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Gun ownership tempts more S.Africans as insecurity grows
HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/USA It was the first indication a crowd was expected – a coffee trailer perched itself on the lawn of the Rooikraal shooting range south of Johannesburg. Folding chairs and
Plaintiff loses after lawyer refuses to wear mask in court
A woman lost her personal injury lawsuit after her lawyer refused to wear a mask in court and the judge threw out her case, which had been set for trial.
New York lawmakers agree to legalize recreational marijuana
New York is poised the join the growing number of states that have legalized marijuana after state lawmakers reached a late-night deal to allow sales of the drug for recreational
Ex-Madagascar president, Didier Ratsiraka, dies at 84
Didier Ratsiraka Madagascar’s longtime former president, Didier Ratsiraka, a naval officer and instigator of a socialist revolution on the Indian Ocean island, died Sunday morning aged 84, president Andry Rajoelina
Indonesia cathedral rocked by bomb on Palm Sunday in ‘act of terror’
An Indonesian cathedral was rocked by a suspected suicide bombing on Sunday that wounded more than a dozen as Christians inside celebrated the start of Holy Week, an attack slammed
Iraq’s Jewish community dwindles to fewer than five
The death of Dhafer Eliyahu hit Iraq hard, not only because the doctor treated the neediest for free, but because with his passing, only four Jews now remain in the
Explosion outside cathedral in Indonesia — Media
An explosion occurred outside a cathedral in the Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday, local media reported, in what a priest described as a suicide attack. But the blast’s cause
China sanctions US, Canadian citizens in Xinjiang row
China announced sanctions against two Americans, a Canadian and a rights advocacy body Saturday over their criticism of Beijing’s treatment of Uyghurs, but Washington said the tit-for-tat measure would only
Egypt revises death toll in train collision down to 19
Egypt on Saturday lowered the number of people killed when two passenger trains collided the day before to 19. The collision took place in the southern province of Sohag on
‘Five dead’ as building collapses in Egypt
Five people died and more than 20 were wounded Saturday as a building collapsed in the Egyptian capital Cairo, local authorities said. “The governorate’s crisis room was informed at 3:00
