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JOHANNESBURG, Dec 31 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand ended 2025 nearly 13% stronger against the U.S. dollar, marking its biggest annual gain in 16 years as the greenback weakened broadly. The ...

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The South African rand gained against the U.S. dollar on Monday as prices of precious metals, a key export, rose on global markets. The rand was up about 0.4% from ...

Researchers across the globe put on their sleuthing hats this year to provide answers to questions that have lingered from decades to centuries. The thought-provoking findings offer new ways of ...

Three people who were reportedly buried alive. 'Kicked me in stomach, stripped my son': Woman narrates horrific ordeal after family assaulted in Delhi 'If US attacks another Nato country … ': Denmark ...

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Nearly 1,200 inspirational people from across the UK have been recognised in the King's New Year Honours list for 2026. The list, released annually ahead of the new year, celebrates people from across ...

Actor and campaigner Idris Elba has been knighted, while Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, Matt Lucas, Richard Osman and England's victorious women's football and rugby teams also pick up awards ...

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul broke ranks with the White House on Sunday, issuing a warning that recent U.S. military actions under President Trump regarding Venezuela and Syria look dangerously like a ...

From René Magritte's most paradoxical painting to a totally meowvelous cat masterpiece, our favorite 2025 art history deep dives. My Wife’s Lovers by Carl Kahler is arguably the greatest painting of ...

When Herod was first appointed, he was evicted by a rival ruler supported by the Parthians (Rome’s enemy) who was loved by many local people. Herod was attacked by those people just near Bethlehem.