International

Some within the party that has been by plagued by corruption allegations in recent years wanted the so-called "step-aside" rule scrapped, arguing it has been used by party factions to target their political opponents.
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JOHANNESBURG - A seventh person has died after a shooting at a tuckshop in Savannah Park in Mariannhill, KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday night.
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a nine-year-old girl was fatally stabbed in a town centre in the UK. Lilia Valutyte was found with a stab wound in Fountain Lane in Boston, Lincolnshire, on Thursday.
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Pope Francis has said that he can no longer travel like he used to because of his strained knee ligaments, saying his weeklong Canadian pilgrimage was “a bit of a test” that showed he needed to slow down and one day possibly retire.
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The controversial South African opposition figure, Julius Malema, has warned of an impending uprising similar to the "Arab Spring" that will target white people and "black elites".
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Democratic Taiwan lives under constant threat of being invaded by China, which views it as part of its territory to be seized by force if necessary.
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Burkina Faso’s ex-President Blaise Compaoré has apologised to the family of Thomas Sankara, his charismatic predecessor who was shot dead during a coup in 1987.
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The NLD -- which won a landslide in 2020 elections before being ousted by the military months later -- said it was "devastated" by the news.
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Russia said Sunday that its missile barrage on a Ukrainian port central to a freshly-inked grain export deal had destroyed Western-supplied weapons, after the attack sparked an outcry from Ukraine's allies.
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One of Kenya's two leading presidential candidates, Raila Odinga, will not take part in an upcoming electoral debate, his campaign team said Sunday, accusing his principal rival of trying to avoid certain topics such as corruption.
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