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The Citizen

Money sinks climate plans

Elephant in the room is the missing concrete number.

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November 22, 2024
The Citizen

Probe of nuke debris starts

It will take six months to a year to analyse a tiny sample of radioactive debris retrieved by a robot from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator said yesterday.

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November 22, 2024
The Citizen

Nearly 40% of kids among displaced

Children made up nearly 40% of the more than 3.4 million people in Myanmar displaced by civil war and climate change-driven extreme weather, the UN agency for children said yesterday.

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November 22, 2024
The Citizen

'No more errors, Boeing'

Boeing's new CEO told workers Wednesday the company has serious culture problems and can't afford another mistake, according to a report.

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November 22, 2024
Ancestor Lucy 'not alone'
The Citizen

Ancestor Lucy 'not alone'

The 52 bone fragments amount to 40% of the skeleton.

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November 22, 2024
The Citizen

Truce: Israel 'can't impose conditions,

Hezbollah's leader delivered a de Hant speech on Wednesday, saying Israel cannot impose conditions for a truce in Lebanon, as visiting US envoy Amos Hochstein headed to Israel to try to negotiate an end to the war.

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November 22, 2024
The Citizen

AI project to reverse insect extinction

Researchers in Canada are using artificial intelligence to monitor the ongoing mass extinction of insects, hoping to collect data that can help reverse species collapse and avert catastrophe for the planet.

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November 22, 2024
The Citizen

Beauty of small rituals

We may not realise it, but there is something powerful about the small rituals that shape our days - the tiny, seemingly insignificant routines we often overlook.

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November 22, 2024
Icasa better placed to inject growth
The Citizen

Icasa better placed to inject growth

Later this week, parliament's portfolio committee on communications and digital technologies will interview candidates for four vacant positions on the Icasa Council.

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November 22, 2024
The Citizen

Ramaphosa should first fix SA before G20

The only problem is country is in the wrong hands called the ANC, writes JV.

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November 22, 2024
The Citizen

Softer hand in the war against drugs

Drug abuse is devastating in so many ways, physically, mentally and psychologically - to the addict, the addict's family and to society.

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November 22, 2024
The Citizen

Black people are better off now

The results of joint research by Unisa and the Momentum group are bound to stir up a hornet's nest of controversy, not in the least among politicians who harp on about our country being dominated by wealthy white people.

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November 22, 2024
Ai, ai for AI faking it..
The Citizen

Ai, ai for AI faking it..

It used to be that any villain, unmasked on the pages of a newspaper for something he or she said, would cry \"I was misquoted,\" or \"I was quoted out of context\".

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November 22, 2024
The Citizen

Hooch kills four tourists

Four foreign tourists have died after a suspected mass methanol poisoning from drinking tainted alcohol at a back-packer hotspot in Laos, Western government officials and media said yesterday.

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November 22, 2024
The Citizen

Rise by 78% in digital fraud threatens trust in SA

With International Fraud Week taking place this week, telecommunications fraud is on the rise in South Africa, with the sector seeing one of the highest suspected digital fraud attempt rates globally, according to credit bureau Trans Union.

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November 22, 2024
Best of the best for Africa's richest race
The Citizen

Best of the best for Africa's richest race

The cream of South Africa's classic distance racehorses will assemble at Turffontein next weekend for Africa's richest horse race, the Grade 1 Betway Summer Cup over 2000m.

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November 22, 2024
Litmus test for Swapo
The Citizen

Litmus test for Swapo

In past 6 months ANC and Botswana Democratic Party got wake-up calls.

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November 22, 2024
Call to stem trafficking
The Citizen

Call to stem trafficking

Envoy calls for continuous screening of the vulnerable for telling signs.

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November 22, 2024
How to break macho mould
The Citizen

How to break macho mould

Shake the stigma behind men talking about their struggles.

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November 22, 2024
Medical plan for drug crisis
The Citizen

Medical plan for drug crisis

Addicts constantly hustle to buy enough to stave off dependency reaction.

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November 22, 2024
The Citizen

Rocky road for SA-US ties?

Eric Naki The road ahead could be rocky for SA-US relations as a hawkish Republican senator, Marco Rubio, takes over as secretary of state in the incoming Trump administration next year.

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November 22, 2024
The Citizen

Failing government printing works divide parliament

Opinions within parliament are divided over the Government Printing Works (GPW).

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November 22, 2024
The Citizen

Expired food found at storages

Police operation also discovers fake big brand clothing at warehouses.

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November 22, 2024
Shop owners rushing to get their businesses registered
The Citizen

Shop owners rushing to get their businesses registered

Spaza shop owners are rushing to get their businesses registered before President Cyril Ramaphosa's mandated deadline.

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November 22, 2024
The Citizen

'Terbufos behind deaths'

Terbufos, the chemical found in some spaza shops, is commonly found in the pesticide aldicarb, which was banned eight years ago, Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen said yesterday.

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November 22, 2024
The Citizen

Concern over influx of foreigners

Limpopo department of economic development, environment and tourism is worried that foreign nationals are in the majority of those queuing to register spaza shops across the province.

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November 22, 2024
The Citizen

'Abide by law' – Cyril

Call to register, be regulated and operate legally.

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November 22, 2024
The echo of silent movies
The Citizen

The echo of silent movies

Meets in what was workhouse Charlie Chaplin slaved in asa child.

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November 22, 2024
The Citizen

Catholic Church must compensate sexual abuse victims

Spain's ombud yesterday urged the country's Catholic Church to compensate victims of sexual abuse committed on the institution's watch.

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November 22, 2024
The Citizen

ICC arrest warrants out for Israel PM, Hamas' military boss

The International Criminal Court (ICC) yesterday issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant, as well as Hamas' military chief Mohammed Deif.

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November 22, 2024