Former president Jacob Zuma is due to appear before the ANC’s National Disciplinary Committee on Tuesday after being suspended by the party for joining the uMkhonto Wesizwe party late last year.
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🇹🇷🇮🇱 Turkey has halted all trade with Israel over the ongoing violence in Gaza. The $6.8-billion trade volume between the countries will cease until Israel allows an “uninterrupted and sufficient flow” of aid into the city.
🚓🏛️ A third of the protesters arrested at Hamilton Hall, Columbia University, were not Columbia students, and 13 of 44 arrested had zero affiliation with the institution. At the City College of New York, 60% of protesters arrested were unaffiliated.
🔗🇮🇱 An Israeli private detective has been arrested in London on allegations that he assisted a US firm in a cyberespionage attack. Amit Forlit was arrested under an Interpol red notice while trying to leave Heathrow Airport on a flight for Israel.
⛳🐯 Tiger Woods has accepted a special exemption and will play in this year’s US Openat Pinehurst. USGA chief championships officer John Bodenhamer said that “the story of the US Open could not be written without Tiger Woods”.
Despite decades of warfare, Napoleon reportedly showed no signs of PTSD.
SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
🎾 Top seed Iga Swiatek made light work of Madison Keys to book a place in back-to-back finals of the Madrid Open as she beat the American 6-1 6-3 after 70 minutes in the semi-finals on Thursday.
🏉 The Junior Boks fought back from 8-0 down to force a 13-13 draw against New Zealand in the opening match of the U20 Rugby Championship in Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
🚴♂ Tadej Pogacar is a huge favourite for this year’s Giro d’Italia which begins in Turin on Saturday. The 25-year-old Slovenian, making his Giro debut, has been imperious this season, racking up seven wins in 10 days of racing including the Strade Bianche and Liege-Bastogne-Liege
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