power.

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Founder of India's 'Cockroach' movement among hundreds detained amid mass protest — World News article illustration
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Founder of India's 'Cockroach' movement among hundreds detained amid mass protest

The leaders of India's "Cockroach" movement have been detained by police, along with hundreds of protesters, in a major crackdown to stop a mass demonstration.

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Three men found guilty of killing Australian brothers and their American friend — World News article illustration
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Three men found guilty of killing Australian brothers and their American friend

Three men have been found guilty of murdering two Australian brothers and their American friend during a surfing trip in Mexico.

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Zelenskyy blasts Trump's 'weak decision' to obtain diesel from Russia in 'gift to Putin' — World News article illustration
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Zelenskyy blasts Trump's 'weak decision' to obtain diesel from Russia in 'gift to Putin'

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has hit out at the "weak decision" by Donald Trump to strike a deal to obtain diesel from Russia, describing it as a "gift to Putin".

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