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Volunteers mobilise as South Africa says it will rescue trapped miners 

16 November 2024

Dozens of local volunteers have stepped up to help rescue what could be thousands of miners feared trapped underground i...

Gabon votes in referendum on new constitution after military coup last year 

16 November 2024

Gabon is voting in a referendum on whether to adopt a new constitution that would pave the way to democratic rule after ...

Georgia election body confirms ruling party’s disputed win amid protests 

16 November 2024

News|Protests Thousands of people are protesting in Georgia after the election commission confirmed the governing party ...

Germany’s Scholz speaks to Russia’s Putin for first time in two years 

16 November 2024

The leaders of Russia and Germany have had their first conversation in almost two years as Western countries prepare for...

How controversial is Trump’s pick of RFK Jr as US health secretary? 

16 November 2024

On Thursday, US President-elect Donald Trump nominated vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr to head up the country’s to...

Israel ramps up attacks on Lebanon as officials study US ceasefire plan 

16 November 2024

The Israeli military has carried out air raids in the suburbs of Beirut for the fourth consecutive day as Lebanese offic...

WHO chief denounces Israel’s killing of 12 paramedics in Lebanon air strike 

16 November 2024

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House Speaker Johnson resists calls to make Matt Gaetz ethics report public 

16 November 2024

The leading politician in the United States House of Representatives, Speaker Mike Johnson, has resisted calls to releas...

US, South Korea and Japan slam ‘dangerous’ ties between Russia, North Korea 

16 November 2024

The leaders of the United States, South Korea and Japan have held a joint news conference to denounce the growing milita...

‘Dastardly deeds’: Family of Malcolm X sues US agencies over assassination 

16 November 2024

Three daughters of Malcolm X, a Black empowerment and civil rights icon in the United States, have accused the Central I...