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News24 | FRIDAY BRIEFING | It’s the economy, stupid (or is it?)

Today at 04:54 AM, via News24

Can South Africa’s unemployment stranglehold be broken and five million jobs created in a decade, transforming SA’s economic future? Join News24 at its On the Record summit in March where possible solutions will be put on the table.

Freelance journalist detained in Cameroon while reporting for AP on US deportees

Today at 04:49 AM, via Daily Maverick

YAOUNDE, Feb 19 (Reuters) – A freelance journalist on assignment for the Associated Press was slapped by police and briefly detained alongside three other reporters and a lawyer in Yaounde while attempting to interview Africans recently deported from the United States, two sources told Reuters.

Trump warns Iran of ‘bad things’ if no deal made, sets deadline of 10-15

Today at 04:45 AM, via Daily Maverick

WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump warned Iran on Thursday it must make a deal over its nuclear program or “really bad things” will happen, and set a deadline of 10 to 15 days, drawing a threat from Tehran to retaliate against US bases in the region if attacked.

Climber is convicted over girlfriend’s death near Austria’s highest peak

Today at 04:43 AM, via Daily Maverick

INNSBRUCK, Austria, Feb 19 (Reuters) – An Austrian court late on Thursday found a 37-year-old amateur mountaineer guilty of manslaughter over his girlfriend’s death of cold near Austria’s highest summit after he left her to fetch help when she could not go on.

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