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Following outcry about his trip to Morocco for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, President Muhammadu Buhari has explained to Nigerians his reasons for going to the conference and why Nigerians should also be concerned about climate change. President Buhari arrived in Morocco late on Monday, November 14 and in a short statement made available […]

De Beers, the world’s biggest diamond producer, says sales of the gems at its most recent auction fell to the lowest this year.

A team of high-level security and trade officials from South Korea are expected to visit Washington later this week to hold talks with the US government transition team on the future of cooperation between the two countries in addition to other key policy issues, media reported, citing the presidential office.

'I'm tired of seeing a Ape in heels (sic.)'

Christopher Binse has spent so long either in jail or trying to avoid the law while on the outside, it's hard to imagine him having an honest job.

A family of ducks trapped on a busy Joburg highway were rescued by what has been described as the heroic action of a taxi driver and a paramedic.

– Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has described the late 18th Sultan of Sokoto, Ibrahim Dasuki, as a pioneer reformist who deployed his wide knowledge of Islam and vast experience as a technocrat to make profound impact on his family – Tambuwal said at every stage of his life, Sultan Dasuki gave his all to ensure […]

HONG KONG — Two newly elected Hong Kong separatist lawmakers who altered their oaths by adding anti-China insults were disqualified from taking office in a court decision Tuesday.

Why did Hillary Clinton lose last week’s presidential election? The candidate herself believes James Comey, the FBI director who notified Congress in an October 28 letter that he was reopening the inquiry into her private emails, was to blame. Her campaign, meanwhile, has cited “a host of uncontrollable headwinds,” asserting that her team did all they could in an unforeseeably difficult environment.

Army chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag will today visit Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir, the headquarters of Northern Command, to take stock of operational preparedness along the border in the wake of heightened tension in Indo-Pak ties.

NEW DELHI India's government said Tuesday it will use indelible ink to mark the fingers of people swapping scrapped currency notes at banks as authorities struggle to deal with the bedlam caused by the sudden demonetizing of the country's highest-denomination bills. India announced a week ago that it was withdrawing 500 and 1,000 rupee notes as legal...

The German foreign minister is against suspension of talks with Turkey on the country's admission to the EU.

Senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday ridiculed the Centre's demonetisation move, asking if banks doling out cash to citizens was "proof" that 'achhe din' have arrived.

A Queensland man with a history of sexual offences relating to children will be released from prison on Wednesday despite being found to be a moderate to high risk of reoffending.

Tweevoudig Gouden Kalf-winnares Hannah Hoekstra (29) gaat de hoofdrol spelen in de nieuwe Duitse komedie Arthur & Claire. Dat melden producent Topkapi Films en distributeur September Film vandaag.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand military officials said Tuesday that they had evacuated about 140 people by helicopter from a coastal town and were expecting that number to rise to 200 by the end of the day, as…

Billy Gilman proved that he is here to stay for the rest of the competition on the top 12 performance episode of The Voice! The 28-year-old former child star, who is on Team Adam, sang his rendition of Queen‘s “The Show Must Go On” during the live show on Monday (November 14) in Los Angeles. [...]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry could meet on the sidelines of the November 19-20 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Peru, a Russian Foreign Ministry source told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.

Better than sliced bread?

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A week after Donald Trump's election to the White House, world leaders will on Tuesday address a key UN meeting in Marrakesh to keep a climate rescue plan on track. 

UN chief Ban Ki-moon, King Mohammed of conference host Morocco, and France's President Francois Hollande will open a "high-level" segment of the annual UN Conference of Parties — the first since last year's adoption of the Paris Agreement to stave off global warming.

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The case against former Wits student leader Mcebo Dlamini has been postponed due to an application being launched to have charges dropped.

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