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Survivor of Liverpool car ramming talks of shock and panic
Merseyside Police said they were not treating the incident as terrorism and were not looking for other suspects. The force has not identified the arrested driver
South Africa offers to buy LNG in trade deal proposal to US
Pretoria has announced wanting to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States over a period of ten years in exchange for being able to export vehicles to Washington duty-free. The deal has not yet been accepted by the United States.
Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu gives testimony in his ongoing corruption trial
He is facing three separate cases filed in 2019, which include charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, all of which he denies.
Two Brazilian nuns go viral for beatboxing and dancing live on TV
Two Brazilian nuns have gone viral after delivering an unexpected beatbox and dance performance during a Catholic television program.
Namibia: how did the Herero and Nama genocide happen?
On Wednesday, Namibia commemorates for the first time the mass killings of Herero and Nama people, committed by Germany, at the beginning of the 20th century. The genocide, termed by historians as "the first of the century", led to the deaths of at least 70,000 people.
ECOWAS at 50: Celebrating unity as the region fragments
Exactly 50 years ago, on May 28, 1975, fifteen West African countries agreed to establish the Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS).
Chaos erupts as Palestinians pick up aid at a distribution center in Rafah
Chaos erupted on the second day of aid operations by a new U.S.-backed group in Gaza as desperate Palestinians overwhelmed a center distributing food on Tuesday, breaking through fences.
AfDB downgrades Africa growth outlook but sees signs of resilience
The African Development Bank has downgraded Africa's growth forecast for the next two years amid what it described as "unprecedented global circumstances" and "seismic shifts in the trade policies of major economies."
South Africa denies watering down Black ownership rules for Musk’s Starlink
Elon Musk's Starlink telecoms business will not be given special dispensation by South Africa to bypass the country's Black ownership requirements, Communications Minister Solly Malatsi said on Tuesday.
New cholera outbreak in Sudan kills 172 people in a week
The alarming spike began mid-May and sickened more than 2,500 people over the past week.