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South Africa tightens restrictions to fight resurgent virus

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JOHANNESBURG — Battling a fast-increasing surge of COVID-19 cases, South Africa has reintroduced tough restrictions including a ban on alcohol sales and an extended...

Mystery over claim world’s 1st ‘decuplets’ born in S. Africa

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JOHANNESBURG — South Africa has been gripped by the mystery of whether a woman has, as has been claimed, actually given birth to 10...

Visiting South Africa, France’s Macron pledges vaccine help

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JOHANNESBURG — On a visit to South Africa, French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed that his country will provide millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses...

Lions schedule in SA changed, almost certainly no fans

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The British and Irish Lions' match schedule for their rugby tour of South Africa has been changed to mitigate...

Ban of African stadiums puts World Cup qualifiers in doubt

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BLANTYRE, Malawi — The African soccer confederation under new president Patrice Motsepe has banned 20 of its 54 member countries from using their stadiums...

‘Distance makes sense:’ Semenya pins Olympic hopes on 5,000

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PRETORIA, South Africa — Caster Semenya won the 5,000-meter race at the South African national championships on Thursday in a personal-best time and then...

Protest in South Africa over conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray

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JOHANNESBURG — Members of Ethiopia's Tigrayan community in South Africa demonstrated in the capital in a bid to bring international attention to the humanitarian...

Mining billionaire FIFA’s chosen man to run African soccer

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — He's made speeches alongside Barack Obama and attended business meetings with Donald Trump. He once gave $200,000 to Nelson...