South Africa loses 5,000 licensed firearms every year, now mass shootings have become too common

South Africa loses 5,000 licensed firearms every year, now mass shootings have become too common

In just two days in early July, 25 people were shot dead in four separate incidents at taverns across South Africa. In one of these shootings, in Soweto, 16 people lost their lives. The killings made international headlines and were shocking even in South Africa, a society with one of...

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After failing to capture Kyiv, Russia has shifted to devastating bombardments of cities in east, south Ukraine

After failing to capture Kyiv, Russia has shifted to devastating bombardments of cities in east, south Ukraine

Russian forces kept up their bombardment of cities across Ukraine, with intense shelling of Sumy in the north, cluster bombs targeting Mykolaiv and a missile strike in Odesa in the south, authorities said on Tuesday. After failing to capture the capital Kyiv at the outset of the invasion on February...

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How Arsenal midfielder Zinchenko fled war in Ukraine, unpaid debts to standoff with Guardiola

How Arsenal midfielder Zinchenko fled war in Ukraine, unpaid debts to standoff with Guardiola

Eight years after being forced to play football for free, Ukraine captain Oleksandr Zinchenko is set to become a £30 million footballer. The 25-year-old is poised to leave Manchester City for Arsenal, representing the next step in a journey which might have been over before it began. It’s testament to...

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UN rapporteurs warn South Africa is on precipice of xenophobic violence, racism and hate speech

UN rapporteurs warn South Africa is on precipice of xenophobic violence, racism and hate speech

South Africa stands on the precipice of “explosive violence”, senior independent human rights experts warned President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government as xenophobia, racism and hate speech are on the rise. A seeming lack of accountability against these offences aimed at migrants, refugees, asylum seekers as well as citizens perceived as outsiders...

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US military strikes and kills two Al Shabaab fighters in Somalia southern Jubaland state

US military strikes and kills two Al Shabaab fighters in Somalia southern Jubaland state

The US military said it had killed two fighters from the al Shabaab militant group in an airstrike in a remote part of Somalia’s southern Jubaland state on Sunday. The United States has been carrying out air strikes in Somalia to try to defeat al Shabaab, an al Qaeda franchise...

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Senegalese President and AU Chair Macky Fall in South Sudan to give impetus to wobbly peace process

Senegalese President and AU Chair Macky Fall in South Sudan to give impetus to wobbly peace process

The Senegalese President Macky Sall arrived in South Sudan capital, Juba, on Monday to support the country’s peace process. President Sall, the current chairperson of the African Union (AU), was received by his South Sudan counterpart, Salva Kiir at the Juba International Airport. “I have come to support the peace...

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Man United looks set to let go ‘anonymous’ midfielder in favour of AC Milan’s dynamo Ismael Bennacer

Man United looks set to let go ‘anonymous’ midfielder in favour of AC Milan’s dynamo Ismael Bennacer

Manchester United are ready to give up Donny van de Beek this summer to boost their push to sign AC Milan star Ismael Bennacer, reports from Old Trafford say. The 24-year-old has already played 105 times for the Serie A giants across all competitions. He is also an international for...

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Vatican bans investments porn, gambling, weapons and defence industries, pro-abortion facilities

Vatican bans investments porn, gambling, weapons and defence industries, pro-abortion facilities

The Vatican on Tuesday issued an overarching investments policy to ensure they are ethical, green, low-risk and avoid weapons industries or health sectors involved in abortion, contraception or embryonic stem cells. The guidelines order Vatican departments to close their investment accounts or stock holdings in foreign banks, including in Italy,...

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Atletico Madrid want Cristiano Ronaldo, but doubts remain if they’ll prise him away from Old Trafford

Atletico Madrid want Cristiano Ronaldo, but doubts remain if they’ll prise him away from Old Trafford

Just when it was starting to look like Cristiano Ronaldo was all out of options and a return to the Manchester United fold was inevitable, along came Diego Simeone! Atletico Madrid are keen to give the 37-year-old the Old Trafford exit he wants this summer, despite the United board’s insistence...

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Bird’s code: Just as with humans, songbirds have dialects that’re learned and passed down generations

Bird’s code: Just as with humans, songbirds have dialects that’re learned and passed down generations

In our quest to find what makes humans unique, we often compare ourselves with our closest relatives: the great apes. But when it comes to understanding the quintessentially human capacity for language, scientists are finding that the most tantalising clues lay farther afield. An explosion of research is finding that...

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