Month: July 2020

The South African president yesterday condemned violence across South Africa as xenophobic assaults overshadowed a pan-African economic conference in Cape Town, and protesters took to the streets to demand the government crack down on attacks against women.  Government officials had until recently largely blamed the attacks in Johannesburg on criminals. But ministers acknowledged on Thursday […]

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The Republican Party narrowly held onto a North Carolina seat they have held for six decades in a special election on Tuesday night, in a sign of the battle Donald Trump faces with suburban voters next year.  Conservative Republican Dan Bishop won the House seat in North Carolina, beating centrist Democrat Dan McCready by just […]

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Benjamin Netanyahu’s political survival looked to be in the hands of his estranged former defence minister yesterday after initial election results showed he won fewer seats than his centrist rival and his Right-wing allies failed to gain an overall majority.   Israel’s second election in six months delivered another indecisive result, with Mr Netanyahu’s Likud party […]

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