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President Donald Trump opened the gathering of world leaders at the 80th U.N. General Assembly in New York by saying that “the guns of war have shattered the peace I forged on two continents” during ...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) is calling for urgent national intervention as newly released parliamentary replies confirm that child malnutrition in South Africa continues to claim hundreds of young ...