WORLD

South Africa's state-owned airline should be shut down, the country's new finance minister has said. "It's loss-making, we are unlikely to sort out the situation, so my view would be close it down," Tito Mboweni told an investor…
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Google employees in Asia kicked off a global protest on Thursday over how the company deals with sexual harassment. The demonstrations, dubbed "Google Walkout," follow an outcry over a New York Times investigation that detailed years of…
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Humans have proven adept at wiping out vast numbers of animals. Can we atone by saving species through captivity breeding? When 200 captive-bred frogs were set free in an ancestral swampland in South Africa recently, their simple…
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North Korean officials commit sexual abuse against women with near total impunity, according to a report from rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW). HRW said such abuse is so common it has become part of ordinary life. The report is…
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An Australian cafe has been inundated with fake negative reviews online due to an "inadvertent" coincidence on a high school English exam. The state-wide exam in Victoria had featured a question involving a restaurant review of a…
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"Exploding human consumption" has caused a massive drop in the global wildlife population in recent decades, the WWF conservation group says. In a report, the charity says losses in vertebrate species - mammals, fish, birds, amphibians…
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A former nurse in Germany has admitted murdering 100 patients during the first day of his trial, making him one of the world's most prolific serial killers. Detectives say Niels Högel, 41, administered fatal doses of medication to the…
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US Vice-President Mike Pence faces controversy after a cleric who identifies as a Jewish believer in Jesus Christ led prayers for victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. Rabbi Loren Jacobs appeared at a Republican rally in Michigan…
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Italy has been battered by fierce winds and rain which have left 10 people dead in the west and north, while schools and tourist sites closed in several regions amid fears for people's safety. Winds of up to 180km/h (110 mph) were…
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Former South African President and Nobel Peace Prize winner FW de Klerk has been hospitalised for a lung condition but is recovering and is expected to be discharged next week, his foundation said on Saturday. De Klerk, 82, his country’s…
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