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South Africa braces for Kenya-like opposition protests

admin | March 20, 2023

By Nation Africa South Africa was on Monday bracing for a power showdown between authorities determined to stop feared widespread looting and destruction, and protesters adhering to the call by militant opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), to force a ‘national shutdown’. Similar protests over unfulfilled political and economic […]

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ICC judges issue arrest warrant for Putin over Ukraine

admin | March 17, 2023

By AFP The International Criminal Court on Friday announced it had issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin for the “unlawful deportation” of Ukrainian children. The Hague-based ICC said it had also issued a warrant against Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s presidential commissioner for children’s rights, on similar charges. Russia […]

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ChatGPT update more ‘human’: company says

admin | March 15, 2023

By AFP The company behind the ChatGPT app that churns out essays, poems or computing code on command released Tuesday a long-awaited update of its artificial intelligence (AI) technology. GPT-4 has been widely awaited ever since ChatGPT burst onto the scene in late November, wowing users with its capabilities that […]

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Japan parliament expels YouTuber MP who never came to work

admin | March 15, 2023

By AFP A celebrity gossip YouTuber-turned-lawmaker became the first MP expelled by Japan’s parliament in over 70 years Wednesday, having not shown up to work once. Yoshikazu Higashitani, known by his online moniker GaaSyy, had been ordered to apologise for his months-long absence earlier in March. But the lawmaker, one […]

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China’s Xi Jinping handed historic third term as President

admin | March 10, 2023

By AFP Xi Jinping was handed a third term as Chinese President on Friday, capping a rise that has seen him become the country’s most powerful leader in generations. The appointment by China’s rubber-stamp parliament comes after Xi locked in another five years as head of the Chinese Communist Party […]