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01TRC Roulette : Apartheid chain of command: ‘I know everything,’ Eugene de Kock tells TRC inquiry 02Venezuela opposition leader Machado returns home after fraught year away 03Why China’s new estimate on Greenland ice loss speed is 55% lower than America’s 04Transfer rumors, news: Man United eye Branthwaite amid defensive rebuild 05Nigeria: Nimet Forecasts Nigeria's Weather for Next Three Days 06Broken record: A 'holocaust' in East Punjab, literacy rates and the Palestine question 07Pakistan condemns Houthi attacks targeting Makkah, Madina as 'grave violation' of Saudi sovereignty 08Sudan paramilitary drone strikes cause mass power cuts in eastern states01TRC Roulette : Apartheid chain of command: ‘I know everything,’ Eugene de Kock tells TRC inquiry 02Venezuela opposition leader Machado returns home after fraught year away 03Why China’s new estimate on Greenland ice loss speed is 55% lower than America’s 04Transfer rumors, news: Man United eye Branthwaite amid defensive rebuild 05Nigeria: Nimet Forecasts Nigeria's Weather for Next Three Days 06Broken record: A 'holocaust' in East Punjab, literacy rates and the Palestine question 07Pakistan condemns Houthi attacks targeting Makkah, Madina as 'grave violation' of Saudi sovereignty 08Sudan paramilitary drone strikes cause mass power cuts in eastern states

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CRUCIAL ELECTIONS: ‘Sick and tired of being sick and tired’ — US limbers up for midterms

J Brooks Spector · Daily Maverick

Published 26 Oct 2026, 9:49 pm·just now·1 min read

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As the US midterm elections approach, polling data and projections suggest the Democrats could take control of the House of Representatives – and possibly the Senate as well.

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