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Hot drinks like coffee, tea, and hot chocolate are go-to beverages during the Christmas sales season. That said, not everyone wants a full-fledged coffee maker or has the space for it. Instead, you can get this simple but useful Keurig K-Express Pod Coffee Maker at Amazon for $59.99 (was $89.99).… Read Details ⇢

Deputy President Paul Mashatile. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G) Paul Mashatile has had a very Ramaphosian 2024: cautious, inoffensive and ever-present. He runs the deputy presidency much like his boss did — which can be soothing to a country that hasn’t forgotten how forgettable his predecessor, DD Mabuza, was. In that position he… Read Details ⇢

Gisèle Pelicot, Avignon, December 19, 2024. MANON CRUZ/REUTERS These are just four moments in one woman’s life. Four moments in just four years. The shock of the first day, the long, lonely journey, the decision to face the worst publicly, and the final verdict, after which Gisèle Pelicot’s soothed, confident… Read Details ⇢

Emmanuel Macron extended his visit to cyclone-devastated Mayotte after angry residents vented exasperation and despair over the scale of the disaster. For a deeper perspective on France’s unpreparedness for the level of destruction of Chido, FRANCE 24 welcomes Renaud Foucart, Economist and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at… Read Details ⇢

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, predicted that House Speaker Mike Johnson would not retain the gavel next year and called for either Elon Musk or Vivek Ramaswamy to fill the leadership role. “I don’t think the speaker is going to remain in power,” Lee predicted during a Thursday night appearance on… Read Details ⇢

Kyiv, Ukraine – Igor Kirillov, the 54-year-old general who led Russia’s nuclear protection forces, was assassinated just one day after Ukrainian intelligence accused him of ordering the use of banned chemical weapons against Ukrainian servicemen. Explosives hidden in a scooter parked outside a Moscow apartment building blew up Kirillov and… Read Details ⇢

Spotify is reportedly pushing “ghost artists” into many playlists Ghost artists are similar to muzak: it’s music to be in the background Some employees have refused to take part Who makes the music you’re streaming? On some Spotify playlists it might not be who you think. A bombshell new report… Read Details ⇢

President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg/Getty Images Despite the ANC losing its majority after the 29  May elections, President Cyril Ramaphosa has kept it in power through the government of national unity (GNU) and has overseen the swift transition to a multi-party government, which he has managed to hold together since… Read Details ⇢

Four days after tropical cyclone Chido hit Mayotte on Saturday, December 14, the French government is still unable to estimate the human toll on the overseas territory in the Indian Ocean, but fears deaths could reach the hundreds. Through Agence France-Presse, space technology company Maxar has released satellite images taken… Read Details ⇢