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Russia and Ukraine launched more overnight air attacks on each other’s capitals on Wednesday, with two people killed as a result of the strikes on Kyiv and swarms of drones destroyed on their approach to Moscow.

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Myanmar’s junta declared a new post-earthquake truce, days after the expiry of a previous humanitarian ceasefire it was accused of violating with a continued campaign of air strikes.

A senior Hamas official said the group was no longer interested in truce talks with Israel and urged the international community to halt Israel’s “hunger war” against Gaza.

Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a military coup in 2023, won last month’s elections by a landslide. He has pledged to renew democracy in the country, which has only had four presidents since gaining independence in 1960.

Iran strongly condemned Israeli air strikes on the Yemeni port city of Hodeida, following missile attacks by Tehran-backed Houthi rebels on Israel’s main airport.

The UK royal family kicked off celebrations for Victory in Europe Day on Monday.

More than a dozen Russian airports had to restrict their traffic due to drone attacks overnight to Tuesday, Russian authorities reported, including in Moscow days before a planned military parade.

Post-TB lung disease affects an estimated 60% of everyone who has been cured of TB. That is according to Dr Brian Allwood, a consultant pulmonologist at Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital. He is also the co-convenor of the third International Post-TB Symposium that was held in Stellenbosch in April.

Post-TB lung disease affects an estimated 60% of everyone who has been cured of TB. That is according to Dr Brian Allwood, a consultant pulmonologist at Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital. He is also the co-convenor of the third International Post-TB Symposium that was held in Stellenbosch in April.

High Court secretary Andiswa Mengo’s evidence that Judge President Selby Mbenenge WhatsApped her lewd images allegedly, including a picture of his private parts, could not be confirmed by a forensic investigation of the pair’s phones, an expert has testified.

Rihanna announced to the world that she is pregnant with her third child with rapper A$AP Rocky.

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to win election as chancellor in a first round of voting by lawmakers, in an unexpected setback.

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to win election as chancellor in a first round of voting by lawmakers, in an unexpected setback.

Stanlib intends to scale up its Kenya and Uganda operations to grow market share in East Africa.

Donald Trump’s plan to reopen Alcatraz was mocked online Monday by people who suggested the US president got the idea from watching TV.

A viral post claiming the University of Fort Hare is being “taken over” by illegally employed foreign academics has been roundly debunked by the institution, which has condemned the claims as xenophobic disinformation.