South Africa's ANC puts jobs, growth at heart of 2019 election campaign

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed to create more jobs, boost economic growth and address racial inequalities at a rally on Saturday to launch the ruling party's parliamentary election campaign.

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South Africa's ANC says job creation, growth should influence monetary policy

South Africa's ruling African National Congress believes the central bank should take into account goals like job creation and boosting economic growth alongside its current focus on price stability, the ANC said in its 2019 election manifesto.

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One miner dead, six hurt in tremor at KGHM's copper mine in Poland

One miner died and six were injured on Saturday after a tremor struck KGHM's copper mine Rudna, southwest Poland, around 700 meters underground, the company's spokeswoman said.

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Spektr-R: Russia's only space telescope 'not responding'

Spektr-R has stopped receiving commands from Earth, Russian astrophysicists say.

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Gas explosion rocks central Paris shopping district, 12 injured

A huge explosion probably caused by a gas leak gutted the ground floor of a building in a central Paris shopping district on Saturday, seriously injuring at least 12 people, authorities said.

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Congo forces surround presidential runner-up's residence

Republican Guard soldiers and police officers surrounded the residence of the runner-up in Democratic Republic of Congo's presidential election on Saturday before he could leave to file a fraud complaint in court, witnesses said.

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Congo ruling coalition wins legislative majority, constraining president-elect

Outgoing Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila's ruling coalition won a majority in legislative elections, a coalition official said on Saturday, despite opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi's win in the presidential vote the same day.

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Gas explosion rocks central Paris shopping district, 9 injured

A massive explosion probably caused by a gas leak gutted a the ground floor of a building in central Paris's shopping district on Saturday, seriously injuring at least nine people, French police said.

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Gabon's Bongo names new prime minister after thwarted coup attempt

Gabon's President Ali Bongo, who has been out of the country for two months recovering from a stroke, named a new prime minister on Saturday in an apparent effort to shore up his political base days after a failed coup attempt.

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Trump-Russia: FBI probed whether Trump was working for Moscow - NYT

The FBI investigated whether Mr Trump was a national security threat, a US newspaper reports.

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Several people injured in huge gas explosion in Paris: police

Several people were injured in a huge explosion probably caused by a gas leak in central Paris, a police source said.

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Paris 'gas explosion' shakes street in city centre

Firefighters tackle a blaze in a city centre bakery after an explosion, with a number of people injured.

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Rivals unite in Indian state in bid to beat Modi in elections

Two political rivals in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh will form an alliance in a bid to defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in national election scheduled for May, leaders of the parties said.

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Philippine president renews attack on Catholic church

(This Jan. 10 story corrects the priest's comments and removes the words "played down")

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New best story on Hacker News: SpaceX to lay off 10% of Workforce

SpaceX to lay off 10% of Workforce
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Florida governor suspends Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will miss next week’s oral arguments, Supreme Court statement says

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Trump stops short of emergency declaration in border wall fight

President Donald Trump said on Friday he would not declare a national emergency "right now" to end a standoff over border security that has idled large swaths of the U.S. government, all but guaranteeing that he will preside over the longest shutdown in U.S. history.

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'Jayme is the hero' sheriff says of Wisconsin girl who escaped captor

A 13-year-old girl's escape from a rural home where she was held captive for three months by a Wisconsin man charged with murdering her parents helped break the case and she should be treated as a hero, the local sheriff said on Friday.

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