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JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South Africa was on tenterhooks yesterday for the African National Congress to signal whom it will choose as a partner to govern the nation after it lost its majority in last week’s election for the first time in 30 years of democracy.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – A safety test scandal at Japanese automakers widened on Monday, with Toyota Motor 7203.T and

LAGOS/ABUJA, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s main labour unions yesterday shut down the national grid and disrupted flights across the country as they began an indefinite strike over the government’s failure to agree a new minimum wage.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – A high court in Pakistan overturned jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s conviction on charges of leaking state secrets, his lawyer and his party said today, but Khan will remain in prison for now due to a conviction in another case.

LAGOS/ABUJA,  (Reuters) – Nigeria’s main labour unions today shut down the national grid and disrupted flights across the country as they began an indefinite strike over the government’s failure to agree a new minimum wage.

JAKARTA,  (Reuters) – The head and deputy head of the body overseeing Indonesia’s planned new capital have unexpectedly resigned, raising questions about the $32 billion project.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Two people were killed in violence at polling centers on Sunday in the midst of Mexico’s historic election expected to make leftist Claudia Sheinbaum, the ruling party candidate, the country’s first woman president.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – President Cyril Ramaphosa called on South Africa’s political parties to work together for the good of the country as final results from last week’s election confirmed his African National Congress had lost its majority for the first time.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Sunday that Israel had accepted a framework deal for winding down the Gaza war now being advanced by U.S.

NAHARIYA, Israel (Reuters) – A drone launched by Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fell in the Israeli coastal city of Nahariya on Sunday, causing a fire but no injuries, Israel’s military and local media reported.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – An aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed today that Israel had accepted a framework deal for winding down the Gaza war now being advanced by U.S.

LONDON/DUBAI, (Reuters) – OPEC+ agreed today to extend most of its deep oil output cuts for 2024 but to start phasing them out in 2025, as the group seeks to shore up the market amid tepid global demand growth, high interest rates and rising rival U.S.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskiy’s unscheduled appearance at Asia’s biggest security conference dominated proceedings today after China’s defence chief slammed “separatists” in Taiwan, drawing a sharp response from the government in Taipei.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led alliance is projected to win a big majority in the general election that concluded yesterday, TV exit polls said, suggesting it would do better than expected by most analysts.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) –  South Africans angry at joblessness, inequality and power shortages slashed support for the African National Congress (ANC) to 40% in this week’s election, ending three decades of dominance by the party that freed the country from apartheid.

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Gaza conflict mediators yesterday urged Israel and Hamas to finalise a ceasefire and hostage release deal outlined by U.S.

SINGAPORE,  (Reuters) – China landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the far side of the moon yesterday, a landmark mission aiming to retrieve the world’s first rock and soil samples from the dark lunar hemisphere, China’s space agency said.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South Africa was set to end three decades of dominance by the party that freed it from apartheid today, as voters angry at joblessness, inequality and power shortages slashed the African National Congress’s (ANC) share of the vote to 40%.

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today  there could be no permanent ceasefire in Gaza until Hamas was destroyed, casting doubt on a key part of a truce proposal that U.S.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led alliance is projected to win a big majority in the general election that concluded today, TV exit polls said, suggesting it would do better than expected by most analysts.