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EMPD Equestrian Unit arrests suspect in Kempton Park
Kempton Express
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July 16, 2025
Home/News/Crime/EMPD Equestrian Unit arrests suspect in Kempton Park Crime 2 hours ago Lerato Mokonyane 1 minute read Officers from the EMPD’s Equestrian Unit recently arrested a 31-year-old male suspect in the Kempton Park area during routine law...
Ayra Starr joins Giants of Africa Festival 2025
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 16, 2025
Nigeria’s music superstar, Ayra Starr, has joined the 2025 Giant of Africa Festival, an event organised by the non-profit organisation to empower African youths through basketball. Giant of Africa founder, Masai Ujiri, yesterday, announced the...
65 days, 22 times: Jairam Ramesh after Trump repeats India-Pak ceasefire claim
Greater Kashmir
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July 15, 2025
New Delhi, July 15: With US President Donald Trump reiterating his claim that he stopped the conflict between India and Pakistan, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said the same claim keeps getting repeated “22 times in 65 days”. Trump...
Chuck Perkins' 'Beautiful and Ugly Too' is a New Orleans poet's reflection in essay and verse
The Advocate - Louisiana
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“I was never a gangster, I never sold drugs, I never carried a gun … I worked every day since the age of fifteen. I knew my virtues couldn't save me. I smelled the residue of violence.” The excerpt from a poem called “When Bus Fare Ain't Enough,”...
Durban High Court imposes life sentence on serial Facebook rapist
Rising Sun Chatsworth
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July 15, 2025
The National Prosecuting Authority in KwaZulu-Natal welcomes the Durban High Court’s decision to impose a life sentence on Philani Siyabonga Ndwandwe after the state took his 2023 rape sentence on appeal. Between July 2018 and April 2020, Ndwandwe...
Africa May Be on the Cusp of a Soccer Golden Age
New Lines Magazine
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July 15, 2025
African soccer is at a crossroads. It has a rich history that is often forgotten, ignored or misconstrued by wealthier parts of the world. On the one hand, the problems of an underresourced, chronically exploited and, frankly, corrupt ecosystem of...
I vowed never to eat at anyone’s house because of my personal hygiene– Amaarae
Graphic
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July 8, 2025
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‘India, Pakistan were going to nuclear war in a week’: Trump claims success in ‘settling’ military conflicts
Firstpost
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July 15, 2025
US President Donald Trump has once again said that he negotiated a peace deal between India and Pakistan that ended the military conflict following the Pahalgam attack. His comments came during a meeting with Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte on...
Angolan Catholic Archbishop Calls for Outlawing Fortune-Telling and Penalizing Healers
Zenit
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July 10, 2025
(ZENIT News / Angola, 10.07.2025).- Archbishop José Manuel Imbamba of Saurimo, Angola, President of the Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé (CEAST), asked the authorities to penalize divination practices due to the social damage they...
Aid cuts threaten child vaccinations: UN
Taipei Times
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July 15, 2025
Global infant vaccination levels have stabilized after shrinking during the COVID-19 crisis, the UN said yesterday, but it warned that misinformation and drastic aid cuts were deepening dangerous coverage gaps and putting millions at risk. Last...
“65 Days, 22 Times”: Jairam Ramesh slams Trump on ceasefire boast
Telengana Today
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July 15, 2025
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh mocked Donald Trump for repeating his claim 22 times in 65 days that he stopped a potential India-Pakistan nuclear war through trade. India maintains the ceasefire was achieved through direct military talks, not...
U.S. slashes visa duration for some African nationals amid policy shift
Africanews
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July 9, 2025
The U.S revised its visa reciprocity policy for Nigeria and Ghana, limiting tourist, business and academic travellers to single-entry visas valid for three months, according to a notice by the U.S Embassy in Nigeria on Tuesday. The new rules apply...
LeBron James, Paul George and Tracy McGrady comparison by ChatGPT leaves AJ Dybantsa shocked: "That's Crazy"
Sportskeeda
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July 14, 2025
Rising basketball star AJ Dybantsa was amazed during a recent segment with Next Gen Hoops on Instagram when ChatGPT compared him to a few NBA legends. On Monday, footage of a fun game called “Is AI Correct About AJ Dybantsa?” surfaced on social...
Guest opinion: Why does Utah have a death penalty?
Standard Examiner - Utah
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Photo supplied, Robert WadmanA scrapbook shows a news clipping from a murder investigation involving then-Orem Police Chief Robert (Bob) Wadman in 1976. In 1976, I was serving as the police chief in Orem. With just a few months on the job, I...
3 Hidden Reasons Why Your Life Feels Lonely—and What Helps
Psychology Today
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As young children, we don’t know how much the world has changed. We don’t know that the life we humans enjoyed for nearly all our time on this planet — a life shared in a village — has slipped away. And we have no idea that in its place, a single,...
Man gets 7-year sentence for Edmonton LRT stabbing, his 4th violent offence on transit
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 15, 2025
The man who fatally stabbed a stranger outside Edmonton's Belvedere LRT station has been handed a seven-year prison sentence — his latest conviction for violence on public transit. Jamal Wheeler, 29, pleaded guilty last year to manslaughter in the...
Wilmington City Council approves nominations for its Community Police Accountability Board
Delaware Public Media - Delaware
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July 12, 2025
Wilmington City Council appointed members to its Community Police Accountability Board at its July 10 meeting. Appointments were approved 8-0 with four absent and one present. Council member Coby Owens voted present due to a conflict of interest...
What’s on this week: 11 to 17 July
The Bulletin
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July 10, 2025
AfroDisiac is the biggest free cultural event in Belgium dedicated to Africa and children’s rights. Beyond the performances of traditional and contemporary music, children’s village, artisan stands and African cuisine, the festival is all about...
Connecting with Merseyside: what to see in Liverpool this summer
ART UK
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A vibrant city in England's north-west, Liverpool – home to the Beatles, Anfield and the historic Albert Dock – is not short of cultural attractions. This summer, you can visit exhibitions about birds and bees, see historic paintings depicting...
LATAM To Update Current A319s Due To New Aircraft Shortage
Simple Flying
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July 15, 2025
LATAM Airlines Group has chosen to conduct an extensive retrofit of the bulk of its existing Airbus A319 fleet. Citing a scarcity of available new aircraft, the airline group will instead be investing $40 million in upgrading 37 of its fleet of 39...