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Month: January 2022

South Africa’s ruling party must regain support, says leader

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the ruling party, the African National Congress, must work to regain popular support after being embroiled in corruption scandals and divided by bitter factional rivalries. Marking the ANC’s 110th anniversary Saturday, Ramaphosa struck a somber note, emphasizing that the party of

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Jim Gaffigan’s new comedy special gets real about pandemic life at home in a family of 7: ‘a round robin of people losing their mind’

By Marianne Garvey Jim Gaffigan is driving for the first time in 30 years. He’s also bought a home in the country and has started gardening. Indeed, the pandemic has changed us all. Gaffigan, his wife Jeannie and their five children, Marre, Jack, Katie, Michael and Patrick, spent the spring of 2020 in the early

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Conversion therapy is now illegal in Canada

By Rachel Aiello, CTVNews.ca online politics producer Click here for updates on this story     OTTAWA, Ontario (CTV Network) — Conversion therapy is now illegal in Canada, marking a major milestone in LGBTQ2S+ rights in this country. After parliamentarians came together to unanimously pass legislation to eradicate the harmful practice in late 2021, the Criminal Code

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CES 2022: 5 takeaways from the giant tech trade show

CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Samantha Murphy Kelly and Clare Duffy, CNN CES, the closely-watched annual consumer electronics show, looked drastically different this year. Sure, some things were familiar: companies showed off the latest batch of flashy TVs. The onslaught of oddball gadgets got odder. And there was no shortage of next-level health trackers, including a

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