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South Africa’s largest city is now on its sixth different mayor in 22 months. While politicians argue over power, residents struggle with dry taps, heaps of garbage and dilapidated buildings.

After three years of Covid-era masking, some Japanese people feel their facial expressions are a bit rusty. Enter Keiko Kawano, smile instructor.

Known for her many guidebooks, she helped determine what was trash and what was treasure on the BBC series that inspired the American show.

The Commonwealth country has scheduled a referendum in 2024 on whether to cut ties to the British monarchy, opening up a debate on how to reshape the society.

Dr. Biden attended several events on Friday with Akshata Murty, the wife of Britain’s prime minister, Rishi Sunak.

As fighting persists in Khartoum, including at its main airport, nations have said they cannot repatriate their citizens or have no immediate plans to do so.

With a mandate to drum up American investment but avoid the many political pitfalls, Joe Kennedy III will need to tread carefully in Belfast.

A group liked online war games. But then Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old National Guard airman, began showing members classified documents, they say.

Prison staff were forced to call an ambulance for Aleksei A. Navalny, the jailed Russian opposition leader, last week, his spokeswoman said.

Though the cause of the unexpected death of Jung Chae-yull was not disclosed, it has renewed concerns about mental health in the country’s highly competitive entertainment industry.