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Public servants no longer required to dob in colleagues who criticise government.

Apocalyptic horror movie Train to Busan broke box office records at home with its South Korean take on the zombie genre and is set to take off across Asia.

The ANC has called for peaceful elections as millions headed out to vote this morning.

The CFA's former chairman has claimed the government attempted to coerce the authority's board into signing a controversial workplace deal before it was sacked.

Shane Rattenbury moves to outlaw vilification on grounds of religion, concerned about increasing attacks Muslims.

LONDEN (ANP) - De economische groei in de eurozone is in juli op peil gebleven, ondanks de onrust rond de brexit. Dat concludeerde onderzoeksbureau Markit woensdag op basis van een nieuwe schatting.

Electoral officials in Folweni and Dundee have been dismissed after possible electoral fraud was discovered, the IEC in KwaZulu-Natal said. [VIDEO]

Noted Indian classical danseuse Sharmila Biswas will perform in the city on Wednesday in the last leg of a fund-raiser programme.She has already performed in five other cities.

Central bank purchases of gilts seen as exacerbating funding crisis facing retirement schemes

A prominent Chinese human rights activist was today sentenced to over seven years in prison for subverting state powers, a day after another activist was given a three-year suspended sentence for the same offence.

SRINAGAR, India — Fresh protests flared in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday following the overnight killings of two civilians by government forces amid a nearly monthlong security lockdown and protest strikes. Police said thousands of people held street protests, chanting slogans demanding end of Indian rule in the disputed region. Demonstrations were held in the Pampore

JOHANNESBURG — South Africans voted Wednesday in municipal elections described as the most closely contested for the African National Congress since it took power in the first all-race elections in 1994. About 26 million people had registered to vote at more than 22,000 polling stations as the ANC sought to retain control of key metropolitan

A handful of singing Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters gathered outside a polling station at the Mahlabathini Tribal Court near Ulundi in northern KwaZulu-Natal where their leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi was due to vote on Wednesday.

Op de boulevard van de Spaanse badplaats Platja d'Aro is dinsdagavond laat korte tijd paniek uitgebroken onder toeristen. Ze zouden zijn geschrokken van een groep Duitse vakantiegangers die bij wijze van grap plotseling begonnen te gillen en te rennen. ,,Het is niet te bevatten en die film van paniek en angst in de ogen van mensen", stelt een gezin uit Nordhorn, dat van oorsprong uit Borne komt.

LONDON (AP) — A closely watched survey is showing that the 19-country eurozone economy has brushed aside any negative fallout from Britain's vote to leave the European Union — at least in the near-term.

LONDON (AP) — A closely watched survey is showing that the 19-country eurozone economy has brushed aside any negative fallout from Britain's vote to leave the European Union — at least in the near-term.

At Bordeaux voting station, voters described their experience as a “walk in, walk out” breeze.

POURQUOI J.K., POURQUOI?

Le texte de Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, la pièce de théâtre qui raconte les aventures du sorcier à lunettes dix-neuf ans après la défaite de Voldemort, est ENFIN SORTI.

Harry Potter et l'enfant maudit en VF.

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En tant que fan inconditionnel de la série, je suis allé l'acheter le lundi de sa sortie, en version originale.

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Het leven van dj en fitnessfanaticus Fajah Lourens stond even compleet op z'n kop na de dood van haar neefje Elfin, maar ze pakt nu de draad weer op. Dat schrijft ze in een blog op haar website.

Conservative commentator S.E. Cupp is encouraging more Republicans to denounce Donald Trump, saying that “history will be kind” to them.

MIAMI (AP) — A new Florida International University professor's study has found that corporate tax evasion and money laundering cost the U.S. some $2.3 trillion in lost taxes. The just-released study of federal customs data by FIU business professor John Zdanowicz indicates U.S. companies used false invoices to hide the true value of imported and exported goods from 2003 to 2014.

ISLAMABAD — Hundreds of Pakistanis have rallied in the capital, Islamabad, against the imminent visit of India’s interior minister, Rajnath Singh. Some 2,000 chanted slogans against India, claiming the predominantly Muslim region of Kashmir, now divided between the two countries, belongs to Pakistan. Singh is due in Islamabad later on Wednesday to attend a meeting

UK real wages​ ​have ​fell by​ -10.4​ ​per cent​ between 2007 and the end of 2015, ​the most severe​ fall in the OECD along with Greece, according to TUC analysis​. Apart from Portugal, all other OECD countries saw real wages increase. The UK is the only country in this grouping to have seen wages go down couples with a strong performance in employment. The UK’s employment rate is indeed at a record levels, some 5 percentage points above the OECD average.

Spain has an impressive 45 locations listed as Unesco World Heritage sites for their cultural significance or natural beauty, including some that are entire towns. Here's a look at some of the most stunning.