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Two months into his barnstorming return to the White House, Trump celebrated victory in a pair of House races in Florida which remained in Republican hands.
Former presidential candidate and opposition leader Kizza Besigye launches a desperate hunger strike in Uganda, challenging his controversial detention in a military court.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announces readiness for territorial exchanges with Russia, while former US President Donald Trump brokers the release of an American prisoner.
Donald Trump's dramatic shift towards religious conservatism takes centre stage as he establishes a White House Faith Office and surrounds himself with Christian nationalist advisors.
IOL sources confirmed former State Security Minister Bongani Bongo's arrest and processing at the Cape Central police station, adding that he was expected to appear before the court where he will apply for bail. The Supreme Court of Appeal wants the corruption trial against him to start anew.
"In a dramatic turnaround, TikTok resumed operations in the United States after former President Trump intervened to prevent its shutdown, proposing a 50% US ownership deal worth potentially billions. The social media giant's brief darkness highlighted the ongoing tension between national security concerns and the platform's massive American user base.
Donald Trump will be sentenced on January 10, for covering up hush money payments to a porn star despite the US President-elect's last-ditch efforts to frustrate a process that would make him the first felon in the White House.