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Private electricity distributor, Rural Free State, workers conduct maintenance work on infrastructure in Villiers, approximately 30 kilometres from Frankfort on May 10, 2023. - Frankfort forms part of the Mafube Municipality where residents are forced to sit in the dark after the Gauteng High Court recently ruled in favour of keeping them locked into Eskom’s loadshedding schedule after a battle between Eskom and Rural Free State, a subsidiary of Rural Maintenance who has been providing residents power from the photovoltaic solar plant situated in Frankfort. (Photo by Shiraaz MOHAMED / AFP)
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UN Chief Urges AI Companies To Focus On Renewable Energy

July 23, 2025
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The head of the United Nations called Tuesday on the surging artificial intelligence sector to prioritize sustainable energy for running power-hungry data centers. Secretary-General Antonio [more…]

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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 18: U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a signing ceremony for the “GENIUS Act” in the East Room of the White House July 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. The act, formally known as the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, was passed this week by the U.S. Congress.. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
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Trump Administration Releases Martin Luther King Jr Assassination Files

July 22, 2025
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The Trump administration released hundreds of thousands of pages of records on Monday about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. despite concerns from the [more…]

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Pope Leo XIV addresses the crowd during the weekly general audience at St Peter's Square in The Vatican on June 18, 2025. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)
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Gaza: Pope Leo Speaks With Palestinian Chief, Wants Civilians Protected

July 22, 2025
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  Pope Leo spoke by phone on Monday to the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmud Abbas, about the conflict in Gaza and violence in [more…]

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Ortom: No Regrets Opposing Atiku in 2023, ADC Coalition Unlikely to Last

July 22, 2025
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Former Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has stated that he has no regrets about opposing former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 presidential election, [more…]

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Iranians wave national flags and chant slogans as they celebrate a ceasefire between Iran and Israel at Enghlab Square in the capital Tehran on June 24, 2025. A fragile ceasefire in the Iran-Israel war appeared to be holding on June 24, after 12 days of strikes that saw Israel and the United States pummel the Islamic republic's nuclear facilities. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
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European Powers Plan Fresh Nuclear Talks With Iran

July 22, 2025
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European powers plan fresh talks with Iran on its nuclear programme in the coming days, the first since the US attacked Iranian nuclear facilities a month [more…]

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Palestinians use an animal-drawn cart for trasportation as dilapidated cars are piled up in a junkyard in the Mawasi area of Rafah, due to the scarcity of fuel in the Israel-besieged Gaza Strip on July 20, 2025. UN agencies on July 12 warned that fuel shortages had reached "critical levels", threatening to worsen conditions for Gaza's more than two million people. (Photo by AFP)
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Israel Blocks Visa For Top UN Official After Gaza Comments

July 22, 2025
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  Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Sunday said he had ordered the withdrawal of a senior UN humanitarian official’s residency permit, accusing him of [more…]

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Palestinians use an animal-drawn cart for trasportation as dilapidated cars are piled up in a junkyard in the Mawasi area of Rafah, due to the scarcity of fuel in the Israel-besieged Gaza Strip on July 20, 2025. UN agencies on July 12 warned that fuel shortages had reached "critical levels", threatening to worsen conditions for Gaza's more than two million people. (Photo by AFP)
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Israel Blocks Visa For Top UN Official After Gaza Comments

July 21, 2025
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Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Sunday said he had ordered the withdrawal of a senior UN humanitarian official’s residency permit, accusing him of spreading [more…]

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