South Africa to raise VAT for first time in 25 years
South Africa will increase value added tax (VAT) for the first time in over two decades, the Treasury said on Wednesday. The Finance Minister, Malusi
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Billy Graham dies at 99
Rev. Billy Graham, one of the world’s most famous Christian evangelists, has died at the age of 99, a family spokesman has said. Graham die
SYRIA: Bombs hit Ghouta after heaviest death toll in years
Pro-government forces pounded Syria’s eastern Ghouta on Tuesday, killing at least 66 people after the enclave’s heaviest one-day death tol
UNICEF: One million children die the day they are born
One million children die on the day they are born every year, with another 1.6 million unable to survive past the first month, the UN’s children
IRAN Protest: Car-ramming attacks kill security forces
At least five Iranian security forces were killed in separate car-ramming attacks and a stabbing, blamed on Sufi Muslim followers who had been protest