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News24.com | Syria faces severe bread shortages as US sanctions worsen economy
Though food is exempt from sanctions, asset freezes, banking restrictions and currency rout hamper grain imports..
2020-07-10 20:48:51
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News24.com | Illegal ivory trade shrinks while pangolin trafficking booms, UN says
The illegal global trade in ivory has shrunk while the trafficking of pangolins has soared, a UN report on wildlife crime based on four years' data sa.
2020-07-10 20:06:55
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News24.com | WATCH | Google has way to dodge EU Fitbit probe - sources
Google could avert an EU probe into its planned takeover of Fitbit with a pledge not to use health data to target ads, according to Reuters sources..
2020-07-10 19:45:06
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News24.com | Hagia Sophia: Russian church says Turkey is 'ignoring millions of Christians'
The Russian Orthodox Church has expressed dismay at Turkey's decision to revoke the museum status of the iconic Hagia Sophia, accusing it of ignoring .
2020-07-10 18:49:57
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News24.com | Dolphins return to Lisbon's Tagus river
Amid hard times brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, one sight is putting a smile on people's faces in Portugal - dolphins splashing around near Li.
2020-07-10 17:53:53
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News24.com | Turkey's Hagia Sophia museum can revert back into mosque, court rules
A top Turkish court has revoked the sixth-century Hagia Sophia's status as a museum, clearing the way for it to be turned back into a mosque..
2020-07-10 16:03:42
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News24.com | Covid-19: China bans some food imports after virus detected on shrimp
China has temporarily banned food imports from three Ecuadorian companies after detecting coronavirus on packaging for frozen shrimp..
2020-07-10 15:01:38
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News24.com | OPINION | Farewell from a distance: Saying goodbye to Mary Twala
Before the pandemic, we would have witnessed hundreds, if not thousands, of fans gather to bid farewell to such an icon. Instead, Mary's funeral was a.
2020-07-10 14:54:54
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News24.com | WATCH | US finalising federal ban on Chinese tech parts
The Trump administration plans to finalise regulations that will bar the US government from buying goods from any company that uses products from five.
2020-07-10 14:40:49
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News24.com | WHO advance team on way to China to set up probe into virus origin
An advance team from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has left for China to organise an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus which spa.
2020-07-10 14:22:21
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News24.com | Hong Kong to shut all schools after virus cases spike
Hong Kong will close all schools after the territory reported a spike in locally transmitted coronavirus infections..
2020-07-10 12:35:59
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News24.com | Italy likely to extend state of emergency due to coronavirus crisis - PM
Italy will likely extend a state of emergency beyond its current deadline due to the new coronavirus crisis..
2020-07-10 12:35:59
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News24.com | Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen behind bars again after dispute over gag order
Michael Cohen, US President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, has been taken to a federal jail after refusing to agree to a gag order..
2020-07-10 09:30:49
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News24.com | Bolivia's interim President Anez says she has coronavirus
Bolivia's interim President Jeanine Anez has announced that she has tested positive for coronavirus..
2020-07-10 08:38:43
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News24.com | 'It's going to happen again,' says former New Zealand PM Clark tasked with WHO Covid-19 review
New Zealand's former prime minister Helen Clark has warned if the world remained "flat-footed" in its response to pandemics it faces future economic, .
2020-07-10 07:33:39
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News24.com | Man who planned to attack London gay pride march jailed for life
A man found guilty of plotting terrorist attacks on crowded central London tourist attractions including a Gay Pride march has been jailed for life..
2020-07-09 22:07:52
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News24.com | US Supreme Court orders release of Trump records but they may stay hidden for now
The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that President Donald Trump must hand over his tax returns to New York prosecutors but temporarily blocked Cong.
2020-07-09 21:04:13
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News24.com | Afghanistan to release prisoners from Taliban list in push for talks
Afghanistan is to release more Taliban prisoners in the hope of getting peace talks going, a government spokesperson has said..
2020-07-09 20:58:15
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News24.com | Seoul mayor found dead after '#MeToo allegations'
Seoul's outspoken mayor Park Won-soon, long seen as a potential South Korean presidential candidate, was found dead, police say. He was 64..
2020-07-09 19:47:35
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News24.com | New WHO guidance calls for more evidence on airborne transmission
The World Health Organisation has released new guidelines on the transmission of the novel coronavirus that acknowledge some reports of airborne trans.
2020-07-09 19:47:35
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News24.com | WHO sets up panel to review handling of Covid-19 pandemic
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that it is setting up an independent panel to review its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic..
2020-07-09 18:24:19
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News24.com | Back clean energy post-virus, UN chief urges leaders
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres urged world leaders to favour clean energy solutions as they pour money into their economies to save them from a.
2020-07-09 17:05:42
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News24.com | Fugitive Mexican ex-governor Duarte arrested in US
Cesar Duarte, fugitive ex-governor of the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, has been arrested in the United States on corruption charges..
2020-07-09 16:16:03
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News24.com | Musk says Tesla close to developing fully autonomous car
Tesla founder Elon Musk said that the world's recently crowned most valuable auto company could achieve a fully autonomous car by the end of 2020..
2020-07-09 16:05:45
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News24.com | WATCH | Facebook failing to protect civil rights - audit
Facebook's decisions to allow controversial posts by President Donald Trump established a "terrible precedent," according to an external civil rights .
2020-07-09 15:31:11
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News24.com | Global coronavirus cases surge past 12 million
More than 12 million coronavirus infections have been recorded across the world, over half in the United States and Latin America..
2020-07-09 15:10:33
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News24.com | Smog causes an estimated 49 000 deaths in Beijing, Shanghai in 2020
Air pollution has caused an estimated 49 000 deaths and $23 billion in economic losses in the cities of Beijing and Shanghai..
2020-07-09 14:11:37
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News24.com | Five million begin lockdown in Melbourne
Five million people in Australia's second-biggest city, have began a new lockdown, returning to tough restrictions..
2020-07-09 13:36:17
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News24.com | Japan rescuers battle to reach thousands trapped by floods
Japanese emergency services and troops scrambled have to reach thousands of homes cut off by catastrophic flooding and landslides that have killed doz.
2020-07-09 13:21:36
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News24.com | George Floyd said officers would 'kill' him in new recording transcript
George Floyd said he couldn't breathe more than 20 times and said officers would "kill" him before he died in Minneapolis police custody, new evidence.
2020-07-09 10:22:02
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News24.com | Trump 'bullying' blamed as key impeachment witness Vindman quits army
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, who provided damning impeachment evidence against US President Donald Trump, has retired from the US Army..
2020-07-09 09:24:38
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News24.com | WATCH | World's first transparent face mask features self sanitisation technology
A company has made the world's first "smart" face mask that can clean itself. LEAF Mask offers high performance filtration against dangerous airborne .
2020-07-08 22:58:21
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News24.com | UK unveils new 30bn pound package to stimulate economy
The UK government has unveiled a package worth £30 billion to save jobs, help the young into work and kickstart the British economy ravaged by the co.
2020-07-08 19:44:08
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News24.com | Indian city imposes 'triple lockdown' as coronavirus cases surge
The capital of an Indian state that won praise for its early handling of the coronavirus pandemic has enforced a strict lockdown..
2020-07-08 17:24:25
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News24.com | In copper country, metal is being used to fight Covid-19
A laboratory in Chile is experimenting with using tiny copper particles in disinfectants - but not everyone is convinced..
2020-07-08 17:21:15
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News24.com | WATCH | 'No commitment' to action at Facebook, say boycott organisers
Organisers of a growing Facebook advertising boycott said they saw "no commitment to action" after meeting with Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerbe.
2020-07-08 17:07:37
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News24.com | UPDATE | 61 feared dead in Japan floods
Torrential rain has pounded central Japan and authorities say 61 people are feared dead in days of heavy downpours..
2020-07-08 16:22:56
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News24.com | UK royal residences finally reopen after virus shutdown
Some of Queen Elizabeth II's royal residences will reopen to the public later this month after closing during the coronavirus shutdown..
2020-07-08 15:44:04
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News24.com | Apple fight over record R249-billion tax bill set for court ruling
Apple Inc. will find out next week whether it won the first round of its bid to topple a record 13 billion-euro Irish tax bill imposed by European Uni.
2020-07-08 15:34:54
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News24.com | Britain to reveal post-coronavirus recovery plan
The British government will unveil a mini-budget to kickstart economic growth after the coronavirus shutdown..
2020-07-08 14:49:04
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News24.com | France rules out 'total lockdown' in case of new Covid-19 spike
The French government is preparing for a second wave of Covid-19 cases that could emerge in the coming months..
2020-07-08 12:18:13
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News24.com | Panic-buying returns to Australia as Melbourne braces for lengthy coronavirus lockdown
Shoppers in Australia's second-biggest city stripped supermarket shelves Wednesday as millions in Melbourne prepared for a return to virus lockdown, w.
2020-07-08 09:28:32
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News24.com | Trump: 'I disagree' with Fauci on Covid-19 in the US
US President Donald Trump has said he disagreed with the assessment of the country's top immunologist, Anthony Fauci, on the dire situation the United.
2020-07-08 09:02:55
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News24.com | US formally starts its withdrawal from WHO
President Donald Trump has formally started the withdrawal of the US from the World Health Organisation..
2020-07-07 21:48:45
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News24.com | 'Hubris and willful ignorance' - Trump slammed by niece in eagerly anticipated memoir
Donald Trump's niece describes the US president as a lying narcissist who was shaped by his domineering father, according to excerpts of her eagerly a.
2020-07-07 21:16:12
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News24.com | Brazil to become testing ground for coronavirus vaccine
Brazil is on the cutting edge of vaccine development with large-scale trials and the production of millions of doses on the horizon..
2020-07-07 20:46:38
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News24.com | Russia detains ex-journalist on treason charges
Russian authorities have detained a former journalist who works as an aide to the head of Russia's space agency and accused him of state treason..
2020-07-07 19:30:47
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News24.com | Biotech firm Novavax gets record $1.6bn in US funding for Covid-19 vaccine
Novavax, one of the front-runners in the Covid-19 vaccine race, will receive $1.6 billion from the US government, the biggest contribution yet from 'O.
2020-07-07 17:25:54
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News24.com | 52 dead in Japan floods as more troops join rescue
Japan will deploy more troops to search for survivors of devastating floods and landslides that have killed at least 52 people in the southwest of the.
2020-07-07 17:25:54
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News24.com | Uber to launch grocery deliveries
Ride-hailing service Uber has unveiled plans to launch grocery deliveries after testing the service in over 30 countries..
2020-07-07 17:10:16
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News24.com | Covid-19: Tokyo temple offers pandemic-hit Vietnamese workers a safe haven
A few hours after sundown, Thi Tu Luong dragged her suitcase in Tokyo's business district, looking for the temple that would take her in..
2020-07-07 15:43:10
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News24.com | WATCH | Keep buying gold even as the price goes up - investor
Gold prices are near an 8-year high but investors should keep adding exposure to the precious metal, that's the advice of Clear Harbor Asset Managemen.
2020-07-07 15:23:14
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News24.com | Amazon analysts can't keep up as shares blow past $3 000 mark
Amazon.com shares topped $3 000 for the first time, extending a rally that has left most Wall Street analysts in the dust..
2020-07-07 15:23:14
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News24.com | Australia's second-biggest city Melbourne under new coronavirus lockdown
Five million Melbourne residents have been ordered back into lockdown after coronavirus cases surged in Australia's second-biggest city..
2020-07-07 14:18:20
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News24.com | Pompeo says US looking at banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said the United States is "certainly looking at" banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok..
2020-07-07 14:06:33
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News24.com | WATCH | UK sanctions Russians and Saudis under new human rights powers
The UK sanctions target alleged perpetrators in the killings of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. WATCH NOW..
2020-07-07 14:06:33
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News24.com | Showmax launches new live-streaming service
South African streaming service Showmax on Tuesday announced that it will be launching a new service named, Showmax Pro..
2020-07-07 09:05:01
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News24.com | Donald Trump, black NASCAR driver in war of words over noose protest
NASCAR's Bubba Wallace accused Donald Trump on Monday of stirring up "hate" after the president demanded that the circuit's only black driver apologiz.
2020-07-07 08:51:59
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News24.com | When coronavirus robs you of your sense of smell
'What I miss most is the smell of my son when I kiss him, the smell of my wife's body,' says Jean-Michel Maillard..
2020-07-07 05:04:09
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News24.com | China arrests law professor who criticised Xi over coronavirus
Xu Zhangrun, who wrote articles critical of the government, taken from Beijing home by policemen, his friends say..
2020-07-06 19:51:36
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News24.com | Pakistan's health minister Zafar Mirza tests positive for Covid-19
Pakistan's health minister has tested positive for Covid-19, the latest senior figure to contract the virus in a country where cases are rising..
2020-07-06 19:30:32
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News24.com | Covid-19: US deaths toll surges past 130 000 - tally
US coronavirus deaths topped 130 000 amid a surge in Covid-19 cases that has put President Donald Trump's handling of the crisis under the microscope..
2020-07-06 18:02:27
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News24.com | India surges in cases as virus slams US hospitals
India on Monday became the country with the third-highest coronavirus caseload in the world, as officials warned that hospitals in the United States w.
2020-07-06 17:58:53
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News24.com | Germany vows to beef up finance watchdog after Wirecard drama
German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said he wanted to overhaul the country's finance watchdog Bafin and give it more powers after a massive fraud scan.
2020-07-06 15:35:28
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News24.com | Columbus statue toppled by race protesters in Baltimore - reports
Protesters in the US city of Baltimore have pulled down a statue of Christopher Columbu, local media have reported..
2020-07-06 15:28:43
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News24.com | China aims to phase out sale of live poultry at food markets
China vowed to gradually phase out the slaughter and sale of live poultry at food markets, in a move welcomed by animal rights activists amid the coro.
2020-07-06 14:39:38
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News24.com | Nearly 40 feared dead as torrential rains hit southwest Japan
Nearly 40 people were feared dead as torrential rains continued to hit Japan's southwestern island of Kyushu, with river banks at risk of bursting and.
2020-07-06 13:58:09
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News24.com | Covid-19: India reports record daily cases
India added a record number of coronavirus cases, as the world's fourth worst-hit nation opened a huge treatment centre with 10,000 beds in the capita.
2020-07-05 19:11:04
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News24.com | Coronavirus treatment: Llamas may help save humans from Covid-19, say scientists
In Reading, scientists have turned to a herd of llamas - to provide very small antibodies, which they believe could neutralise the virus. Al Jazeera's.
2020-07-05 18:47:26
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: Global deaths pass 530 000, US records 43 742 new cases and India reopens Taj Mahal
More than 11.32 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 530 254 have died, according to a Reuters tally.
2020-07-05 13:54:35
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News24.com | 'Saving lives is our priority' - Japan PM reacts as dozens die, go missing in floods and mudslides
About 34 people are either confirmed or feared dead – including 14 at a nursing home – after torrential rain in Japan triggered massive floods and.
2020-07-05 13:45:25
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News24.com | Iran imposes new curbs as coronavirus toll rises
Iranians who do not wear masks will be denied state services and workplaces that fail to comply with health protocols will be shut for a week, Preside.
2020-07-04 21:26:47
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News24.com | Catalonia places 200 000 people under coronavirus lockdown
Spain's northeastern Catalonia region on Saturday locked down an area with around 200 000 residents near the town of Lerida following a surge in cases.
2020-07-04 21:20:19
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News24.com | World's largest pension fund loses $165 billion in worst quarter
Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund lost 11%, or $164.7 billion, in the three months ended March, it said in Tokyo on Friday..
2020-07-04 16:22:05
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News24.com | WATCH | Pandemic puzzle: tracing the origins of Covid-19
ssIt is still unclear when and how Covid-19 jumped from animals to humans, and whether it is a "natural" virus..
2020-07-03 17:42:39
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News24.com | Trump visits Mount Rushmore amid controversy, coronavirus concerns
President Donald Trump will begin his July Fourth celebrations with a trip to Mount Rushmore on Friday despite concerns about gathering a large crowd..
2020-07-03 16:51:22
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News24.com | UPDATE | UK Labour leader says coronavirus inquiry is inevitable
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer has said that an inquiry into government's handling of the coronavirus crisis was inevitable..
2020-07-03 15:29:36
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News24.com | Turkey trial of Saudi suspects in Khashoggi murder begins in absentia
Twenty Saudi suspects including two former aides to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have gone on trial in absentia in Turkey..
2020-07-03 15:01:46
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News24.com | Coronavirus mortality in Italy is highest among poor, study shows
Poor Italians are significantly more likely to die of the coronavirus than higher-income groups, says study..
2020-07-03 13:07:07
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News24.com | WATCH | Vietnam opens world's first 'gold-plated hotel'
There's five-star bling on offer at Vietnam's Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel, which claims to be the world's first gold-plated hotel..
2020-07-03 12:49:45
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News24.com | Showmax removing 7 titles from its platform after concluding review of racially insensitive content
South African streaming service Showmax released a statement confirming that they've conducted and completed an initial review of the content on their.
2020-07-03 12:44:30
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News24.com | Showmax removing 7 titles from its platform after concluding review of racially insensitive content
South African streaming service Showmax released a statement confirming that they've conducted and completed an initial review of the content on their.
2020-07-03 12:31:11
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News24.com | New Zealand mosque shooter sentencing to begin on 24 August
Brenton Tarrant pleaded guilty earlier this year to killing 51 Muslim worshipers in the city of Christchurch..
2020-07-03 12:30:30
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News24.com | WATCH | Colombian woman engaged after recovering from virus - with a little help from medical workers
With help from medical workers, Colombian Jefferson Riascos proposes to his partner Diana Angola, who gave birth to their son during an induced coma w.
2020-07-03 11:09:14
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News24.com | 'Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times' slogan is illegal, government says
The popular protest slogan "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times" connotes separatism or subversion, the city's government has said..
2020-07-03 10:12:09
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News24.com | Donald Trump says he'd have 'no problem' using mask in 'tight' quarters
US President Donald Trump, who has yet to be seen in public wearing a face mask during the coronavirus pandemic, has said he would have "no problem" d.
2020-07-03 06:41:20
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News24.com | New Zealand's health minister resigns after coronavirus criticism
New Zealand's embattled Health Minister has resigned after security slip-ups at quarantine facilities..
2020-07-03 06:36:56
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News24.com | Record 56 million tons e-waste dumped, says top UN report
Across the river from Delhi's Red Fort, the grim neighbourhood of Seelampur lives off what consumers throw away - their broken or obsolete electronic .
2020-07-02 18:22:44
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News24.com | More than 100 dead in Myanmar jade mine landslide
The bodies of at least 100 jade miners have been pulled from the mud after a landslide in northern Myanmar..
2020-07-02 16:48:07
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News24.com | Australia considering 'safe haven' offer to Hong Kongers
Australia is actively considering providing safe haven to Hong Kong residents in response to China's sweeping new security law, it has announced..
2020-07-02 12:57:13
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News24.com | Joe Biden pulls together hundreds of lawyers as a bulwark against election trickery
Joe Biden has announced that his party has assembled a group of 600 lawyers and thousands of other people to prepare for possible "chicanery" ahead of.
2020-07-02 12:10:18
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News24.com | Trump's re-election campaign says it raised $266 million in second quarter
US President Donald Trump's re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee have raised $266 million during the second quarter, including $.
2020-07-02 08:13:56
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News24.com | Judge lifts ban on 'tell-all' book by Trump's niece
An appeals court judge in New York has lifted a temporary ban on the publication of a potentially explosive "tell-all" book by President Donald Trump'.
2020-07-02 08:13:56
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News24.com | US virus cases smash daily record as global infections soar
New daily coronavirus cases in the US have soared past 50 000 for the first time as the World Health Organisation delivered a grave warning..
2020-07-02 07:56:12
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News24.com | Covid-19: Oxford University's vaccine developers encouraged by results
A leading scientist behind the University of Oxford's potential Covid-19 vaccine says the team has seen the right sort of immune response in trials..
2020-07-01 19:59:31
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News24.com | Turkish President Erdogan vows social media 'control' after family insulted
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to tighten government control over social media after he said his family was insulted online..
2020-07-01 18:50:30
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News24.com | UK PM warns Israel: do not annex parts of the occupied West Bank
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has cautioned Israel against annexation in the occupied West Bank, saying it would violate international law..
2020-07-01 18:06:25
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News24.com | Hong Kong police fire water cannon at crowds protesting new security law
Hong Kong police have fired water cannon to break up the first protest since China introduced sweeping security legislation and they made their first.
2020-07-01 16:13:59
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News24.com | Trump 'more and more angry at China' over coronavirus
US President Donald Trump has said he was growing "more and more angry at China" over the spread of the coronavirus..
2020-07-01 15:58:05
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News24.com | Russia vote that may extend Putin rule till 2036 enters final day
A constitutional vote that would allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to extend his rule until 2036 is set to wrap up after a week of balloting..
2020-07-01 15:24:14
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News24.com | Atlanta judge sets steep $500 000 bail for a police officer accused of killing Rayshard Brooks
An Atlanta judge has set a steep $500 000 bail for a police officer accused of murder after shooting dead a fleeing black man in the back..
2020-07-01 14:24:31
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News24.com | Pakistan PM says 'no doubt' India was behind deadly attack
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has told Parliament he had no doubt that India was behind a deadly attack on the stock exchange building in the ci.
2020-07-01 12:01:06
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News24.com | US reels from coronavirus as daily cases hit record, deaths surge
The United States has reported more than 47 000 new cases of coronavirus - the biggest one-day spike since the start of the pandemic..
2020-07-01 10:12:30
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News24.com | Biden attacks Republicans for blocking law on foreign election interference
Joe Biden's campaign has criticised US Senate Republicans for blocking legislation to require campaigns to report offers of foreign election help to t.
2020-07-01 09:38:51
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News24.com | Judge blocks release of tell-all book by Donald Trump niece
A tell-all book by President Donald Trump's niece cannot be published until a judge decides the merits of claims that its publication would violate a .
2020-07-01 07:56:13
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News24.com | Mexican prosecutors seek arrests of 46 officials in student disappearance probe
Mexican prosecutors have requested 46 arrest orders for public officials over charges of forced disappearance and organised crime as part of a renewed.
2020-06-30 22:03:14
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News24.com | Biden says will not hold campaign rallies due to pandemic
US Democrat Joe Biden said Tuesday he will not hold presidential campaign rallies during the coronavirus pandemic, an extraordinary declaration that s.
2020-06-30 22:03:14
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News24.com | Hong Kong national security law: Five key facts you need to know
China's controversial new law in Hong Kong is giving Beijing unprecedented judicial powers in the financial hub, with jurisdiction over cases, secret .
2020-06-30 21:03:20
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News24.com | Biden to attack Trump's handling of Covid-19 as US cases rise
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is set to launch a fresh attack on President Donald Trump's "historic mismanagement" of the coronavirus pa.
2020-06-30 19:42:03
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News24.com | WATCH | Coke, Unilever join Facebook ad boycott
Coke and Unilever joined a growing list of more than 90 advertisers that have temporarily pulled ads from Facebook..
2020-06-30 19:38:33
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News24.com | WATCH | Facebook ad boycott to go global, growing number of major players joins
Organisers of a Facebook advertising boycott campaign that has drawn support from a rapidly expanding list of major companies are now preparing to tak.
2020-06-30 18:45:32
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News24.com | China passes feared Hong Kong security law
China has passed a sweeping national security law for Hong Kong, a move that many western governments fear will smother the finance hub's freedoms..
2020-06-30 17:09:08
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News24.com | Chinese researchers warn of new virus in pigs with human pandemic risk
A new flu virus found in Chinese pigs has become more infectious to humans and needs to be watched closely in case it becomes a potential "pandemic vi.
2020-06-30 15:27:59
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News24.com | 'Golden State Killer' suspect pleads guilty to 13 murders, admits dozens of rapes
An elderly ex-policeman confessed to being the violent serial prowler known as the "Golden State Killer," pleading guilty to 13 murders and admitting .
2020-06-30 12:59:42
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News24.com | Britons are fatter than most in the rest of Europe, says PM Johnson
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said Britons were significantly fatter than people in most of the rest of Europe..
2020-06-30 06:29:00
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News24.com | Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump; asks Interpol to help
Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining President Donald Trump and dozens of others it believes carried out the dro.
2020-06-29 14:41:44
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News24.com | China warns it will restrict visas for some Americans over Hong Kong row
China has warned that it would impose visa restrictions on US citizens who had "behaved egregiously" over Hong Kong..
2020-06-29 14:02:47
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News24.com | Six killed as gunmen attack Pakistani stock exchange, say police
Four gunmen have attacked the Pakistani Stock Exchange building in the city of Karachi but security forces soon killed them all, police have announced.
2020-06-29 12:27:19
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News24.com | Trump says spies deemed Russia-Taliban intel not 'credible'
Donald Trump said he was not briefed on US intelligence related to Russian activity in Afghanistan because it was not thought "credible" by the secret.
2020-06-29 11:14:58
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News24.com | 14 Filipinos missing from fishing boat after collision at sea
A Hong Kong-flagged cargo vessel bound for Australia has collided with FV Liberty 5 off the western coast of the Philippines..
2020-06-29 09:43:35
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News24.com | Trump tweets - then deletes - video of fan yelling 'white power'
US President Donald Trump has shared a video of a stand-off between anti-Trump protesters and his supporters in which a man chants "white power"..
2020-06-29 07:34:12
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News24.com | One dead in shooting at US Black Lives Matter rally
One person was killed and another wounded in a shooting at a Black Lives Matter rally in the US state of Kentucky, police have announced..
2020-06-29 05:38:53
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News24.com | Biden slams Trump over reported bounties placed on US troops
Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden says that if he is elected president he will confront Russia's Vladimir Putin..
2020-06-28 13:04:37
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News24.com | Norad fighter jets intercept Russian military aircraft off Alaska
F-22 stealth fighter aircraft have scrambled to intercept four Russian reconnaissance jets off Alaska, said Norad, the US and Canadian defence organis.
2020-06-28 08:31:38
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News24.com | LGBTQ+ marches from London to New York call for end to racism
As thousands of people marched in support of Pride and racial justice globally this weekend, many demonstrators called for an end to often-overlooked .
2020-06-27 21:50:42
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News24.com | UK police charge Reading 'terror' suspect
British counter-terror police on Saturday charged a man with three counts of murder and three of attempted murder after a knife attack in southeast En.
2020-06-27 21:28:10
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News24.com | Fun-hungry young adults in Florida fuel rise in virus infections
They are itching for a good time after months of lockdown, coronavirus be damned: young adults in Florida are fuelling a dangerous rise in Covid-19 in.
2020-06-27 20:09:56
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: Nearly 10 million cases worldwide, WHO seeks to raise $31.3 billion for virus fight
World Health Organization-led coalition fighting the Covid-19 pandemic is asking government and private sector donors to help raise $31.3 billion in t.
2020-06-27 16:08:03
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News24.com | WATCH | Coronavirus: The 11 countries where WHO Europe says Covd-19 is on the rise
Which 11 countries in WHO's European region have seen their Covid-19 outbreaks accelerate in recent weeks?.
2020-06-27 13:07:52
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News24.com | Trump signs order 'protecting' monuments as crowds topple statues
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order pledging to enforce prosecution for protesters who vandalise public memorials, as he announced.
2020-06-27 09:35:11
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News24.com | UK teen who threw French boy off gallery balcony jailed for life
A troubled British teenager who threw a six-year-old French boy from a viewing platform at London's Tate Modern art gallery was on Friday jailed for l.
2020-06-26 21:05:42
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News24.com | Coronavirus traces found in March 2019 sewage sample, Spanish study shows
Spanish virologists have found traces of the novel coronavirus in a sample of Barcelona waste water collected in March 2019, nine months before the Co.
2020-06-26 21:05:42
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News24.com | US faces 'serious problem' as states see virus surge - Fauci
The United States is facing a "serious problem" as southern and western states experience a surge in coronavirus cases, leading government expect Anth.
2020-06-26 21:05:42
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News24.com | Sweden lashes out at WHO over virus listing
Sweden has accused the World Health Organisation of a "total misinterpretation" of its data, as the UN body listed it among 11 countries facing a resu.
2020-06-26 19:22:36
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News24.com | Beijing eases lockdown as mass testing gathers pace
Beijing has partially lifted a weeks-long lockdown imposed in the Chinese capital to head off a feared second wave of coronavirus infections after thr.
2020-06-26 17:58:35
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News24.com | WHO-led coalition needs $31.3 bn to fight Covid-19
The World Health Organisation-led coalition fighting the coronavirus needs $31.3 billion over the next 12 months to develop and roll out tests, treatm.
2020-06-26 16:58:01
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News24.com | TP, or not TP: Australia gets second wave of toilet paper panic buying and hoarding
Australia's supermarket chains have reintroduced purchase limits on toilet paper and other household items as a spike in coronavirus cases in the stat.
2020-06-26 16:58:01
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News24.com | Police officer injured in 'serious incident' in Glasgow
A police officer and several other people were injured in a reported stabbing in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Friday before the alleged assailant w.
2020-06-26 16:58:01
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: One-day record as cases surge in US, while Mexico tops 25 000 deaths and 200 000 cases
The governor of Texas temporarily halted the state's reopening as Covid-19 infections and hospitalisations surged and the US set a new record for a on.
2020-06-26 11:31:20
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News24.com | British police suffer second attack while dispersing another illegal London party
British police officers were attacked while attempting to disperse an illegal party overnight in west London, the second such incident in two days..
2020-06-26 11:16:50
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News24.com | Shock over Afrikaans reality show contestant using k-word during live broadcast
The brand-new Afrikaans reality show, Kwarantyn, which premiered on kykNET (DStv 144) has found itself midst controversy..
2020-06-26 10:54:39
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News24.com | Donald Trump lashes out at New York mayor, Black Lives Matter leader
Donald Trump has struck out at New York Mayor Bill de Blasio over plans to paint a Black Lives Matter mural on Fifth Avenue across the street from Tru.
2020-06-26 09:28:06
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News24.com | Lightning kills at least 107 in India monsoon
At least 107 people have died from lightning strikes in northern and eastern India, officials say, during the early stages of the annual monsoon seaso.
2020-06-25 22:03:53
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News24.com | Panama sacks health minister as coronavirus cases soar
Panama President Laurentino Cortizo has fired his health minister and two other cabinet members over two corruption scandals, as the coronavirus pande.
2020-06-25 22:03:53
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News24.com | Why is the US experiencing a coronavirus resurgence?
The number of new Covid-19 cases in the United States is hitting levels not seen since the early part of the pandemic in April..
2020-06-25 20:32:57
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News24.com | US sent Covid stimulus checks to 1 million dead people
The US Treasury sent checks designed to help stimulate the economy devastated by Covid-19 to more than one million dead people, according to a govern.
2020-06-25 19:25:44
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: Countries start to ease lockdown rules amid worries over a second wave of infections
As countries around the world ease lockdown rules amid worries over a second wave of infections, Anders Tegnell, the architect of Sweden's unorthodox .
2020-06-25 18:05:50
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: 482 802 global deaths, virus resurging in Europe and Indonesia cases pass 50 000
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 482 802 people since emerging in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by.
2020-06-25 16:04:57
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News24.com | OPINION | Why 'smart lockdowns' are the way forward
As draconian measures become economically unsustainable, authorities must find new ways to contain the spread of Covid-19, says Ferdinando Giugliano..
2020-06-25 16:01:20
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News24.com | WATCH | Investors battle for control of Virgin Australia
Virgin Australia bondholders lodged a last-ditch proposal for the struggling airline and stop its sale to a US private equity firm..
2020-06-25 15:40:16
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News24.com | Google says it will pay publishers for news content
Google will pay partnered media publishers in three countries and offer some users free access to paywalled news sites, the tech giant said Thursday..
2020-06-25 13:57:19
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News24.com | Joe Biden to attack Donald Trump on healthcare in election battleground
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will visit the heart of must-win Pennsylvania to highlight healthcare policies that his campaign hopes wil.
2020-06-25 13:48:39
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News24.com | Mother, two children dead after being crushed in building collapse in Italy
A woman and two of her children have been crushed to death after part of a building collapsed in northern Italy as a third child, a nine-year-old boy,.
2020-06-25 13:30:14
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News24.com | Mexico earthquake death toll rises to 10
The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck southern Mexico has risen to 10, the federal government has said..
2020-06-25 12:02:53
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: US infections soar to near record, Gulf passes 400 000 cases and Eiffel Tower reopens
The number of new coronavirus infections in the United States is approaching record daily levels, with more than 35 900 cases recorded in the past 24 .
2020-06-25 11:10:16
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News24.com | Ahmaud Arbery killing: 'This was a lynching' - 3 men charged with murder of black jogger
The three men arrested after the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a young black jogger in the southern United States, have been formally indicted on murder c.
2020-06-25 09:08:21
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News24.com | Charges dropped against Canadian indigenous chief amid outcry
Charges have been dropped against a Canadian indigenous leader whose violent arrest was captured on video and decried by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
2020-06-24 22:02:37
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News24.com | US states reimpose virus measures as cases spike
With coronavirus cases surging across the US South and West, officials are once again imposing tough measures, from stay-at-home advice in worst-hit s.
2020-06-24 21:03:33
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News24.com | 'I lost my eye': The price of protesting US police brutality
Demonstrators in five cities describe how police used force on peaceful protests, resulting in serious injuries, trauma..
2020-06-24 19:57:19
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: 477 570 worldwide deaths, crisis sinks global economy and UK experts warn of second wave
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 477 570 people since emerging in China last December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by.
2020-06-24 16:07:36
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News24.com | Leon Schuster: 'I don't want us to laugh at each other, I want us to laugh with each other'
South African filmmaker Leon Schuster talks candidly about the reaction to his filmography in recent days..
2020-06-24 15:37:02
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News24.com | Saudi Arabia battling coronavirus surge, will only allow around 1 000 pilgrims in scaled-down hajj
Saudi Arabia has said only around 1 000 pilgrims of various nationalities already in the kingdom will be allowed to perform a dramatically scaled-down.
2020-06-24 14:37:44
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News24.com | Pakistan plane crash that killed 97 a result of human error by pilots during landing - report
A plane crash which killed 97 people in Pakistan last month was because of human error by the pilots, who were discussing the coronavirus during the l.
2020-06-24 12:52:21
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: Global deaths surge past 475 000, Australia calls in military to help tackle virus
The number of deaths caused by the novel coronavirus virus worldwide has surged past 475 000, according to an AFP tally from official sources..
2020-06-24 11:15:05
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News24.com | Barack Obama helps raise $11m for Joe Biden in online fundraiser
Barack Obama has helped raise $11 million for White House hopeful Joe Biden during a virtual fundraiser where the former president said a 'great awake.
2020-06-24 10:22:20
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News24.com | Six killed in powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake in southern Mexico
A 7.4 magnitude earthquake has hit southern Mexico, killing six people, sending hundreds fleeing from their homes and forcing the closure of a major s.
2020-06-24 09:22:16
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News24.com | WATCH | It's four years since the Brexit vote. Now what?
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a deal could be sealed in July with "a bit of oomph," but European officials see no way through the Brexit d.
2020-06-24 08:52:42
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News24.com | Public to decide Miss South Africa top 10 - here's how to vote and how much it costs
Reigning Miss South Africa Sasha-Lee Olivier will introduce the Miss South Africa 2020 top 15 live on Instagram on Wednesday at 19:00 in a virtual pub.
2020-06-23 22:10:17
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News24.com | Indian guru warned against marketing $7 herbal virus 'cure'
A hugely popular Indian guru touting herbal remedies as a $7 cure for coronavirus has been told by the government that he needs to prove his claims be.
2020-06-23 22:01:54
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News24.com | Bulgarian PM fined for visiting monastery without mask
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will be fined for not wearing a mask while visiting a monastery, even as his government reimposed anti-coronavi.
2020-06-23 22:01:54
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News24.com | New virus curbs spark fears for tourism in Portugal
Portugal has reimposed restrictions in and around the capital Lisbon to check fresh coronavirus outbreaks, prompting fears the summer tourist season w.
2020-06-23 21:03:05
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News24.com | French police under new scrutiny after chokehold death
France's police faced new pressure on Tuesday after the family of a delivery man who died after being arrested last January demanded a ban on chokehol.
2020-06-23 21:03:05
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News24.com | Fauci: Trump never told officials to slow Covid-19 testing
US disease expert Anthony Fauci says Donald Trump never told him or other officials to curb coronavirus testing, essentially contradicting the preside.
2020-06-23 19:42:47
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News24.com | R97 million bail for Wirecard boss arrested in corporate fraud scandal
The Austrian tech entrepreneur was arrested amid one of the biggest financial frauds of recent years, in which the company admitted 1.9 billion euros .
2020-06-23 18:38:37
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: 472 173 global deaths, Iran reports most deaths since April and UK eases restrictions
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 472 173 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources.
2020-06-23 16:00:56
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News24.com | Trump vows to arrest anyone pulling down statues
US President Donald Trump has vowed to arrest anyone caught trying to tear down monuments or statues, threatening they could be jailed for 10 years..
2020-06-23 14:07:02
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News24.com | Germany's interior ministry bans neo-Nazi group Nordadler
Germany's interior ministry has announced it had banned a far-right neo-Nazi group that operates mainly via social media networks..
2020-06-23 13:32:11
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News24.com | WATCH | Ex-CEO of Germany's scandal-hit Wirecard arrested in case over missing billions
Markus Braun resigned as CEO of the global payments provider on Friday after auditors said €1.9 billion was missing from Wirecard's accounts..
2020-06-23 13:05:27
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News24.com | A quarter-billion children getting no education: UN
Nearly 260 million children had no access to schooling in 2018, a United Nations agency said in a report Tuesday that blamed poverty and discriminatio.
2020-06-23 11:01:29
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News24.com | Trudeau blasts China for holding two Canadians on spy charges for 'political ends'
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has blasted China's detention of two Canadians for 'political ends', following charges against them for spying..
2020-06-23 09:54:32
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News24.com | Security questions after three die in UK knife attack
Britain's interior minister has vowed tougher action against extremism after three people, including a US citizen, were stabbed to death in a park, th.
2020-06-22 21:05:15
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News24.com | Virus cases top nine million as WHO says pandemic 'accelerating'
Global coronavirus infections have topped nine million, shortly after the World Health Organisation warned that the pandemic is accelerating..
2020-06-22 21:05:15
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News24.com | WHO urges ramped-up Covid-19 dexamethasone production
The World Health Organisation has called for a rapid increase in production of the steroid dexamethasone, after British clinical trials found it had l.
2020-06-22 19:51:59
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News24.com | UK knife attack: Reading terror suspect was known to security services - reports
A man held on suspicion of stabbing three people to death in a British park over the weekend was known to the security services, according to media re.
2020-06-22 18:31:37
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News24.com | Google ad revenues to see first decline this year, market becomes 'triopoly'
Google is expected to see its first decline in US ad revenues this year as the coronavirus pandemic hits travel advertising..
2020-06-22 18:01:32
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: 468 518 global deaths, 'accelerating' pandemic warning, Paris festival flouts measures
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 468 518 people since the outbreak began in China last December, according to a tally from official sources c.
2020-06-22 15:48:26
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News24.com | New Zealand freezes assets of alleged Russian cyber criminal
New Zealand police revealed Monday they had frozen NZ$140 million (US$90 million) in assets linked to a Russian man accused of laundering money for or.
2020-06-22 13:41:20
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News24.com | Ex-Trump aide Bolton says North Korea's Kim laughing at US president
Former US national security advisor John Bolton said Sunday he thinks North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "gets a huge laugh" over US counterpart Donald T.
2020-06-22 11:55:16
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: Brazil deaths pass 50 000, second wave fears hit Melbourne and US records more deaths
Brazil has said it had registered more than 50 000 deaths from the coronavirus outbreak as well as about one million infections, as the second worst-a.
2020-06-22 11:01:36
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News24.com | North Korea promises 'retaliatory punishment' for the South
Analysts say North Korea has been conducting a series of staged provocations aimed at forcing sanctions concessions..
2020-06-22 10:42:25
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News24.com | WATCH | Serbia's ruling party claims election win
Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic has declared what he described as a 'historic' victory for his party in the country's parliamentary elections..
2020-06-22 10:00:30
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News24.com | Rob van Vuuren apologises for using blackface in Leon Schuster film
Rob van Vuuren has apologised for using blackface in the 2013 Leon Schuster film, 'Schuks! Your Country Needs You'..
2020-06-22 09:36:42
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News24.com | Donald Trump's re-election campaign seeks to reset after rally flop
US President Donald Trump's re-election campaign has hit out at protesters and the media as it scrambled to reset after a disappointing relaunch at a .
2020-06-22 09:08:31
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News24.com | Johnson 'appalled and sickened' by Forbury Gardens bloodshed
British police said Sunday they were treating a stabbing spree in which a lone assailant killed three people in a park filled with families and friend.
2020-06-21 22:32:06
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News24.com | Spain lifts coronavirus state of emergency and reopens borders
Spain's borders now open to EU countries except Portugal, as well as Schengen Area members outside the bloc and the UK..
2020-06-21 22:03:23
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News24.com | China bans some US chicken, shuts Pepsi plant to fight virus
China banned imports from a top US poultry producer and ordered a Beijing Pepsi factory to close Sunday as authorites clamped down on food production .
2020-06-21 21:31:49
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News24.com | Iran reports over 100 new virus deaths for third day running
Iranian health authorities reported over 100 new deaths from the novel coronavirus for the third day running, stressing that the outbreak had not yet .
2020-06-21 21:03:54
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News24.com | 'Please don't touch my hair': Girl, 7, reads poem she wrote about being black
Nylah, who was born in Uganda, blows away crowd at a British #BlackLivesMatter rally by reading her poem..
2020-06-21 20:12:03
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News24.com | MUST SEE | 'Ring of fire' solar eclipse thrills skywatchers
Skywatchers along a narrow band from west Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, India and the Far East witnessed a dramatic "ring of fire" solar eclipse..
2020-06-21 17:23:13
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News24.com | Three killed, three injured in UK park stabbing
Attacker goes on a stabbing rampage in a park filled with people in the southern city of Reading, police say..
2020-06-21 12:07:20
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News24.com | Canada launches investigation after 38 dead puppies found on plane
Canada has launched an investigation after some 500 puppies -- 38 of them dead -- were found on board a Ukraine International Airlines plane at the To.
2020-06-21 11:22:40
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News24.com | Society at 'tipping point' with anti-racism rallies: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said Saturday the Black Lives Matter protests showed society had reached a "tipping point" at which injustices.
2020-06-20 19:26:22
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News24.com | Italian glacier covered to slow melting
A vast tarpaulin unravels, gathering speed as it bounces down the glacier over glinting snow. Summer is here and the alpine ice is being protected fro.
2020-06-20 18:27:21
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News24.com | US judge allows release of ex-Trump aide Bolton's book
A US judge refused Saturday to block the release of a tell-all book in which President Donald Trump's former national security advisor describes him a.
2020-06-20 18:27:21
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News24.com | As Trump rallies, Black Tulsa revisits legacy of 1921 race riots
Burned bricks and a fragment of a church basement are about all that remains of an historically Black district..
2020-06-20 17:58:08
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News24.com | Trump's Tulsa rally defies virus risk in search of campaign buzz
US President Donald Trump will defy the risk of triggering a coronavirus outbreak at his first reelection rally in months on Saturday, hoping the cont.
2020-06-20 15:21:58
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News24.com | China to set up 'security agency' in Hong Kong
China will set up a "national security agency" in Hong Kong to oversee a forthcoming new law aimed at cracking down on dissent in the city, state medi.
2020-06-20 15:21:58
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News24.com | US prosecutor who probed Trump allies refuses to quit
A US prosecutor who investigated allies of President Donald Trump insisted he had no intention of quitting after the attorney general issued a press r.
2020-06-20 09:59:17
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News24.com | Americans march for racial justice on Juneteenth anniversary
Americans took to the streets of cities around the country on Friday to demand racial justice on a day heavy with symbolism - the Juneteenth holiday c.
2020-06-20 08:12:14
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News24.com | WHO warns of virus danger as Brazil cases hit one million
The World Health Organization warned of a "new and dangerous phase" of the coronavirus pandemic, as infections continued to surge in the Americas, wit.
2020-06-20 07:14:48
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News24.com | Tulsa imposes curfew ahead of Trump rally
Tulsa, Oklahoma has imposed a curfew ahead of a campaign rally by President Donald Trump on Saturday, blocking roads with barricades amid tensions in .
2020-06-19 22:01:42
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News24.com | US officer tied to Breonna Taylor killing to be fired - mayor
A US police officer involved in the fatal shooting of African American Breonna Taylor as she slept at home is to be fired, Louisville's mayor announce.
2020-06-19 21:03:26
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News24.com | World in 'new and dangerous phase' of pandemic - WHO
The new coronavirus pandemic is now in a "new and dangerous phase", the World Health Organisation says, with the disease accelerating at the same time.
2020-06-19 19:45:31
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News24.com | China charges Canadians with spying, 18 months after arrest
China has formally charged two Canadians with spying, officials have said, more than 18 months after they were arrested in a spat between Beijing and .
2020-06-19 18:37:00
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News24.com | As Showmax reviews all content for racial insensitivity many Leon Schuster flicks get removed
As important conversations about racism take place around the world, streaming services are reviewing the content they have on their platform..
2020-06-19 17:38:12
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News24.com | WATCH | Facebook pulls Trump ads which used Nazi symbol
Facebook has removed ads by President Donald Trump's campaign containing a symbol used by Nazi Germany, the latest move in a heated battle over inflam.
2020-06-19 14:38:05
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News24.com | Unarmed New Zealand cop dies in 'devastating' shooting at routine traffic stop
An unarmed New Zealand police officer has been fatally shot on an Auckland street, the force's first death in the line of duty for more than a decade,.
2020-06-19 12:49:53
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News24.com | Australia under 'malicious' cyberattack from state actor
Australia's prime minister has said his country was under a broad cyberattack from a "state-based actor" targeting government, public services and bus.
2020-06-19 12:49:53
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News24.com | Trudeau supports opposition head expelled from Parliament over racism row
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood behind the leader of an opposition party who had been temporarily thrown out of Parliament for accusing a.
2020-06-19 12:49:53
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News24.com | Christopher Columbus statue removed in San Francisco
A statue of Christopher Columbus has been taken down in San Francisco because the explorer's actions "do not deserve to be venerated", city officials .
2020-06-18 22:03:16
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News24.com | WHO eyes hundreds of millions of Covid-19 vaccine doses before 2021
The World Health Organisation says a few hundred million Covid-19 vaccine doses could be produced by the end of the year - and be targeted at those mo.
2020-06-18 22:03:16
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News24.com | WATCH | Google's Chrome target of massive spying attack
A newly discovered spyware effort attacked users through 32 million downloads of extensions to Google's Chrome web browser, researchers at Awake Secur.
2020-06-18 20:54:40
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News24.com | Russia says at least 489 medics died from coronavirus
Nearly 500 Russian medics who tested positive for the coronavirus have died, the head of the state health watchdog says, a far higher figure than give.
2020-06-18 20:26:19
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News24.com | UK firms apologise for slave links
Global protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd are pushing the UK to acknowledge past links to slavery and racism..
2020-06-18 19:54:49
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News24.com | The plot thickens: Photos of Van Gogh stolen from Dutch museum now 'circulating in mafia circles'
A Dutch art detective revealed he has received two "proof of life" photographs of a Vincent Van Gogh painting stolen from a museum during the coronavi.
2020-06-18 19:44:36
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News24.com | In wily Bolton, Trump faces match like no other
Donald Trump has chewed and spat out aides left and right but he hasn't faced one quite like John Bolton, a wily Washington veteran with his own sense.
2020-06-18 19:21:22
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News24.com | Covid-19: China restricts travel in ongoing moves to prevent second wave
China imposed travel restrictions on nearly half a million people near its capital to contain a fresh coronavirus outbreak as deaths surged in other p.
2020-06-18 18:00:48
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News24.com | Trump asked China's Xi for re-election help, claims Bolton
Donald Trump pleaded with China's leader Xi Jinping for help to win re-election in 2020, the US president's former national security advisor John Bolt.
2020-06-18 17:29:09
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News24.com | Rayshard Brooks death: Atlanta police officer charged with murder for shooting black man in back
An Atlanta police officer has been charged with murder for shooting a 27-year-old man in the back, justice officials have announced in the latest case.
2020-06-18 16:39:06
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News24.com | WATCH | Get ready for no-deal Brexit, Germany warns EU
Berlin is warning other EU members to prepare for a no-deal Brexit, believing positions are far apart and time too short for an agreement..
2020-06-18 16:05:42
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News24.com | Rhodes will go - Oxford college backs statue removal
An Oxford University college has voted in favour of removing a statue of 19th-century colonialist Cecil Rhodes, less than two weeks after thousands of.
2020-06-18 16:02:00
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News24.com | US official 'disappointed' in South Africa for promoting 'ridiculous' UN probe into US racism
A UN inquiry into US racism would be 'ridiculous', a US official has said, voicing disappointment in ally South Africa for promoting the idea..
2020-06-18 05:21:29
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News24.com | WATCH | Facebook closes political ads loophole ahead of US election
Facebook said it will affix labels to political ads shared by users, closing what critics have said was a glaring loophole in the company's election t.
2020-06-17 22:37:14
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News24.com | WHO halts Covid-19 hydroxychloroquine trials
The World Health Organisation says it has decided to halt trials of hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for Covid-19 patients, finding it does.
2020-06-17 22:02:49
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News24.com | Beijing cancels flights, shuts schools over new virus outbreak
Beijing's airports cancelled two-thirds of all flights on Wednesday and schools in the Chinese capital were closed again as authorities rushed to cont.
2020-06-17 21:06:17
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News24.com | Floyd's brother tells UN 'black lives do not matter' in US
George Floyd's brother on Wednesday begged the United Nations to help African Americans because "black lives do not matter in the United States", as t.
2020-06-17 20:02:52
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News24.com | China says 'we don't wish to see more clashes' on India border
China says it wants to avoid further clashes with India along their Himalayan border after the first deadly confrontation between the two nuclear powe.
2020-06-17 18:44:52
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News24.com | Muvhango halts production due to Covid-19
Muvhango becomes the next local TV production to shut down after a crew member is exposed to someone who has tested positive for Covid-19..
2020-06-17 18:42:37
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News24.com | PepsiCo to change 131-year-old brand rooted in 'offensive racial stereotype'
PepsiCo is re-evaluating some of its brands, with a view to eliminating those that have their origins in racial stereotyping..
2020-06-17 18:30:26
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News24.com | WATCH | HSBC revives plan for 35 000 job cuts
HSBC is resuming a redundancy plan it put on ice amid the global pandemic, and will cut around 35 000 jobs over the medium term..
2020-06-17 18:09:57
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News24.com | 'Massive flatulence' - Vienna man fined 500 euros for deliberately breaking wind
Austrian police fined a man 500 euros for loudly breaking wind after officers stopped him earlier this month to check his identity..
2020-06-17 16:31:45
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News24.com | WATCH | Trump government sues to block ex-aide Bolton's book
The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent publication of former national security advisor John Bolton's book, which is expected .
2020-06-17 13:14:23
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News24.com | We meet Arno Greeff and Dillon Windvogel - the stars behind Parkhurst College's most loyal BFFs
Following the highly successful release of Netflix's second African original series Blood & Water, Channel24 caught up with Arno Greeff and Dillon Win.
2020-06-17 08:02:50
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News24.com | India, China in deadliest clash in decades as India army says 20 troops killed
At least 20 Indian soldiers have been killed in a violent face-off with Chinese forces on the disputed Himalayan border - the deadliest clash between .
2020-06-16 20:03:45
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News24.com | Top Covid-19 news globally: Potential treatment 'breakthrough', new cluster outbreak in China
China's capital was facing an "extremely severe" coronavirus threat on Tuesday, as New Zealand reported its first new infections in almost a month and.
2020-06-16 16:13:50
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News24.com | Dexamethasone can help save lives of people with most severe Covid-19 cases - trial
The steroid dexamethasone has been found to save the lives of one third of the most serious Covid-19 cases, according to trial results..
2020-06-16 15:00:27
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News24.com | WATCH | Man shot at US colonial statue protest
A man has been shot as a heavily armed militia group attempted to defend a statue from US protestors in New Mexico, officials and media reports have s.
2020-06-16 13:38:43
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News24.com | India says three soldiers killed in clash on Chinese border
Three Indian soldiers have been killed in a clash on the Chinese border, the Indian army has said, following weeks of rising tensions and the deployme.
2020-06-16 10:53:47
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News24.com | North Korea blows up inter-Korean liaison office near border with South
North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office on its side of the border on Tuesday, the South's Unification ministry said, after days of increasi.
2020-06-16 09:55:48
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News24.com | Pilot's body recovered after US fighter jet crashes off UK coast
The body of a pilot has been found after a US F-15C Eagle fighter jet crashed into the North Sea during a routine training mission, military officials.
2020-06-15 22:32:18
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News24.com | Nurse suspected of killing 8 patients arrested in Italy
Italian police on Monday arrested a nurse suspected of killing eight elderly patients over a two-year period in the rest home where he worked, news me.
2020-06-15 21:34:53
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News24.com | 'We are done dying': protesters march on Georgia capitol
Protesters were marching on the Georgia state capitol on Monday after the fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer sparked further publ.
2020-06-15 21:34:53
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News24.com | De Gaulle statue vandalised in northern France
A bust of France's wartime resistance leader and later president Charles de Gaulle has been vandalised in northern France, local officials said Monday.
2020-06-15 20:03:51
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News24.com | Over 100 cases in new Beijing Covid-19 outbreak - WHO
More than 100 cases of the novel coronavirus have been officially recorded in the fresh outbreak in Beijing, the World Health Organisation says..
2020-06-15 20:03:51
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News24.com | Amazon: Bezos will testify in tech competition probe
Amazon.com told congressional investigators examining the market power of the largest technology companies that it would make CEO Jeff Bezos available.
2020-06-15 18:51:33
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News24.com | Vietnam couple detained over killing pet dogs and cats for meat
A couple accused of poisoning dozens of pet dogs and cats in Vietnam have been arrested, state media reports, as local authorities clamp down on anima.
2020-06-15 18:47:24
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News24.com | US Air Force F-15 fighter jet crashes in North Sea
A US fighter jet on a training mission from a British Royal Air Force base in eastern England has crashed in the North Sea ..
2020-06-15 17:37:54
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News24.com | Black Americans die at higher rate when police use Tasers
A review of more than 1 000 cases found the potentially fatal Taser kills more African Americans when used by police, according to an analysis..
2020-06-15 17:37:54
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News24.com | Netflix renews SA's 'Blood & Water' for a second season
It's official. The South African Netflix series Blood & Water has been renewed for a second season..
2020-06-15 16:58:24
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News24.com | UK court jails man for urinating by terror memorial
A British court has jailed for two weeks a football fan who urinated next to a terror attack memorial during clashes between far-right protesters and .
2020-06-15 16:37:14
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: Indian city to reimpose lockdown, virus impact could kill 51 000 children in MENA
As coronavirus border restrictions ease across Europe, a nettlesome fence on the Italy-Slovenia border came down, reuniting a town that had been divid.
2020-06-15 15:00:51
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News24.com | WATCH | 'Trumptillas,' or pro-Trump flotillas, celebrate president's birthday in Florida
Hundreds of President Donald Trump fans across Florida paraded their yachts in flotillas - or "Trumptillas" - to celebrate his 74th birthday..
2020-06-15 13:50:42
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News24.com | Macron rejects tearing down statues in France
President Emmanuel Macron vowed on Sunday that France would not seek to erase elements of its history or take down statues of controversial public fig.
2020-06-15 13:24:05
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News24.com | WATCH | Duterte-critic journalist convicted in Philippine libel case
Philippine journalist Maria Ressa has been convicted of cyber libel and faces up to six years behind bars in a case that watchdogs say marks a dangero.
2020-06-15 11:53:21
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News24.com | Another police killing of a black man stokes US tension, debate
The fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks by a white police officer in Atlanta has poured more fuel on the raging US debate over racism, prompting another.
2020-06-15 10:39:06
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: Chile's toll to include suspected virus deaths, China reports 49 more cases
Chile's official death toll will include suspected cases. Britain recorded 36 new deaths of people testing positive for the new coronavirus..
2020-06-15 09:24:16
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News24.com | NGO accuses France of starting Mozambique 'climate bomb'
Friends of the Earth accused France of planting a "ticking climate bomb" in Mozambique, where French oil giant Total is developing a mega-project to e.
2020-06-15 08:43:01
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News24.com | Remains of two long-missing children are found in Idaho: police
The remains of two children, whose doomsday-obsessed mother was arrested earlier in connection with their disappearance last year, have been found nea.
2020-06-15 07:41:56
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News24.com | China fears Covid-19 second wave as it reports most new cases in months
China has reported its highest daily number of new coronavirus cases in months, warning of a second wave as more European countries prepared to reopen.
2020-06-14 18:43:54
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News24.com | Bollywood mourns the death of Sushant Singh Rajput
A young Bollywood heartthrob lauded for his portrayal of cricket star M.S. Dhoni on the silver screen has died, Mumbai police said...
2020-06-14 15:26:59
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News24.com | US Covid-19 survivor hit with $1.1m hospital bill
A 70-year-old American man who nearly died of Covid-19 has been billed a heart-stopping $1.1 million for his hospital expenses..
2020-06-14 15:05:18
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News24.com | Miss SA organisation to take legal action against City Press for 'pure body shaming' article
In an unprecedented move the Miss South Africa Organisation released a statement in which it condemned an article published..
2020-06-14 14:32:17
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News24.com | UK PM Boris Johnson defends history in statue row
Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday said a wave of anti-racism protests across Britain had been "hijacked by extremists", as fears mounted about cl.
2020-06-14 09:47:26
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News24.com | Rayshard Brooks death: Atlanta police chief resigns after officer kills black man during arrest
The police chief in the US city of Atlanta has resigned after an officer fatally shot a black man during an arrest, the mayor has said, with the new k.
2020-06-14 07:59:03
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News24.com | Clashes during far-right linked UK protest to counter Black Lives Matter rally
Protesters at a demonstration linked to far-right groups clashed with police in central London during a protest..
2020-06-13 20:45:25
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News24.com | Fresh Covid-19 concerns send parts of Beijing into lockdown
Parts of Beijing have been locked down after the emergence of a new cluster linked to a wholesale food market..
2020-06-13 17:01:13
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News24.com | WATCH | 'I can't breathe' billboard goes up in London
The billboard's letters are made up of 3 000 names of 'people who have died from state and racist violence'..
2020-06-13 05:40:13
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News24.com | US stocks bounce back from rout
Wall Street stocks bounced in opening trading Friday, winning back some of the losses suffered in three weak sessions that culminated in a rout Thursd.
2020-06-12 18:00:09
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News24.com | ABC makes history with first Black Bachelor Matt James
Days after fans started a petition for ABC to cast their first Black Bachelor the network announced Matt James as the season 25 lead..
2020-06-12 15:34:15
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News24.com | MultiChoice wants to be a 'one-stop shop' - Let us explain that Netflix and Amazon news
The new DStv Explora decoder will have a carousel function where you will be able to access various streaming services in one place..
2020-06-12 11:46:09
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News24.com | WATCH | Seattle mayor slams Trump's threat to send military
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan has said US President Donald Trump's threat to send military into the city to clear protesters would be illegal and unconst.
2020-06-12 11:25:32
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News24.com | 'You always have a bad apple' - Donald Trump rejects protesters' cries of racism, praises US police
US President Donald Trump has rebooted his flagging re-election campaign with a speech starkly rejecting nationwide protesters' claims of police racis.
2020-06-12 09:55:55
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News24.com | Britain takes new look at colonial history as statues fall
A statue to worldwide scout movement founder Robert Baden-Powell became the latest historical monument to face removal as Britain's colonial past conf.
2020-06-11 21:45:05
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News24.com | WATCH | As UK debt piles up, just how to pay it off?
The UK is piling up public debt to fund stimulus programmes. As economists ask how it will ever be paid down, the government has already hinted that t.
2020-06-11 20:39:51
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News24.com | WATCH | Starbucks warns of $2.2 billion hit due to Covid-19
Profits at Starbucks are expected to plunge by up to $2.2 billion in the current quarter due to a slowdown in sales caused by coronavirus lockdowns..
2020-06-11 16:58:31
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News24.com | WATCH | ECB prepares 'bad bank' for wave of toxic debt - sources
According to Reuters sources say the ECB is preparing a 'bad bank' to cope with the expected wave of unpaid debts sparked by the economic crisis..
2020-06-11 16:14:25
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: Virus, unemployment confront US as Europe resolves to open internal borders
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 416 343 people since the outbreak emerged last December, according to a tally..
2020-06-11 16:10:03
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News24.com | WATCH | Tesla rockets past $1 000 milestone
Tesla's stock jumped above $1 000 a share for the first time after CEO Musk told his staff it was time to bring the Tesla Semi commercial truck to "vo.
2020-06-11 15:37:50
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News24.com | WATCH | Toppled Colston statue recovered from Bristol Harbour
During Sunday's protest, protesters could be seen cheering and dancing on top of it before being taken to the Bristol Harbour and tossed in..
2020-06-11 12:29:06
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News24.com | WATCH | Christopher Columbus statue beheaded in Boston amid anti-racism protests
A statue of Christopher Columbus in Boston has been beheaded, police have said, as calls to remove sculptures commemorating colonisers and slavers swe.
2020-06-11 11:24:45
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News24.com | UN General Assembly will be virtual for the first time
This year's UN General Assembly will be held virtually for the first time in history because of the coronavirus pandemic, its president announced Wedn.
2020-06-11 08:06:25
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News24.com | Have nationwide protests led to a spike in US coronavirus cases?
Face masks and outdoor air may have helped reduce the spread of COVID-19 during large anti-racism protests in the US..
2020-06-11 08:00:33
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News24.com | Floyd brother tells US Congress 'stop' pain, pass police reform
The brother of George Floyd, whose killing by police sparked worldwide protests against racism, told the US Congress Wednesday to "stop the pain" by p.
2020-06-10 20:11:22
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: UK PM Boris Johnson defends country's efforts to fight virus, global death toll climbs
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 411 588 people to date, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT on Wednesday..
2020-06-10 15:44:09
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News24.com | MultiChoice to add Netflix and Amazon Video Prime streaming services for subscribers
MultiChoice continues to show pay-TV growth in South Africa and across the rest of Africa in sub-Saharan Africa..
2020-06-10 15:15:16
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News24.com | Face masks, health checks and long check-ins: the future of flying
Cabin crew in protective suits, health certifications for passengers, mandatory face masks, and longer check-in times..
2020-06-10 12:20:46
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News24.com | PM says France 'not racist' as Floyd tribute held in Paris
Thousands paid tribute to George Floyd in Paris as the prime minister insisted that France and its security forces were "not racist", following a stri.
2020-06-10 09:48:29
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News24.com | Demands for justice at funeral of George Floyd
Houston said farewell to George Floyd in a rousing hometown funeral, with poignant tributes and calls for justice for the 46-year-old whose death "tou.
2020-06-10 07:59:19
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News24.com | China removes pangolin from traditional medicine list
China has removed pangolin parts from its official list of traditional medicines, state media reported Tuesday, days after increasing legal protection.
2020-06-09 22:07:01
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News24.com | UK confronts colonial past with statue protests
Thousands of people have called for a statue of 19th century British imperialist Cecil Rhodes to be removed from an Oxford University college, as deba.
2020-06-09 22:07:01
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News24.com | Houston bids farewell to George Floyd in hometown funeral
Mourners packed a Houston church to pay tribute to George Floyd at his hometown funeral on Tuesday, the culmination of a long farewell to the 46-year-.
2020-06-09 20:27:36
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News24.com | Traffic jams and jubilation as Moscow emerges from virus lockdown
After months under lockdown, Moscow was back to life Tuesday as restrictions eased, luring sun baskers and strollers back to the streets - along with .
2020-06-09 19:14:42
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News24.com | EU foresees tough trading times between Europe and Africa
Exports are set to drop considerably, whether in terms of commodity exports or manufactured and agricultural exports to sub-Saharan Africa, European U.
2020-06-09 19:00:18
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News24.com | WATCH | Airlines issue legal warning as Britain imposes quarantine
Britain's quarantine plan was rushed into existence, is out of proportion and should be challenged in the courts, according to the head of easyJet whi.
2020-06-09 19:00:18
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News24.com | George Floyd to be laid to rest in Houston hometown
George Floyd will be laid to rest on Tuesday in his Houston hometown, the culmination of a long farewell to the 46-year-old African American..
2020-06-09 17:49:42
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News24.com | Jake Gyllenhaal to star in new thriller 'Snow Blind'
Hollywood star Jake Gyllenhaal is set to star in the big screen adaptation of Ollie Masters' graphic novel by the same name, 'Snow Blind'..
2020-06-09 15:54:17
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News24.com | Why the US is experiencing a coronavirus plateau
When epidemiologists talked about "flattening the curve," they probably didn't mean it this way: the US hit its peak coronavirus caseload in April, bu.
2020-06-09 15:42:41
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News24.com | PICS | New York starts reopening as WHO says virus 'worsening' worldwide
New York City - the epicenter of America's coronavirus outbreak - began partially reopening its shattered economy Monday after almost three months of .
2020-06-09 12:32:48
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News24.com | George Floyd: The 'gentle giant' who became a symbol of the fight against racism
George Floyd, the 46-year-old whose killing by a white police officer transformed him into a global icon of the struggle against racism and police bru.
2020-06-09 09:36:32
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News24.com | Pointer Sisters' Bonnie Pointer, 69, dies
Bonnie Pointer, one of the four original members of The Pointer Sisters sibling musical group, has died at the age of 69, a statement on the group's w.
2020-06-09 08:25:49
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News24.com | Thousands mourn George Floyd as accused officer appears in court
Thousands of mourners filed past George Floyd's coffin ahead of his funeral as a court set bail at $1 million for the officer charged with his murder .
2020-06-09 07:45:00
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News24.com | Sick of lockdown: Panda escapes confinement in Copenhagen zoo
Humans are not the only ones tiring of confinement during the coronavirus pandemic - a panda has escaped from his enclosure at Copenhagen Zoo..
2020-06-08 22:05:05
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News24.com | Bail set at $1 million for policeman charged with Floyd murder
A Minneapolis judge has set a $1 million bail for police officer Derek Chauvin as he made his first court appearance charged with the murder of George.
2020-06-08 22:05:05
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News24.com | WHO says coronavirus situation 'worsening' worldwide
The World Health Organisation says the coronavirus pandemic situation is worsening around the globe, as it warns against complacency..
2020-06-08 21:04:11
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News24.com | Black Lives Matter: Silence is 'complicity,' say many white protesters
As massive crowds take over streets across the United States in support of black lives, "white silence is violence" has become a recurring theme, a pu.
2020-06-08 20:03:12
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News24.com | 'Stop me if you need a doctor': Yemen medic treats poor from his car
In a war-ravaged country now battling coronavirus, one Yemeni doctor is dispensing medical advice from his car, gathering a large social media followi.
2020-06-08 20:03:12
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News24.com | Democrats take a knee in US Congress in George Floyd tribute
Democrats kneeled in silence in the US Congress on Monday as they observed an eight minute, 46 second tribute to George Floyd and other black American.
2020-06-08 18:42:41
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: Over 7 million people infected globally, Ireland comes back to life as lockdown eased
Over seven million people in over 190 countries are now infected with the novel coronavirus, according to a tally..
2020-06-08 18:42:41
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News24.com | Global economy to shrink 5.2% this year, says World Bank
South Africa is expected to shrink 7.1%, compared to the 2.5% expectation for emerging markets overall..
2020-06-08 18:35:12
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News24.com | George Floyd: Minneapolis council vows police dismantling as protests continue
Councilors in the US city of Minneapolis pledged late Sunday to dismantle and rebuild the police department, after the death in custody of George Floy.
2020-06-08 17:37:53
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News24.com | George Floyd protests: Man shot after car drives into crowd of protesters in Seattle
One person has been shot after a man armed with a gun drove into a crowd of George Floyd protesters in the northwestern city of Seattle, according to .
2020-06-08 10:52:36
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News24.com | 'I did a little dance' - PM Jacinda Ardern declares victory as New Zealand clears last Covid-19 case
New Zealand has lifted all domestic coronavirus restrictions after its final Covid-19 patient was given the all-clear, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ard.
2020-06-08 09:25:20
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News24.com | Trump plan to slash US troops sparks concern in Germany
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has voiced regret at reports that US President Donald Trump plans to cut the number of US troops stationed in Germa.
2020-06-07 14:01:03
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News24.com | Iran says black boxes of downed Ukraine plane of 'no help'
The black boxes of a Ukrainian plane mistakenly downed near Tehran airport will be of "no help" in any investigation, but Iran is ready to transfer th.
2020-06-07 13:38:04
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News24.com | PICS | 'Say her name': Balloons released to honour Breonna Taylor
Breonna Taylor, an unarmed black woman killed by white police officers in Louisville, Kentucky, would have turned 27..
2020-06-07 11:30:08
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News24.com | 'Time for a change': Anti-racism protesters march across US
Tens of thousands of peaceful protesters rallied for racial justice in cities across the United States following the death of George Floyd..
2020-06-07 07:56:15
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News24.com | India arrests man over shocking death of elephant
Indian police have arrested a plantation worker and are hunting two others after a pregnant elephant died after eating fruit laced with explosives, of.
2020-06-06 21:01:06
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News24.com | 'Burn down racism': global protests spread over George Floyd's death
Taking a knee, banging drums and ignoring social distancing measures, outraged protesters from Sydney to London on Saturday kicked off a weekend of gl.
2020-06-06 17:40:42
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News24.com | WATCH | Trump sparks controversy saying 'great day' for George Floyd
President Donald Trump has sparked controversy, calling it a "great day" for George Floyd, the man whose death in custody last week unleashed nationwi.
2020-06-06 10:11:56
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News24.com | Brazil threatens to quit WHO, Trump says US beating pandemic
President Jair Bolsonaro has threatened to pull Brazil from the WHO over "ideological bias," as his counterpart Donald Trump said the US economy was r.
2020-06-06 07:23:09
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News24.com | Disgraced Miss SA hopeful Bianca Schoombe and model management company 'part ways' after racist tweets resurface
In a lengthy statement, issued by the company's director Alessandrio Bergman, it was said that Bianca was "in breach of her agreement.".
2020-06-06 03:13:23
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News24.com | WATCH: African artists team up on new track to promote unity and remind you to 'Play Your Part'
To celebrate Africa Day, Brand SA teamed up with several artists to promote African unity with a special song titled, 'Play Your Part - Africa Unite'.
2020-06-06 03:13:23
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News24.com | The family of Menzi Ngubane extinguish 'critically-ill rumours,' labels reports 'inaccurate' and 'grossly exaggerated'
The family responded to the reports in an official statement, saying they are aware of the "inaccurate and unverified news" and "unwarranted social me.
2020-06-06 03:13:23
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News24.com | PICS: Locnville's Brian Chaplin and Simone De Kock welcome baby boy
Brian Chaplin, half of internationally-acclaimed duo Locnville, and his partner, model Simone De Kock, have announced the birth of their son, Rome..
2020-06-06 03:13:23
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News24.com | Andrea Bocelli confirms coronavirus diagnosis
Andrea Bocelli says he contracted the coronavirus but has since made a full recovery and will be donating blood to help find a cure..
2020-06-06 03:13:23
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News24.com | Taylor Swift calls out Donald Trump for 'stoking fires of white supremacy'
Pop icon Taylor Swift hit out at Donald Trump after the US president suggested law enforcement might shoot protesters angry over the killing of a blac.
2020-06-06 03:13:23
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News24.com | Chrissy Teigen pledges to donate R3.5 million to bail out protesters
Chrissy Teigen has pledged to donate R3.5 million to bail out protesters across America. (Warning: This article contains strong language).
2020-06-06 03:13:23
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News24.com | 'Cook Off': The Zimbabwean film that defied all the odds
"Seeing myself on Netflix, I have to pinch myself every day. Like, is that really me?" asked actress Tendaiishe Chitima, star of the first Zimbabwean .
2020-06-06 03:13:23
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News24.com | Renowned Bollywood composer Wajid Khan, 42, dies after contracting coronavirus
Wajid Khan, one of the top composers in Bollywood, has died at the age of 42 after contracting coronavirus, media reports said Monday..
2020-06-06 03:13:23
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News24.com | Boyband singer Chris Trousdale, 34, dies
Dancer, singer and actor, Chris Trousdale of the boyband Dream Street has died following coronavirus complications..
2020-06-06 03:13:23
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News24.com | 'George Floyd did not resist arrest,' claims witness to the incident
Maurice Lester Hall is a key witness in the state's investigation into the four officers who had apprehended Floyd..
2020-06-05 19:58:51
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News24.com | WATCH | Remember, remember: Anonymous re-emerges from the shadows amid US protests
The amorphous internet activist movement known as Anonymous has staged an online resurgence in the past week on the back of real-world protests agains.
2020-06-05 16:55:04
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: Global deaths pass 390 000, Australia bans anti-racism protest, vaccine alliance gets $8.8bn
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 390 868 people since the outbreak first emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official s.
2020-06-05 16:06:37
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News24.com | WATCH | Donald Trump blames Antifa for protests... but who are they?
President Donald Trump has said the US would designate the anti-fascist movement Antifa as a terrorist organisation. But who are they?.
2020-06-05 13:28:02
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: Over 1 000 more US deaths, Brazil toll surpasses Italy and Fiji declared virus-free
The has US recorded 1 021 new coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker..
2020-06-05 11:23:37
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News24.com | Ahmaud Arbery shooting: Man used racial slur in US killing of black jogger, according to witness
The white man who killed black jogger Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia stood over his body after shooting him and used a racial slur, according to testimony i.
2020-06-05 10:59:46
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News24.com | 'We're going to keep fighting, George' - Al Sharpton says Floyd's death will not be in vain
Hundreds of mourners joined an emotional memorial service in Minneapolis for George Floyd, the black man killed by police last week, as civil rights l.
2020-06-05 09:35:15
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News24.com | 3 killed, 7 wounded in China supermarket stabbing spree
Three people have been killed and seven wounded in a stabbing spree at a supermarket in rural southeast China, according to police..
2020-06-05 09:00:51
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News24.com | Caring for the dead: Christian, Muslim, and Covid-19
sssMedical staff and burial volunteers in Iraq are under the cosh dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, having to bury between two-to-four bodies every .
2020-06-04 20:43:14
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: Global deaths top 385 000, Senegal eases curfew and Armenia hospitals overwhelmed
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 385 869 people since the outbreak first emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official s.
2020-06-04 16:05:08
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: UK PM urges global effort, Iran infections surge, France cancels Bastille Day parade
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called for a 'new era of global health co-operation' as he prepared to host a vaccine fundraising summit unde.
2020-06-04 13:54:57
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News24.com | Japanese student arrested after two family members killed with crossbow - report
A Japanese student has allegedly killed two members of his family with a crossbow and injured at least two others before being arrested, according to .
2020-06-04 12:42:46
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News24.com | 39 wounded in knife attack at Chinese primary school
A knife-wielding attacker has wounded 37 students and two adults at a primary school in southern China, officials have said, with local media identify.
2020-06-04 12:42:46
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News24.com | George Floyd protests: Barack Obama voices support for young US protesters
Former US president Barack Obama has applauded the 'profound' protests by Americans demanding racial justice and said demonstrations over last week's .
2020-06-04 10:03:24
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News24.com | 'It's not enough' - Protesters welcome new charges in George Floyd killing but remain in streets
US protesters have welcomed new charges brought against Minneapolis officers in the killing of African American man George Floyd – but thousands sti.
2020-06-04 09:14:52
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Channel24.co.za | Boyband singer Chris Trousdale, 34, dies
Dancer, singer and actor, Chris Trousdale of the boyband Dream Street has died following coronavirus complications..
2020-06-04 08:40:37
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News24.com | NOT FAKE | Yes, monkeys in India stole Covid-19 blood samples from lab assistant
One of the monkeys was later seen in a tree "chewing one of the sample collections kits", which meant blood samples from the three patients had to be .
2020-06-04 07:31:45
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News24.com | Aboriginal teens were illegally tear gassed in Australian juvenile jail, court rules
Aboriginal teenagers were illegally tear gassed in an Australian juvenile jail, a court has ruled amid renewed public condemnation over police abuse o.
2020-06-04 05:52:27
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News24.com | George Floyd killing: Cop to face harsher charges, 3 others to be arrested - report
The police officer who has been arrested for the murder of George Floyd is set to face a harsher charge, with prosecutors saying the three other offic.
2020-06-03 23:08:50
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News24.com | Cyclone Nisarga: 2 die, but Mumbai escapes largely unscathed
Two people were reported dead, but Mumbai appeared to escape the worst of Cyclone Nisarga, the first severe storm to threaten India's financial capita.
2020-06-03 20:28:07
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