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Drink-driving check: Four positive tests among 595 motorists in Garnich and Clemency

1+ hour, 42+ min ago  (160+ words) RTL Today Nearly 600 motorists were stopped and checked for alcohol consumption during police operations in Garnich and Clemency on Tuesday at the request of the public prosecutor's office Police carried out drink-driving checks in Garnich and Clemency on Tuesday, inspecting…...

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Record surplus: Rugby Australia eyes brighter future as Lions tour brings cash windfall

15+ hour, 13+ min ago  (307+ words) Rugby Australia announced a record surplus Wednesday on the back of the 2025 British and Irish Lions tour, saying it would enable a sustainable future for the sport after years of losses. RA chief executive Phil Waugh said the "record operating…...

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After three days in Angola: Pope calls for 'law and justice' on Equatorial Guinea visit

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (717+ words) Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday urged Equatorial Guinea to place itself "in the service of law and justice, on the first day of his visit to the authoritarian country, which is one of the most closed-off states in Africa and…...

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Papal Africa tour: Pope blasts 'exploitation' as he wraps up tour of Angola

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (640+ words) Pope Leo XIV condemned exploitation and corruption by the rich and powerful during a visit Monday to Angola's diamond-rich but impoverished northeast, returning to a theme of his 11-day tour of Africa. The American pope travels to Equatorial Guinea Tuesday…...

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Third stop in four-nation tour of Africa: Pope Leo visits Angola's diamond-rich northeast

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (387+ words) Pope Leo XIV heads to Angola's remote and diamond-rich northeast on Monday in the latest stop on an Africa tour during which he has spoken out against the country's glaring poverty. On the eighth day of a trip to four…...

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Possible cost-of-living crisis: Mideast war presents 'serious risk' for Africa: report

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (375+ words) The Middle East war "presents a serious risk to Africa, the African Union and the African Development Bank (Af DB) said in a report seen by AFP Saturday. The conflict threatens to increase the cost of living and curtail growth…...

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Struggling with chronic overcrowding: Belgian prison tour lays bare grim reality of life behind bars

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (540+ words) As Belgium grapples with chronic prison overcrowding, a local charity in Brussels has found an immersive way to highlight the problem -- giving educational tours of a recently abandoned jail. Until it was officially shuttered in 2022, the dilapidated Forest prison housed…...

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Controversial African champions Morocco salvage Ecuador draw on Ouahbi debut

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (603+ words) New African champions Morocco snatched a late 1-1 friendly draw with Ecuador on Friday in their first match since the controversial decision to strip Senegal of the Africa Cup of Nations crown. Neil El Aynaoui nodded home from a corner with…...

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Fit in the palm of your hand: Gabon battles for baby sea turtles' survival

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (649+ words) Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, newly hatched sea turtles emerged on a Gabonese beach to embark on the treacherous 10-metre (33-foot) scramble across the sand to the ocean. "The survival rate for turtles is one…...

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Fractured ties: South Africa disinvited from G7 in France after US pressure: Pretoria

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (652+ words) The United States put pressure on France to disinvite the South African president to the G7 summit in the French town of Evian in June, the South African presidency told AFP Thursday. It marks the latest episode after months of fractured…...