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The final results released by the country’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Sunday showed that the African National Congress (ANC) has suffered a steep fall to just 40.18% — a huge drop from the 57.5% it took in the previous election in 2019. The party once led by anti-apartheid figurehead Nelson Mandela also failed to secure outright majorities in three of the country’s nine provinces in regional election votes. The Western Cape Province was retained by the Democratic Alliance (DA) majority, while the ANC’s stronghold of KwaZulu-Natal was taken by the newly-formed uMkhonto we Sizwe party (MK), led by former president and former…

One person has died and eight were left injured after an apartment building collapsed in Turkey on Sunday.Firefighters were called to a flattened five-storey building in Kucukcekmece in Istanbul after it collapsed at 8.40am (5.40am in the UK). Istanbul Governor Davut Gul said at the scene that seven people were initially pulled from the rubble, with two left severely injured.Later, firefighters recovered a body of a man from Turkmenistan, as well as one more injured person.It is unclear what caused the 36-year-old building to collapse, but there was no sign of an explosion or any seismic activity. Read more on…

Arvind Kejriwal, one of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s most vocal and prominent political opponents, will return to jail on Sunday as his bail term ends. The Delhi chief minister and a leader of an opposition alliance was detained in March over a long-running corruption probe. Kejriwal back behind bars as India voting ends  His party members called the arrest just before national elections a “political conspiracy” by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Kejriwal was granted bail last month by the Supreme Court to campaign in the Indian general elections. According to the stipulations of his bail he must…

Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun said on Sunday that those trying to separate Taiwan from China would be “crushed and bring about their own downfall,” according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. His remarks at the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore came just a week after China held military drills around the self-ruled island — which it claims as its own — that were widely seen as an intimidation attempt. What else did Dong say? Dong vowed that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army would act “resolutely and forcefully” to prevent “Taiwan independence,” the broadcaster said. He also accused Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party…

Residents of a tiny island off Panama’s Caribbean coast are being forced to drop their life and businesses to move to the mainland because of rising sea levels.The Gunas of Gardi Sugdub, an island with a 200-year-old history and home to about 300 families, will be relocated to the mainland as part of a $12m (£9.4m) project to bring people to safer shores. Steven Paton, director of the Smithsonian Institution’s physical monitoring program in Panama, said the upcoming move “is a direct consequence of climate change through the increase in sea level”. Image: New homes stand in Nuevo Carti on…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is scheduled to speak at Singapore’s Shangri-La Dialogue on Sunday. He will be talking about “Re-Imagining Solutions for Global Peace and Regional Stability” at the security summit’s final discussion session. On Saturday, the Ukrainian president had made a surprise visit to Singapore for the summit. He met Indonesia’s president-elect, Prabowo Subianto; a delegation from the US Congress; and the president of Timor-Leste, Jose Ramos-Horta at the sidelines of the discussion. Zelenskyy is seeking support for a peace summit in Switzerland scheduled for June 15-16. “It is very important for us to begin the process of establishing…

Former hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday registered as a candidate for the upcoming presidential election, Iranian media reported. During his two terms as president from 2005 to 2013, he was known for making statements that were vehemently hostile to Israel, even denying the Holocaust and calling for the destruction of the Jewish state. Low turnout expected With registration due to close on Tuesday, some 20 candidates have put their names down so far, state radio said. The country’s Guardian Council, consisting of clerics and legal experts, is then to decide within the following 10 days which candidates will be permitted.…

Mexico’s election has become its bloodiest in modern history after the number of assassinated candidates reached 37 before today’s vote.The election is likely to give Mexico its first woman president as voters decide between a former academic who is promising to advance the current leader’s populist policies and a former senator and tech entrepreneur who has pledged to escalate the fight against the drug cartels. Nearly 100 million people are registered to vote to replace Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the outgoing president.They will also elect governors in nine of the country’s 32 states and choose candidates for both houses of…

For Toni Kroos, his career ended as so many seasons have: a medal around his neck, a smile on his face and, soon, the opportunity to look forward to another major tournament with Germany. As Vinicius Jnr. put away the goal that sealed a 2-0 win and a 15th European title for Real, Kroos wandered, alone, towards the Spanish fans at the opposite end of the field. He puffed his cheeks out, gave a little wave and beamed. Job done. Borussia Dortmund defeated. Moments later, Carlo Ancelotti subbed him off and Kroos let go a little more, pumping his arms to…

China’s lunar probe successfully landed on the far side of the moon, where it should bring back soil and rocks in a first of its kind attempt, state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday. The Chang’e-6 touched down in the immense South Pole-Aitken Basin, among the largest known impact craters in the solar system, Xinhua said, citing the China National Space Administration. Chang’e-6’s complex mission began on May 3 and is due to last 53-days. China launches unprecedented moon mission To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video What are the…