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News24 | Global outrage mounts after Israeli minister taunts Gaza flotilla activists
Western governments voiced outrage on Thursday after Israel’s far-right security minister posted a video of himself taunting Gaza-bound flotilla activists being pinned to the ground, with two later alleging they were physically assaulted in detention.

News24 | Lucky Star promotions on hold as fish supply tightens
JSE-listed Oceana is facing constraints in raw material supply for its Lucky Star canned fish products.

Ebola, conflict and disease surveillance
The virus takes its name from the Ebola River, near the site of one of the first recorded outbreaks in what is now the DRC, in 1976. Four of these six species are known to cause disease in humans and the major African outbreaks have been linked mainly to Zaire, Sudan and Bundibugyo ebolaviruses
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News24 | ‘I’m not greedy’: Trump allies, 6 January rioters plan how to get share of $1.776bn fund
Since US President Donald Trump’s administration announced the creation of a $1.776 billion fund for Americans deemed to be victims of political “weaponisation”, 6 January Capitol riot defendants and other Trump allies have scrambled to figure out how to get their share.

News24 | eThekwini moves foreign nationals to refugee facility
The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality said migrants staying at the Diakonia Centre in Durban’s CBD are being relocated to a refugee reception facility, where the Department of Home Affairs will process them and determine their legal status in South Africa.

News24 | Trump hold of MAGA is solid – despite ‘shrinking the party’ fears before midterm elections
Sixteen months into his second presidency, Donald Trump may be as unpopular as he’s ever been among the American electorate – but his grip on his core base of MAGA voters remains unshaken.

News24 | ‘I’m the top dog’: Babes Wodumo names Beyoncé and Tyla as her only competition
In a viral interview clip circulating on social media, Queen of Gqom Babes Wodumo made it clear that, as far as she is concerned, the list of artists who can genuinely compete with her is very short.