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After South Africa’s new government was unveiled in late June, online users shared viral Wikipedia screenshots that allegedly proved that Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber was born in Zimbabwe. However, AFP Fact Check found that his Wikipedia entry had been edited multiple times in the space of a few hours after the cabinet announcement, before […]

A screenshot of the fake post, taken on July 8, 2024 A user from South Africa shared a 12-second video showing flames shooting from a truck along a highway before it explodes. Social media users also posted the clip with the same claim on TikTok And Facebookwhere it was viewed 84,000 times. Screenshot of fake

BEIJING (AP) — A self-driving taxi in China has hit a pedestrian, prompting people on social media to side with the automaker after the person reportedly ran against a traffic light. The vehicle’s operator, Chinese tech giant Baidu, said in a statement to Chinese media that the car started moving when the light turned green

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescue workers searched for dozens of missing people on Tuesday, digging through tons of mud and rubble left behind by a landslide that hit an illegal traditional gold mining area on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, killing at least eleven people. More than 100 villagers were digging for gold grains in

The body of a missing boy has been found under the rubble of an apartment building in Kiev that was destroyed by a Russian missile strike, the city’s civil defense department said on Tuesday. At least 27 people, including four children, were killed and 117 people were injured in devastating Russian airstrikes on Kiev on

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A minister in Papua New Guinea government charged with alleged domestic abuse in Australia will resign while a trial is underway against him, the country’s prime minister said. Police in the Australian state of New South Wales said in a statement A 58-year-old man was arrested and charged Saturday after

China has been hit by another major food scandal, this time involving frying oil in chemical tanks. State media found that tankers were transporting chemicals and edible oil mixed together without being cleaned first. The revelation sparked a storm of outrage among the Chinese public this week, calling for an investigation. A new cooking oil

Australia has appointed a special envoy to combat antisemitism and maintain “social cohesion” as tensions within the community rise over the war between Israel and Gaza. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that attorney and businesswoman Jillian Segal would consult with community leaders and discrimination experts to advise the government. It follows in the footsteps of

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government on Tuesday appointed a special envoy to tackle the rise in anti-Semitism in the country since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas. A similar envoy will soon be appointed to tackle Islamophobia in Australia and both will promote social cohesion, the prime minister said. Anthony

MUWASI, Gaza Strip (AP) — On his key ring, Hassan Nofal keeps the keys to two houses. One is his grandparents’ home in what is now southern Israel, where he says his family lived. expelled by Israeli forces in 1948 and where they could never return. The other is to Nofal’s home in northern Gaza,