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Celebrity chef Mario Batali agrees to $600,000 settlement over sexual harassment

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Celebrity chef Mario Batali and his business partner have agreed to pay $600,000 to at least 20 former employees after an investigation found their Manhattan restaurants were rife with sexual harassment.

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Extra buses planned as taxis are halted in bid to end deadly violence

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Extra buses planned as taxis are halted in bid to end deadly violence

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Extra buses will operate between Bellville and Mbekweni in Paarl during the two months minibus taxis are banned from the route, the Western Cape transport MEC said on Saturday.

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North West toddler's body found after two-week search

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North West toddler's body found after two-week search

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North West police are investigating the death of a toddler whose body was found at a vehicle repair premises in the Assen farming district on Friday.

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Mkhwebane asks ConCourt to rescind finding that she 'changed' wording of key ethics code in 'CR17' investigation

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Mkhwebane asks ConCourt to rescind finding that she 'changed' wording of key ethics code in 'CR17' investigation

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The court ruled earlier this month that Mkhwebane changed the wording of the code to conclude that President Cyril Ramaphosa had inadvertently or deliberately misled the legislature.

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Australians may face longer lockdown after 'reckless' mass protests

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Australians may face longer lockdown after 'reckless' mass protests

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Australia's New South Wales logged its second-highest daily increase of the year in locally acquired Covid-19 cases on Sunday amid fears of a wave of new infections after thousands of people joined an anti-lockdown protest.

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Fire department ends search of collapsed Florida condo for remains

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Fire department ends search of collapsed Florida condo for remains

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The Miami-Dade County fire and rescue department on Friday declared an end to its search for human remains in the rubble of a Florida condominium tower that collapsed on June 24, killing at least 97 people.

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Snow go, reserve owners told, after they bulldoze a car park on mountain

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Snow go, reserve owners told, after they bulldoze a car park on mountain

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Bulldozing a mountainside to build a car park for snow sightseers has destroyed highly sensitive altimontane fynbos, the Western Cape government said on Friday.

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Please lift ban: Travel and alcohol are our livelihood, says tourism business council

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Please lift ban: Travel and alcohol are our livelihood, says tourism business council

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The Tourism Business Council of SA (TBCSA) has called on the government to lift the alcohol sales ban and restrictions on Gauteng travel.

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Experts say four nabbed over unrest ‘are lower than low hanging fruit’

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Experts say four nabbed over unrest ‘are lower than low hanging fruit’

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The four accused who appeared in courts in Gauteng for allegedly instigating a week of deadly violence “are lower than low hanging fruit”.

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'It was carefully planned and orchestrated': experts on violent unrest

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'It was carefully planned and orchestrated': experts on violent unrest

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It started with attacks on strategically located cellphone towers last week Saturday, before those behind the seven days of deadly violence mobilised supporters hours later to carry out assaults on the N3 and Durban harbour.

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Kenyan sprinters looking to change perceptions

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Kenyan sprinters looking to change perceptions

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Two Kenyan 100 metre runners breaking new ground at the Olympics are hoping to change perceptions that the country, known for dominance in middle and long-distance, cannot challenge for medals in the sprints.

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Ethiopian parents appeal for help to evacuate students stranded by Tigray war

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Ethiopian parents appeal for help to evacuate students stranded by Tigray war

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The parents of thousands of Ethiopian students stranded in the war-ravaged northern region of Tigray on Friday appealed for help to evacuate them after the main university warned it could not feed them for much longer.