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Luke Littler begins the defence of his PDC World Championship title with a straight-set victory over Darius Labanauskas of Lithuania.

The four pairs of contestants had to make their way more than 3,500 miles through Central America.

The department has since suspended two of its employees suspected of leaking the papers.

Shebe Maburna is facing several counts of attempted murder.

Bapong community members in the North West province say they are living in fear.

Fire-fighting teams in the Cape Winelands District will continue to monitor the area.

After more than a year in hiding, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado surfaces in Oslo, as the U.S. seizes an oil tanker near Venezuela.

On this week’s episode of Sources & Methods, NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks to correspondents Greg Myre and Eleanor Beardsley about the future of the U.S. alliance with Europe under President Trump.

This follows joint drills by Chinese and Russian strategic bombers and fighters on Tuesday that prompted Japan and South Korea to scramble planes to monitor them.

An atmospheric river has caused torrential rain and flooding in parts of Canada and the United States.

Adonay Berhane, Wongelawit Gebre Endrias and four others are accused by police of undermining public morality.

The landmark $2.5bn Kenya-US deal has been stopped until the court hears the case over data privacy.

Ghana says its citizens were subjected to “humiliating treatment” in Israel, which has not commented.

The coup was thwarted after Nigeria sent warplanes to dislodge the mutineers from the offices of state TV.

More than half of South Africans want a key policy aimed at addressing racial inequality scrapped and hiring and promotions to be merit-based, according to the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation.

Renowned economist Dawie Roodt has warned that South Africa has unsustainable debt and deficits, which will become taxes that future generations will have to pay.

Ramaphosa was speaking to over 1 600 delegates at the close of the ANC’s four-day NGC.

The SACP confirmed that it will contest next year’s elections independently from the ANC.

The ANC’s NGC which has taken place over the last four days has come to a close.

Pressed on where her political loyalties lie ahead of the elections, Ramathuba was circumspect.

Igor Jesus took just 82 seconds to end Nottingham Forest’s 30-year wait for an away win in Europe – and celebrated in increasingly familiar style.

Bayern Munich plan to hold talks with Marc Guehi about a potential move, Tottenham will try to sell Yves Bissouma in January, Aston Villa looking to send Harvey Elliot back to Liverpool, plus more.

American rapper Snoop Dogg is named an ‘honorary coach’ for Team USA at next year’s Winter Olympics.

Olympic great Michael Johnson says he will “refuse to give up on the mission of Grand Slam Track” after the athletics competition he backed files for bankruptcy following months of financial difficulty.

The government is promising 50,000 more places for children with special educational needs in schools in England.

We’d like to hear from UK students who are – or are planning to – live at home while studying at university

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Siya Kolisi’s ex, Rachel Kolisi wept with sorrow in an Instagram post, while his rumoured girlfriend, Rachel John cried tears of joy…

Anele Mdoda seems to be confirming that she is officially married to her prince charming, Bonelela ‘Buzza’ James, referring to him as her husband.

What happened? Siya Kolisi has unfollowed his ex Rachel’s siblings, including her sister-in-law, retired Olympic swimmer, Tatjana Smith.

Marlon Wayans is not backing down to 50 Cent as the online beef between the two heats up.

Simelane is currently facing an application to have him removed from the roll of legal practitioners.

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This dish brings together juicy mango, creamy avocado, crunchy macadamias, and peppery greens for a fresh, tropical twist.

The founder of Terraform Labs was sentenced today for lying about ‘experimental’ coins that blew a $40 billion hole in the crypto economy.

Experts tell US lawmakers that a crucial spy program’s safeguards are failing, allowing intel agencies deeper, unconstrained access to Americans’ data.

This is how much you can expect to spend on petrol and toll fees when driving from Joburg to Cape Town this holiday season.

With the festive season finally upon us once again, here are a few tips which may help if you are unfortunately involved in a car accident.

South Africa’s largest public sector trade union has voiced its support for a plan to replace the country’s physical driver’s licences with a new digital system.

The TEWV announcement comes after calls from families of three patients who died by suicide.

Numbers in hospital rise by more than 50% in a week as NHS faces ‘worst-case scenario’.

NHS England says it’s facing a “worst-case scenario” after flu hospital cases jump 55% in a week.