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SPOTLIGHT: Menopausal women want answers, not ‘old granny’ labelsDEMOCRAT GAINS: Trump hand-picked Senate candidates, Republicans paid the priceTaiwan douses fire at Panasonic factory that injured five, with two missingAbdul El-Sayed becomes first Muslim elected to US SenateSingapore to amend haze law to widen investigation powersVonovia sharply criticizes Berlin’s possible apartment expropriation plansWHAT’S COOKING: Sweet and sour pork with lycheesUS MIDTERMS: Democrats capture Congress in sweeping setback for TrumpWORLD: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins Georgia race, becomes first black woman elected governor of USBOOK EXCERPT: Scorpio Rising — The latest thriller from SA’s master of crime fictionDemocrats gain ground in battle for Congress with North Carolina flipLOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: LIVE By 10am 3.5 million voters had cast ballots — IECLOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: IEC tightens security amid ballot disruptions, arrests and election intimidationPAYMENT MODELS: Riding the e-commerce buy now, pay later hype train while it lastsLOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Joburg accused of using workers as ‘political pawns’ in last-minute wage dealCHILDREN FIRST: How you can put early childhood learning needs on municipal agendasINTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION: World Aquatics grants alternative water polo body power to select World Cup teamsHEAT & STORM ALERT: Extreme weather threat to voter turnout for local electionsWatch – Firoz Cachalia on the Madlanga Commission and fixing the policeLOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Smaller parties in eThekwini set their sights on holding the balance of powerLOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: ‘I will not be intimidated’: NMB councillor candidate defiant after home petrol-bombedAs Americans vote, Trump says US will stop $4bn in aid to IsraelSetback for Google as EU court adviser warns AI chatbot may breach copyright rulesLOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Fourteen days to find a mayor — Mashaba holds the key, ANC the lockTAPPED OUT: No water, no life — but who will force Gauteng’s municipalities to act?LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: The kingmakers and the chaos awaiting Nelson Mandela Bay’s next coalitionAfter the Bell: The great financial squeeze — a new movie coming to your medical aid schemeOBITUARY: Sheila Barsel, the dart-throwing strugglista who refused to be silencedLOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Criminal convictions, scathing allegations — NMB’s Dodgy Half-Dozen candidatesSPOTLIGHT: Mpox vaccine stock ‘will be deployed as needed’ as cases climb to 26Youth revolt sweeping Europe holds dire warning for SAA cricket Test series that showed the true talent of a true SA teamLosing Agoa isn’t a catastrophe — a botched response from Pretoria could beWater that harms the people is not a right fulfilled — it’s a threatLeaving Agoa is a 3.4% tariff bump, not a door slammed on the US marketWhen baboon captivity becomes ‘ethical’ modern conservation, something has gone terribly wrongEl Niño threatens SA’s crops, but ample maize stocks cushion the blowThe African Century will be built through green industrialisation, not mined from the groundThe state of play in the US midterm electionsWorld Cities Day — Holding the line on eviction protections for the vulnerableWatch — Ferial Haffajee and Kallie Kriel on the Constitution at 30Why the relentless drive for success is failing our childrenFreedom at what cost? — a reply to Adam Cruise on Cape Peninsula baboonsWatch — Voting 101 with Rebecca DavisThe SAPS continues to flounder through delayed reformsFrom ballot box to Just Energy Transition — participation without powerWatch – The pipeline between US white supremacists and the SA rightWhat it takes to fight increasingly sophisticated, AI-powered disinformation campaignsWatch — Frank Chikane, DA polls and the ANC’s retreat from the citiesYawn-fest — political parties bore voters with dull election slogans, poles show

World reacts to Democrats' midterm elections victoryDemocrats seize full control of Congress. And, which candidates made history last nightJapan faces diplomatic dilemma amid joint pressure from nuclear neighborsFor Ukraine's Kherson region, a short ceasefire meant a momentary return to normal lifeIndian navy rescues 20 crew from Iranian fishing boat hijacked off SomaliaControl of Congress is at stake today. And, judge to consider motion in Clancy caseDeath toll hits 29 after Russian strike on Ukrainian aid site, with 48 still missingHaley Stevens backs Mike Rogers. And, Gulf states brace for potential attack on IranHundreds evacuate city during temporary ceasefire between Russia and UkraineUN's peacekeeping mission in disputed Western Sahara ends after 35 years

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