FRANCE: Rail workers strike against reform
Striking French rail staff halted train services for the seventh day this month on Wednesday in protest over a major shake-up of the state-owned railw
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SOUTH AFRICA: Convicted racist loses appeal
The first South African convicted for racist abuse has lost her appeal and will have to serve her full prison sentence. Vicky Momberg was sentenced la
TURKEY: President Erdogan calls snap election in June
Turkey will hold snap presidential and parliamentary elections on 24 June, brought forward by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from November 2019. He ha
UNITED STATES: Former US First Lady Barbara Bush dies at 92
Barbara Bush, the former US first lady and literacy campaigner, has died at the age of 92. She was the matriarchal figure of a political dynasty that
ZIMBABWE: Ex-army chief fires 16,000 striking nurses
Zimbabwe said it had sacked 16,000 striking nurses as the new government seeks to keep a lid on labour unrest in the build-up to the first elections s