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US top court to hear TikTok ban challenge
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US top court to hear TikTok ban challenge

China Daily  

Civil rights groups voice strong concerns over legislation forcing sale of platform The US Supreme Court announced on Wednesday it would consider TikTok's challenge to legislation that could force the popular social media platform to be sold to a US company by Jan 19 or face a nationwide ban. "There's a political case to make because so many small businesses …

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Should Pakistan Celebrate the New IMF Deal?
4 months ago

Should Pakistan Celebrate the New IMF Deal?

The Diplomat  

In July, the International Monetary Fund and Pakistan reached a staff-level agreement on a 37-month Extended Fund Facility Arrangement of about $7 billion. Following the confirmation of the new agreement with the IMF, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited the Federal Bureau of Revenue headquarters and urged its officials to make utmost efforts to broaden the tax base. However, this …

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Tension and stand-offs as South Africa struggles to launch coalition gov’t
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Tension and stand-offs as South Africa struggles to launch coalition gov’t

Al Jazeera  

An ANC-DA deadlock over cabinet positions prompted fears that government of national unity may have ended before it begins. Political analyst Khaya Sithole said markets were in favour of the DA being part of the GNU – a multiparty coalition – because the party is unlikely to demand radical shifts in economic policy. “Markets are buying into the continuation of …

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Race to form South Africa’s next government: Who will the ANC ally with?
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Race to form South Africa’s next government: Who will the ANC ally with?

Al Jazeera  

The governing party has a range of potential partners. Johannesburg, South Africa — After suffering a stunning blow in last week’s election, South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has begun closed-door negotiations with its political opponents to begin talks about forming a coalition government. The DA on Sunday announced that it would begin talks with the ANC in an effort …

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South African election results show ANC is on course to lose majority for first time in 30 years
6 months, 3 weeks ago

South African election results show ANC is on course to lose majority for first time in 30 years

ABC  

In short: South Africa's ANC is set to lose its parliamentary majority for the first time in 30 years after suffering a major drop in support. South Africa's ANC is set to lose its parliamentary majority for the first time in 30 years after suffering a major drop in support. South African political parties geared up for coalition talks on …

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Can Jacob Zuma emerge as kingmaker in South Africa’s election?
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Can Jacob Zuma emerge as kingmaker in South Africa’s election?

Al Jazeera  

Zuma’s new MK party is gaining in polls while ANC support slips. Political commentator Justice Malala, writing in a column last month, said “Zuma has been winning the public relations war against the ANC at every turn”, and argued that the MK’s dominance in KZN may put the former leader in a kingmaker position in national coalition talks. MK ‘won’t …

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Why South Africa’s opposition may struggle to unseat the ruling ANC
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Why South Africa’s opposition may struggle to unseat the ruling ANC

Al Jazeera  

Despite the ANC facing possible voter decline in the May 29 election, analysts say the opposition is splintered and disorganised. “There is fragmentation of the opposition because even with the ANC losing support, the DA and the EFF are not showing significant growth,” Ndletyana explained, attributing it to a litany of new political entrants attracting pockets of support in the …

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Jacob Zuma’s nine lives: How South Africa’s ex-president keeps coming back
8 months ago

Jacob Zuma’s nine lives: How South Africa’s ex-president keeps coming back

Al Jazeera  

In March, the Electoral Commission of South Africa barred former President Jacob Zuma from running as a parliamentary candidate in next month’s general elections due to a previous criminal conviction which rendered him ineligible under the law. Zuma’s return to South Africa’s political centre stage, as a challenger to incumbent President Cyril Ramaphosa, is not surprising, say analysts. these issues …

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China reiterates support for Sri Lanka’s debt relief ahead of crucial IMF review
1 year, 4 months ago

China reiterates support for Sri Lanka’s debt relief ahead of crucial IMF review

The Hindu  

China has pledged help for Sri Lanka’s debt challenge yet again,even as theRanil Wickremesinghe government tries to finalise the terms of restructuring its foreign loans with bilateral creditors. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday “vowed that China will help Sri Lanka effectively address the challenges of financial debt”, according to a statement from the office of Prime Minister Dinesh …

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Africans should help bring Putin to the ICC
1 year, 8 months ago

Africans should help bring Putin to the ICC

Al Jazeera  

Africa’s disgruntlement with the international court’s hypocrisy should not impede justice for Ukraine’s stolen children. On March 17, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and its Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova for the war crimes of illegal deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation. …

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IMF board approves $15.6bn Ukraine loan package
1 year, 8 months ago

IMF board approves $15.6bn Ukraine loan package

Al Jazeera  

Loan is part of a broader $115bn international support package to help the country meet urgent funding needs. It forms the IMF’s portion of a $115bn overall support package comprised of debt relief, grants and loans by multilateral and bilateral institutions, the organisation confirmed in a press conference Friday. The new four-year programme aims to “anchor macroeconomic and financial stability …

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Will Elon Musk’s Twitter 2.0 unmask anonymous Arab dissidents?
2 years, 7 months ago

Will Elon Musk’s Twitter 2.0 unmask anonymous Arab dissidents?

Al Jazeera  

The billionaire pledged changes that could mean the ‘end of online anonymous activism’ for thousands in the Middle East, activists and experts say. “I would like to see bots gone, as Musk said, but I’ll still not be happy if anonymous accounts were not allowed any more”, a Cairo-based Twitter user whose pseudonym is The Big Pharaoh, told Al Jazeera. …

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