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South Africa announces measures to tackle violence against women after series of killings

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced new measures to combat violence against women

‘You make me want to throw up’: Republicans attack ex-special counsel Jack Smith at Senate hearing

GOP senators lash out on Smith, who led criminal cases against Trump, with invective and inaccurate information

Africa

Morocco’s first-ever female prime minister appointed by king

Her government is expected to make billions of dollars in investments linked to the 2030 FIFA World Cup, while seeking to deliver on promises to fight inflation, raise wages and create jobs

Kristi Noem officially files to divorce husband Bryon after his ‘bimbofication’ scandal

The divorce comes months after photos were released of Noem’s husband wearing a skin-colored top with two balloons tucked into it to look like huge breasts

Trump uses AI to come up with stinging new name for the press

Trump says ‘artificial news’ will replace his age-old nickname for reporters who cover his adminsitration’s controversies

Netanyahu’s secret UAE visit: Why Israel PM met Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed amid October 7 warning row

Netanyahu’s secret Abu Dhabi meeting comes amid disputed reports that UAE President Sheikh Mohamed warned him about Hamas before October 7, 2023.

In final election fight, Brazil's Lula carries hopes of Latin America's receding left

BRASILIA, Sept 29 - When Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York this month, he used one of the world's biggest diplomatic stages to deliver a message that has come to define what is likely the final presidential campaign of his decades-long career.

Cuba's top trade official says US impeding reforms, denies talks with Trump associates

HAVANA, Sept 29 - Cuba's top trade official dismissed reports that companies linked to US President Donald Trump had come to Cuba this year to talk business, while calling the US trade embargo the biggest impediment to the roll-out of historic free-market reforms.

Texts about alleged Cornell gang-rape released after investigation reopened

Texts, including unnamed male defendant appearing to apologize, reportedly sent days after alleged 2024 assault

Trump trade adviser says Canada will 'pay even more dearly' if 'you interfere' in U.S. midterms

One of U.S. President Donald Trump's trade advisers is threatening repercussions for Canada if it "interferes" in the upcoming midterm elections — though it's not clear what he anticipates the country would do to impact the vote.

Europe

Russia's long-range bomber crashes on a training mission, killing 6 crewmembers

A Russian nuclear-capable strategic bomber has crashed on a training mission in the country’s far east, killing six members of its crew, the Defense Ministry said

Americas

Brazil's Lula, Flavio Bolsonaro still tied in presidential runoff scenario, Atlas poll shows

SAO PAULO, Sept 29 - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro remain statistically tied in a simulated runoff ahead of next month's election, an AtlasIntel/Bloomberg poll showed on Tuesday, with the right-wing challenger now 0.1 percentage point ahead of the incumbent — within the survey's margin of error.

Julia Child lived in this 1889 Cambridge home for 40 years and filmed TV shows there; its current owners paid $3.7 million in 2009, renovated it, and have now listed it for $6.475 million

Julia Child’s former Cambridge home has returned to the real estate market, offering buyers the rare chance to own a property connected to one of

Meet Ishaan Dokania, the Indian-origin Beaverton sixth-grader who trained a machine-learning model on satellite data to spot potential lithium deposits with 89% accuracy

A sixth-grade student from Oregon is using satellite images and machine learning to explore a problem that is becoming increasingly important as demand

Italy distances Egypt from verdict over Giulio Regeni as opposition attacks

ROME, Sept 29 - Italy signalled on Tuesday it wanted to avoid a diplomatic rupture with Egypt after three Egyptian security officials were found guilty in absentia of the 2016 kidnapping of student Giulio Regeni, who was killed after his abduction.

Europe

Military aircraft crashes in Russia due to 'fuel explosion'; 6 dead

A Russian ministry aircraft crashed near the village of Krasnoyanovo in the Amur region on Tuesday, killing six people, according several local media

Americas

Burundi says it will accept migrant deportees from the United States but details are vague

Burundi says it will accept migrants deported from the United States, but only those who are not facing criminal charges and have no links to terrorism

Americas

Burundi says it will accept migrant deportees from the United States but details are vague

Burundi says it will accept migrants deported from the United States, but only those who are not facing criminal charges and have no links to terrorism

Americas

British police say no explosives found in vehicles near U.S.-run base

A surprise decision by the U.K.'s counterterrorism police to release five suspects on bail during an investigation into a suspected bomb plot at a U.S.-operated air force base in England has prompted questions and uncertainty about the incident.

In 2023, Texas mogul Felix Sorkin paid $36 million for an 11,000-sq-ft Coral Gables home designed by Alfred Browning Parker; months later, the 1963 modernist house was demolished for a replacement

A multimillionaire property developer from Texas has demolished a historic waterfront mansion in Coral Gables, Florida, only months after buying the

Americas

Give BrewDog ‘second chance’ says new owner as it invests £50m

US cannabis and drinks firm Tilray, which took over in March, says it will improve beers, pubs and working conditions

Europe

Student protests and French public sector strike heap pressure on Macron

PARIS, Sept 29 - French civil servants went on strike on Tuesday and high school students blocked the entrances to schools in a show of discontent with planned budget cuts ahead of next year's presidential election.

Americas

US announces visa restrictions for officials blocking international child abduction cases

The US has introduced new visa restrictions for foreign officials hindering international parental child abduction resolutions. This policy aims to protect American children and ensure accountability for those delaying the return process.

Cornell students blast school’s response as gang-rape scandal rocks campus: ‘Priority not to help the victim’

Cornell students say they found out about the alleged gang rape at a frat house via email and the campus is planning demonstrations this week after the incident became public knowledge, Justin Rohrlich reports