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19879 articles published since 08 Mar 2022
19879 articles published since 08 Mar 2022
England hammered South Africa by an innings and 85 runs to win the second Test at Old Trafford inside three days on Saturday. The victory, which followed South Africa's almost as crushing innings and 12-run win in the first Test at Lord's, meant England levelled the three-match series at 1-1.
Angolans started paying their final respect to former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos on Saturday as the veteran strongman's historically dominant party emerged from its worst electoral result. The funeral comes as dos Santos's MPLA party notched up its worst electoral performance in this week's polls.
Rival armed groups exchanged gunfire in the Libyan capital Saturday, killing at least one person and raising fears of all-out conflict in a country embroiled in a grave political crisis. Dbeibah's GNU said negotiations had been underway to "hold elections at the end of the year to resolve the political crisis", but that Bashagha had "walked out at the last moment".
Kenya's president-elect William Ruto has urged the country's top court to throw out a petition by his rival that challenged the result of the August 9 election.
Pope Francis created 20 new cardinals picked from the four corners of the world on Saturday, most of whom could one day end up choosing the pontiff's successor.
James Anderson made the breakthrough as England pressed for a series-levelling win over South Africa in the second Test at Old Trafford on Saturday. Keegan Petersen was 20 not out and Rassie van der Dussen 14 not out South Africa resumed on 23-0, facing a huge task to preserve a 1-0 lead in this three-match series after an innings and 12-run rout of England in the first Test at Lord's.
Tunisia said Saturday it would recall its ambassador from Morocco for consultations, a day after the kingdom did the same in response to Tunisia's president hosting the Polisario movement's head.
Thousands of people living near flood-swollen rivers in Pakistan's north were ordered to evacuate Saturday as the death toll from devastating monsoon rains neared 1,000 with no end in sight. On Saturday, authorities ordered thousands of residents in threatened areas to evacuate their homes as rivers had still not reached maximum capacity.
Rival Libyan groups exchanged gunfire in the Libyan capital overnight Friday-Saturday, an AFP correspondent said, raising fears of all-out conflict in a country facing a grave political crisis. According to local media, two influential armed groups faced off against one another in Tripoli, where divisions have deepened among militias on opposing sides of the political divide.
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