SA poised to adopt plan to boost local car industry suppliers
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Israel’s Netanyahu threatens Hamas with ‘very strong blows’
Israel on Friday suspended fuel deliveries to the Gaza Strip, after fresh protests along the border that saw seven Palestinians killed by Israeli troops.
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Migrant truck crash kills 22 in Turkey
The vehicle, described as a lorry, was travelling on a highway in the Izmir region close to Izmir airport when it flipped over and fell into the channel.
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Murdered Salvadoran, Pope Paul VI made saints
Pope Francis wore a blood-stained rope belt which belonged to Romero, who was murdered at the altar, as he led the ceremony in front of tens of thousands of pilgrims.
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Hopes fade for more survivors of Hurricane Michael
Search and rescue volunteers have already located hundreds of people reported missing last week.
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Jared Kushner 'likely' paid little or no income taxes for years: NYTimes
The documents were created with Kushner’s cooperation as part of a review of his finances by an institution that was considering lending him money, the Times reported.
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Trump thanks Turkey for pastor's release, denies cutting deal
Andrew Brunson was sentenced but the court said he would not serve any further time because he had already been detained since October 2016.
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Russian opposition leader Navalny freed from jail
Alexei Navalny had been detained since 24 September when he finished a previous incarceration - a 30-day stint for planning an unauthorised demonstration in January.
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Greek ‘migrant-smuggling’ car crash kills 11
The driver of the truck, which had been heading towards the town of Kavala, escaped unscathed.
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Thousands rally in Chicago against Trump’s ‘anti-woman agenda’
Angered by the bitter fight over new US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, women - and men - rallied in the Windy City.
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Indonesia flash floods, landslides kill at least 21
More than 500 homes in the provinces of North and West Sumatra have been flooded or damaged.
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11 dead babies found in former funeral home in Detroit
Police are investigating after authorities found nine badly decomposed bodies inside a box and two inside a casket.
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Tens of thousands stage anti-racism march in Berlin
They shouted anti-Nazi slogans and carried placards in favour of rescue missions on the Mediterranean Sea and others saying, ‘More love, less hate’ and ‘No room for Nazis’.
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French prosecutors move to drop probe into 1994 Rwanda presidential attack
The long-running probe has been a major source of tension between the two countries.
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Palestinian woman dies after West Bank stone-throwing
Tensions have been running high in the West Bank over the past week with two attacks against Israelis.
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Facebook says data breach affected 29 million users
The company said it would message affected users over the coming days to tell them what type of information had been accessed in the attack.
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Trump vows ‘severe punishment’ if journalist killed by Saudi
Journalist Jamal Khashoggi has not been seen since he walked into the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul on 2 October.
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How to become a saint
With Pope Francis set to elevate to slain Salvador Archbishop Oscar Romero and free love naysayer Pope Paul VI to sainthood, this the process one follows to become a saint.
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Pope defrocks two Chilean bishops for sex abuse of minors
Defrocking is considered the harshest penalty for priests within the Church and means the offender is forbidden from exercising any clerical duties at all, even in private.
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Snowstorm kills nine climbers on Nepal peak
The bodies of eight climbers were spotted near the wreckage of their camp by a rescue team on Saturday morning, but strong winds were hampering the search effort.
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Eleven die in head-on collision on Greek motorway - police
The 11 individuals were travelling close to the city of Kavala in the north-east of the country when their mini-van collided with the truck in the early hours.
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Australia seeks to ban schools from expelling gay students
The debate over personal rights is growing ahead of a crucial by-election for Morrison’s ruling Liberal-National coalition in the blue-ribbon Sydney seat of Wentworth on 20 October.
