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Meta offers OpenAI staff R1.8-billion signing bonuses but gets rejected

Meta tried poaching OpenAI's top workers with US$100-million signing bonuses, but nobody accepted the massive pay offers.

Trump Watch: Trump gives himself two weeks to decide on Iran attack

Donald Trump says he’ll decide in the next two weeks if the US will join Israel in bombing Iran.

Viola Davis slams ‘white genocide’ lies in South Africa

Hollywood star Viola Davis has called out false claims that white South Africans are being hunted because of their race.

Hundreds freed in Russia and Ukraine prisoner swap

A rare bit of hope as Ukraine and Russia swap prisoners again.

Trump wants Julius Malema arrested over race hate

Donald Trump has slammed Julius Malema and asked why he has not been arrested for fuelling racial tension in South Africa.

M23 rebels dump families across border and burn their ID document

Armed rebels forced thousands of people from Goma, accusing them of being illegal Rwandan nationals with fake documents.

Putin hosts African leaders while Europe pushes for Ukraine truce

Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted African and Palestinian leaders during a military event in Moscow as European leaders pushed for a Ukraine ceasefire.

Captain Traoré kicks out the West and becomes Africa’s rising star

Burkina Faso’s young leader Ibrahim Traoré took power in a coup, kicked out foreign troops, and is now seen as a hero across Africa.

Ant smuggling gang jailed for sneaking out rare African queens

Four men were sentenced in Kenya to one year in prison or a R140,371 fine each for trying to smuggle over 5,000 rare queen ants.

‘Hero’ Nguema takes over after crushing Gabon election win

General Nguema is now officially Gabon’s president after winning almost 95% of the vote and ending decades of Bongo rule.

Pope Francis laid to rest in Rome

Pope Francis was laid to rest in Rome with a simple funeral that stayed true to his humble spirit.

‘Pope of the people’ Francis dies aged 88

Pope Francis, the first non-European pope in centuries, died at the age of 88 on Monday.

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