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Municipal Elections: How Service Failure Becomes a Public Health Crisis in South Africa

Philadelphia Union Reach Playoffs on Record 15-Game Unbeaten Streak

Tamil Nadu's TB Initiative Cuts Deaths by 38% Through Early Triage

Ugly (UK) Brings Chamber Pop and Halloween Masks to Rough Trade Nottingham

Rene Eyre Revisits Autobiographical Performance 'Say A Little Prayer' in London

London Museum Granted 24/7 License Ahead of November Opening

UAE's HCT Holds Record Graduation and Announces Major Training Expansion

Dana White Confirms Flight to Washington for Trump Meeting on Press Secretary Role

NASA Awards $10B Lunar Contract Framework to SpaceX, Blue Origin

Dengue Fever Expands Into High Himalayas as Climate Change Warms Nepal

Katy Perry Tells Fans Ex-Husband Russell Brand 'Should Be in Jail' During UK Concert

IoT Refrigerator Hacks Disrupt Blood Labs and Supermarkets Across Europe and US

South African election results renew debate over identity-based voting

Post-election pressures complicate US and Israeli decisions on Iran

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

Trump takes aim at Europe in new security strategy

President Donald Trump has had Europe in his crosshairs since beginning a second White House term earlier this year.

Witness in South Africa justice-system crimes probe shot dead

A witness in a high-profile inquiry into crime and corruption in South Africa's justice system was gunned down late on Friday, just weeks after implicating a municipal police chief, investigators said.

Tuchel urges England not to get carried away plotting route to World Cup glory

England coach Thomas Tuchel warned not to get carried away after Friday's draw for the 2026 World Cup placed his team in an apparently winnable group but left open the possibility of a hazardous run through the knockout phase.

Russian ambassador slams EU frozen assets plan for Ukraine

A European Union plan to use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine's fight against Russia would have "far-reaching consequences" for the EU, Moscow's ambassador to Germany warned on Friday.

2026 World Cup draw is kind to favorites as Trump takes limelight

Holders Argentina and leading contenders Spain were handed kind draws for the 2026 World Cup in a star-studded ceremony at which US President Donald Trump received FIFA's new peace prize.

WHO chief upbeat on missing piece of pandemic treaty

The World Health Organization chief said Friday that countries were in a strong position to finalise the vital missing piece of the pandemic treaty, which will determine how vaccines are shared.

US vaccine panel upends hepatitis B advice in latest Trump-era shift

An advisory panel appointed by the Trump administration's vaccine-skeptic health secretary voted Friday to stop recommending that all newborns in the United States receive a hepatitis B vaccine.

Ancelotti says Brazil have 'difficult' World Cup group with Morocco

Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti reflected on a "difficult" group after being paired with surprise 2022 semi-finalists Morocco at the 2026 World Cup draw on Friday.

Kriecmayr wins weather-disrupted Beaver Creek super-G

Vincent Kriechmayr won a chaotic alpine World Cup super-G at Beaver Creek on Friday as Swiss star Marco Odermatt settled for fifth and downhill world champion Franjo von Allmen crashed in a race cut short after multiple weather interruptions.

Ghostwriters, polo shirts, and the fall of a landmark pesticide study

A flagship study that declared the weedkiller Roundup posed no serious health risks has been retracted with little fanfare, ending a 25-year saga that exposed how corporate interests can distort scientific research and influence government decision-making.

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