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Jul 10

At least 15 killed in tavern shooting in South Africa, police say

By Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press

Police say they are investigating reports that a group of men arrived in a minibus taxi and opened fire on some of the patrons at the bar shortly after midnight Sunday.

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Jun 27

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News Wrap: Jan. 6 committee to hold surprise hearing with new evidence

In our news wrap Monday, the Jan. 6 committee is calling a surprise hearing featuring newly collected evidence, the Supreme Court sided with a high school football coach in Washington state who lead prayers on the field, an Amtrak train…

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Jun 26

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News Wrap: Russia targets Ukraine’s capital with series of missile attacks

In our news wrap Sunday, Russia shattered weeks of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv with a series of missile attacks, leaders from seven Western nations gathered for the G-7 summit in Germany, Norway is mourning following a…

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May 02

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Exhibit chronicles the career of a South African activist fighting for trans visibility

By Anne Azzi Davenport, Maureen Barillaro, Jacob Garcia, Robert Judge and Jared Bowen, GBH

Sir Zanele Muholi has been documenting queer and trans people in South Africa for decades with the aim of celebrating life, joy and the beauty of the community. An exhibit at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston that focuses…

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Apr 29

South Africa likely seeing new COVID wave, says health minister

By Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press

South Africa's health minister says it is likely the country has entered a new wave of COVID-19 earlier than expected as new infections and hospitalizations have risen rapidly over the past two weeks.

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Apr 20

Experts say human-caused climate change is putting African wildlife at risk

By Wanjohi Kabukuru, Associated Press

Devastating floods in South Africa this week, as well as other extreme weather events across the continent linked to human-caused climate change, are putting marine and terrestrial wildlife species at risk, according to biodiversity experts.

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Apr 15

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News Wrap: BA.2 variant drives new wave of COVID cases in the U.S.

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In our news wrap Friday, new COVID-19 numbers provided the latest evidence of another wave fueled by the BA.2 variant, crews in South Africa spent another day searching for survivors after floods killed nearly 400 people, Palestinian youths battled Israeli…

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Mar 09

WATCH: Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton’s sunken ship found after a century

By Associated Press

Scientists say they have found the sunken wreck of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance, more than a century after it was lost to the Antarctic ice.

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Jan 02

Fire ravages South Africa’s historic Parliament complex

By Andrew Meldrum, Gerald Imray, Associated Press

Around 70 firefighters were still battling the fire hours after it started in the early morning, Cape Town's Fire and Rescue Service spokesman Jermaine Carelse said. Some were lifted up on a crane to spray water on the blaze from…

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Jan 01

‘Moral compass’: Requiem for South Africa’s Archbishop Tutu

By Associated Press

Tutu died last Sunday at age 90. His plain pine coffin, the cheapest available at his request to avoid any ostentatious displays, was the center of the service, which also featured African choirs, prayers and incense.

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