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01DISEASE DISASTER: Angry neighbours, game sales in jeopardy as Addo’s foot-and-mouth disease crisis deepens 02Soccer's main characters after UCL Matchday 3: Kane, Van Dijk, El Clasico 03Bills DB Gardner-Johnson's suspension for spitting stands after appeal 04Cost of Living: Abiodun to cut food prices, expand bus fleet 05Saudi Aramco tells staff to evacuate Dhahran as clashes with Yemen's Houthis continue 06Direct flights between Pakistan and Maldives on the horizon as PM stresses connectivity 07FIFA launches tender of 2030 men's World Cup U.S. media rights, plans to choose winner by end of year 08South Africa: Government Investigates Gastrointestinal Illness Cases in the Eastern Cape01DISEASE DISASTER: Angry neighbours, game sales in jeopardy as Addo’s foot-and-mouth disease crisis deepens 02Soccer's main characters after UCL Matchday 3: Kane, Van Dijk, El Clasico 03Bills DB Gardner-Johnson's suspension for spitting stands after appeal 04Cost of Living: Abiodun to cut food prices, expand bus fleet 05Saudi Aramco tells staff to evacuate Dhahran as clashes with Yemen's Houthis continue 06Direct flights between Pakistan and Maldives on the horizon as PM stresses connectivity 07FIFA launches tender of 2030 men's World Cup U.S. media rights, plans to choose winner by end of year 08South Africa: Government Investigates Gastrointestinal Illness Cases in the Eastern Cape

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