VIDEO: A major fire raging Sunday in South Africa's seat of parliament in Cape Town had not been brought under control by firefighters after more than six hours, with authorities fearing "significant" damage
#BREAKING S.African national assembly entirely destroyed by fire: spokesperson
#UPDATE A massive fire in South Africa's houses of parliament in Cape Town has "burned down" the entire National Assembly where parliamentarians sit, a spokesperson said on Sunday
Map locating the South African parliament building in Cape Town
#BREAKING Man arrested over S.Africa parliament blaze due in court Tuesday: police
#UPDATE A man was due in court on Tuesday after a massive fire completely destroyed South Africa's national assembly, officials said, as the blaze at the historic legislature continued to rage u.afp.com/wccG
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South Africa bids farewell on Saturday to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the last great hero in its struggle against apartheid, in a funeral set to be stripped of pomp but freighted with tears and smiles
#BREAKING Funeral mass begins for South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu: AFP
#UPDATE The requiem mass for Archbishop Desmond Tutu begins in Cape Town's Anglican cathedral, a ceremony he had arranged himself and wanted to be modest, @AFP journalists report.
📹 Mourners arrive at the funeral of Archbishop Tutu, who died on Boxing Day at the age of 90
The world began ushering in 2022 on Friday after another tumultuous and pandemic-ridden year capped by new restrictions, soaring case numbers, and a slight glimmer of hope for better times ahead u.afp.com/wcUf
VIDEO: People crowd the Champs-Elysees in Paris on another Covid-stricken New Year's Eve, as celebratory fireworks were cancelled due to a surge in Covid cases
New Year: Asia.
- Police disperse a crowd celebrating in Hong Kong’s Lan Kwai Fong area.
- People offer New Year prayers at Tokyo’s Kanda Myojin.
- Fireworks erupt over Bangkok’s Chao Praya.
- A lantern display marks the New Year in Yantai, China
Victims of the British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and her former partner, the late American financier Jeffrey Epstein, welcomed a jury's decision Wednesday finding Maxwell guilty of child sex trafficking u.afp.com/wcZc
VIDEO: British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty in New York of recruiting and grooming young girls to be sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein.
Maxwell faces spending the rest of her life behind bars after the 12-person jury convicted her on five of the six counts
US prosecutors drop charges against two New York prison guards who were on duty the night Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide in his cell in 2019.
The ex-guards who admitted falsifying records that night, completed community service as part of a legal deal
#BREAKING Thousands brave Sudan lockdown to protest coup: AFP
#UPDATE Sudanese security forces fired tear gas Thursday in an attempt to disperse thousands of demonstrators who braved a tight lockdown to protest against an October 25 coup, AFP correspondents reported
#UPDATE Thousands of Sudanese demonstrators joined new protests Thursday against the army's October 25 coup, braving tear gas, the cutting of communication links and a tight lockdown in the capital, AFP correspondents reported u.afp.com/wqtp