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Damaged Smith takes weight of blame

An utterly broken Steven Smith has taken the weight of the Cape Town ball-tampering scandal on his shoulders, admitting full responsibility as captain of the Australian team for the conspiracy to use sandpaper in an attempt to gain reverse swing, and then the cover-up that followed. Having arrived home in Sydney after his ban from…

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Russia expels 60 US diplomats, closes American consulate

Moscow – Russia gave official notice to 60 US diplomats to leave the country by April 5 in response to Washington’s expulsion of 60 Russian officials earlier this week. According to a statement by the Russian foreign ministry released on Thursday, 58 of those expelled served at the US embassy in Moscow and two at…

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North Korea defector: I would never return house

Seoul, South Korea – Around 31,000 North Koreans have defected to South Korea since the end of the Korean War in 1953. Almost 71 percent of those defectors are female, most in their 20s and 30s. Only a few take the most dangerous route through the Korean Demilitarized Zone that a North Korean soldier took late last year. Most…

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Leave.EU community slammed over tweet ‘smearing UK Muslims’

A major group supporting the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union (EU) has sparked outrage after posting an « appalling » tweet which critics denounced as both Islamophobic and anti-Semitic. In its Twitter post on Thursday, Leave.EU called out Britain’s opposition Labour Party, saying it is « reliant on the votes of Britain’s exploding Muslim population »,…

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What’s going to Trump’s ‘final deal’ point out for Palestinians?

When Donald Trump was elected US president in November 2016, he initially signalled some real hope for the peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Some analysts argued that he may actually manage to deliver what he calls « the deal of the century » and bring peace to Israel and Palestine. These assumptions were based on the…

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Parkland Scholar-Activist David Hogg Targets Laura Ingraham’s Advertisers for Boycott

David Hogg, one of the higher-profile Parkland student anti-gun activists, urged his left-wing followers and fans to target Laura Ingraham’s advertisers for a boycott of her Fox News show. Via Twitter, and linking to a Daily Wire article, Ingraham accused Hogg of “whining” about being rejected by a number of colleges. “David Hogg Rejected By…

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South Africa’s mire of Gupta-linked corruption

The endgame to South Africa’s largest post-apartheid corruption scandal appears to now be playing itself out.  South African President Jacob Zuma was forced from office by his own party, the African National Congress, in February 2018, when almost a decade’s worth of corruption, bribery and racketeering allegations finally became too great to ignore. Central to the scandal…

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The usa’s guns: Made within the US, killing in Mexico

The massacre in Parkland, Florida and the massive protests it inspired have rightly highlighted how military-grade assault weapons, along with high-capacity magazines, should not be sold commercially. These types of rifles produce greater damage in their human victims, and their ease of rapid fire has made them a weapon of choice in mass shootings in…