South Africa’s future is in the hands of a divided ANC How the ANC sees itself—and its self-interest—will determine the future of South Africa. On June 2nd electoral officials announced that Africa’s oldest liberation movement had taken a licking at the ... 06/6/2024 - 1:56 am | View Link
South Africa's potential kingmakers struggle with white image Ruling ANC loses decades-old majority ... to help it form a new majority and potentially shape the future of the nation. "We've said for the last 30 years that the way to rescue South Africa is to ... 06/1/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
South Africa’s ANC on course to lose majority South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), is ... and the News24 website have projected that the party’s final vote will be around 42%, a big drop from the 57% it obtained in ... 05/30/2024 - 10:17 pm | View Link
South Africa's president faces his party's worst election ever. He'll still likely be reelected CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa faces the prospect of his ruling party's worst election ... year-old Ramaphosa and his future. MANDELA'S PROTEGE Ramaphosa ... 05/27/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
South Africa's surprise election challenger is evoking the past anti-apartheid struggle He has faithfully supported the liberation party-turned-ruling party African ... Johannesburg, South Africa, for the launch of his newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party's manifesto on May ... 05/27/2024 - 10:29 am | View Link
New York — Ever get your McDonald’s order mixed up at an AI-powered drive-through? The experiment behind the fast food giant’s current automated order taker will soon be coming to a close.
McDonald’s confirmed Monday that it decided to end a global partnership with IBM, which has been testing this artificial intelligence technology at select McDonald’s drive-throughs since 2021.
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That doesn’t mean you’ll never encounter some sort of chatbot while picking up fries on your car ride home again.
North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un is rolling out the red carpet for Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he makes his first trip to the country in 24 years for a two-day visit to a crucial arms supplier as the war in Ukraine rages on.
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Pyongyang has been decorated with Russian flags and portraits of Putin ahead of the Russian President’s visit.
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine claimed responsibility Tuesday for an overnight drone attack on a Russian oil facility that started a massive blaze in the latest long-range strike by Kyiv’s forces on a border region.
Ukraine has in recent months stepped up aerial assaults on Russian soil, targeting refineries and oil terminals in an effort to slow down the Kremlin’s war machine.
DUSSELDORF, Germany — Kylian Mbappé suffered a broken nose during France’s 1-0 win against Austria at the European Championship on Monday and will have to wear a protective mask if he plays on at the tournament.
The World Cup winning striker had to be substituted after colliding with Austria’s Kevin Danso during the Group D match at Dusseldorf Arena and France coach Didier Deschamps did not know in the immediate aftermath if the injury would rule him out of the rest of Euro 2024.
He was taken to a hospital in Dusseldorf and the France’s Football Federation confirmed the extent of the injury.
“He will undergo treatment in the coming days, without undergoing surgery immediately,” it said in a statement.
The writing was on the wall—or, at least, in the polls. Despite the fact that young Europeans had turned out en masse to prevent a predicted far-right surge during the 2019 European Parliament elections, they wouldn’t necessarily be compelled to do so again five years later. If anything, many analysts warned in the days and weeks leading up the vote, many of them would end up voting for the far right.
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And vote they did.
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean soldiers fired warning shots to repel North Korean soldiers who temporarily crossed the rivals’ land border Tuesday for the second time this month, South Korea’s military said.
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The South’s military observed increased North Korean construction activities along their heavily armed border to install suspected anti-tank barriers, reinforce roads and plant land mines.