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            <title>Construction of US-backed Ebola facility in Kenya halted, minister says</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Kenya's health minister said on Tuesday he had ordered an immediate halt to the construction of a US-backed Ebola quarantine facility at an air base after he was found guilty of contempt of court for failing to observe suspension orders. Health Minister Aden Duale was appearing before a Kenyan court that has blocked construction of the tented facility near the central town of Nanyuki, which has seen deadly protests over the plan.]]></description>
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            <title>New tech holds promises for energy, medicine – WEF report</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ten new technologies, identified in international organisation the World Economic Forum's (WEF's) 'Top 10 Emerging Technologies Report 2026', are approaching a critical inflection point where advances in research are beginning to translate into large-scale, real-world applications. Many of the technologies highlighted in the report indicate that systems may become more distributed, personalised and resource-efficient over time.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The UN Refugee Agency, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees alongside the South African government, refugees, civil society partners, and members of the diplomatic community, have officially marked World Refugee Day by paying tribute to those forcibly displaced by conflict and persecution worldwide. This year’s commemoration holds historic weight, as it concurrently marks the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention, the foundational cornerstone of international refugee protection.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Deputy President Paul Mashatile is scheduled for a Working Visit to China from June 20 to 26, in a high-level mission that aims to deepen bilateral relations between both countries, with a focus on political cooperation, industrial investment, trade facilitation, and economic collaboration. The official visit comes at the invitation of Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Ren Hongbin. Mashatile will participate in the 4th China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing and lead several key economic diplomacy engagements. According to acting spokesperson to the Deputy President Keith Khoza, the CISCE is the world's first national-level exposition dedicated entirely to global supply chains.]]></description>
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            <title>Demand for electricity to outpace economic growth and reshape investment</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Global electricity demand is set to outpace economic growth as part of a broader trend up to 2030, with electricity consumption projected to grow at least two-and-a-half times as fast as overall energy demand. A fundamental shift in the longstanding relationship between electricity demand and economic activity is set to be a defining feature until 2030, says international organisation International Energy Agency (IEA) executive director Dr Fatih Birol.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Middle Eastern crude oil markets could come under further pressure if the Strait of Hormuz reopens on Friday following the US-Iran interim deal, releasing-millions of barrels of oil stranded in the Middle East Gulf into global markets, industry executives said. The wave of supply comes after Gulf producers ramped up exports via ship-to-ship transfers off the United Arab Emirates and Oman this month, which depressed spot differentials for Middle East crude to discounts on Tuesday.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Trump administration plans to deport a number of Iranians and other migrants to Central African Republic, a chronically unstable country racked by violence and poverty, two lawyers and an official briefed on the matter told Reuters. The Iranians include two women who face potential torture and persecution if they are forced to go back to Iran, their lawyer, Emily Trostle, said. One is a Christian convert and the other is a pro-democracy activist, she added. The US State Department and the presidency in the Central African Republic — which recently reached a deal to accept so-called third-country deportees from the US — did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Both the women were detained upon arriving in the US in November 2024, Trostle said. ]]></description>
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            <title>Multilateral and plurilateral models in focus amid global trade ructions</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The growing fragmentation of the global trading system, intensifying geopolitical conflicts and mounting pressure for global trade reforms have reignited debates about the future of multilateralism and the role of plurilateral trade agreements within global intergovernmental body the World Trade Organisation (WTO). These issues formed the core of a recent Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) webinar – held last month under the theme ‘Development Dialogue: Economic Diplomacy in a Changing World’ – during which policymakers, academics and trade experts examined the implications of shifting global trade power dynamics for developing countries, including South Africa.]]></description>
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