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The fundraiser for the city’s Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute is known for its extravagant fashion and high-profile guests.

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Taiwan’s President Lai Ching‑te returned from a three‑day visit to Eswatini declaring that state‑to‑state travel is a “basic right,” using the moment to push back against Chinese efforts to block his trip and to reaffirm Taiwan’s determination to stay engaged with the world.

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[IFP] The Inkatha Freedom Party has noted with grave concern a voice recording currently circulating on social media, alleged to be a conversation involving the KZN IFP Youth Brigade Chairperson, Cde Mncedisi Maphisa MPL, and others. The recording appears, among other issues, to contain statements that may be interpreted as inciting violence in relation to internal Party matters, particularly branch inaugurations.

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[Premium Times] The state's strong tax haul, driven largely by personal income taxes, pushed it close to one-fifth of its ambitious 2026 budget within three months.

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[GroundUp] Families living along river in KwaZulu-Natal are still waiting for houses started in 2018

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[FrontPageAfrica] Kakata -- The President of the Press Union of Liberia (PUL), Julius Kanubah, has warned that democratic progress and national development remain at risk without full respect for free expression and journalists' rights.

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Twenty-five dance companies from across Africa descended on a Senegalese fishing village over the weekend for the African Dance Biennial, the continent’s largest showcase of contemporary African dance.

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[Liberian Observer] In November last year, excitement swept through Beon and neighboring towns in Grand Bassa County after residents discovered a thick, black substance floating on the river--a find many locally believe to be crude oil.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has firmly denied reports circulating in media and on social platforms claiming that the United Arab Emirates' ambassador to Somalia has been expelled.

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[New Dawn] About 52.9% of Liberians are multidimensionally poor, facing deprivations in health, education, and living standards, according to the 2024 Multidimensional Poverty Index.

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Two female opposition lawmakers in Mauritania were sentenced Monday to four years in prison after insulting the president and making claims of racial bias.

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[New Zimbabwe] Discover moreMultimedia News ContentEducational ResourcesCyber Security SolutionsMAJORITY of Zimbabweans are consuming counterfeit products, new study has revealed, in an indication of the struggle that authorities are grappling with in taming the vice.

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Authorities in South Africa and Cape Verde say the response remains focused on containing the outbreak, ensuring patient care, and minimising risks to the wider public.

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Washington blacklisted the former president last week, accusing him of supporting the Rwanda-backed M23/AFC rebels fighting in the east of the country.

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[Scrolla] Older people will get their money on Tuesday while the disability grants pay out on Wednesday across the entire country. Grant receivers can skip office visits and use a new online website from home to verify their personal details instead.

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[Premium Times] A recent summit in Ibadan produced a public pledge to present a single candidate against President Tinubu. Yet, unity proved elusive. Deep divisions quickly emerged over presidential zoning, ticket preferences, particularly between an Obi/Kwankwaso ticket and an Atiku-led option

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[Premium Times] One hundred and twenty-three member States voted in favour of the resolution, and only three countries voted against it.

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A drone launched by Sudan 's paramilitary forces targeted the airport in the capital of Khartoum on Monday but was shot down before it could hit the target, airport officials said. Sudan accused Ethiopia of being involved in the attack.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The government has attributed delays in paying interns under the Affordable Housing Programme to a payroll mix-up, even as concerns grow over missed stipends.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The debate surrounding a controversial plan to strip former President Uhuru Kenyatta of his retirement benefits is expected to escalate today, with leaders set to intensify exchanges in the Senate after a motion by Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei.

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The World Health Summit: South-South partnership backed by production-scale sequencing technology marks a new chapter for  African-led genomics,