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June 24, 2026
Timely surgery helps man avoid second amputation
The Mandeville Regional Hospital (MRH) has successfully performed a complex bypass procedure, saving a patient’s only remaining lower limb from amputation.
Dr Varunesh Chand, consultant general…
June 24, 2026
South Africa reaches World Cup knockout round for 1st time with 1-0 win over South Korea
South Africa advanced to the knockout phase of the World Cup for the first time with a 1-0 victory over South Korea on Wednesday night.
June 24, 2026
Presidential candidate rejects results linked to overseas votes
LIMA (AP):
Presidential candidate Roberto Sánchez says he will refuse to recognise the results of Peru’s June 7 presidential run-off if officials count ballots cast by Peruvians overseas that he…
June 24, 2026
Ex-Zambian president’s family wins burial dispute
CAPE TOWN (AP):
A legal battle over where former Zambian President Edgar Lungu’s remains will be buried is over, more than a year after his death, as South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal ruled in…
June 24, 2026
How Brexit broke British politics
LONDON (AP):
Brexit fractured the European Union and broke British politics.
The United Kingdom is about to get its seventh prime minister since June 23, 2016, a decade ago Tuesday, when the country…
June 24, 2026
Rastafari man can’t sue Louisiana prison officials who cut his dreadlocks
WASHINGTON (AP):
The Supreme Court yesterday barred a former Louisiana inmate from suing prison officials who cut off his dreadlocks in violation of his Rastafari religious beliefs.
June 24, 2026
US eases restriction on Iran's World Cup team
AP:
The US is easing its restrictions on Iran's World Cup team, allowing the squad to travel into the country two days before its next match, the US Department of Homeland Security said…
June 24, 2026
Qatar’s Assim Madibo banned for 5 games after breaking leg of Canada’s Ismaël Koné at World Cup
Qatar player Assim Madibo was given a five-match ban on Wednesday for the tackle that broke the leg of Canada midfielder Ismaël Koné at the World Cup.
June 24, 2026
Infantino says FIFA will analyse hydration breaks at future World Cups
ATLANTA (AP):
FIFA will consider keeping hydration breaks for future World Cups despite backlash to the extra stoppages in play at this year's tournament.
Gianni Infantino, the football…