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Myanmar's military rulers grant amnesty to thousands ahead of election

Myanmar's military pardoned or dropped charges against 8,665 people and reduced sentences for 3,085 ahead of December elections.
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20 hours ago
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Junta hails end to US protected status for Myanmar nationals

The US ended Temporary Protected Status for about 4,000 Myanmar citizens, prompting junta praise while the UN warns of ongoing serious crimes and instability.
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17 hours ago

7 Hong Kong high-rises on fire; 13 killed, 700 evacuated, some still trapped

A fire swept seven high-rise buildings in Tai Po, Hong Kong, killing 13, injuring at least 15, and evacuating about 700 residents.
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21 hours ago

Hong Kong: Fire engulfs high-rise building, at least 4 dead DW 11/26/2025

A major fire at Tai Po's Wang Fuk Court housing complex killed at least four people, injured others, and prompted large-scale firefighting and evacuations.
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8 hours ago

Thousands left homeless by fire in Bangladesh shantytown in Dhaka

A massive fire at Korail shantytown in Dhaka burned or damaged about 1,500 dwellings, leaving thousands homeless among roughly 60,000 families.
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Hong Kong apartment fire: 44 dead, hundreds missing as police blame 'grossly negligent' construction firm

A major high-rise fire at Wang Fuk Court spread rapidly, possibly aided by construction mesh and foam, prompting manslaughter arrests of company officials.
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8 hours ago

Gasfield in northern Iraq hit by drone attack: Reports

A drone attack on Khor Mor gasfield caused explosions, fires, suspended operations, and widespread power cuts across the Kurdish region of northern Iraq.
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8 hours ago

Train collision in China kills 11 railway maintenance workers: Reports

A test train struck maintenance workers at Luoyangzhen station in Kunming, killing eleven and injuring two; emergency response and an investigation are underway.
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1 hour ago

West is missing obscure sanctions that could set back Russia's war machine'

Targeted sanctions on chemical additives for lubricants and vulcanisation accelerants could cripple Russia's ability to maintain tanks and military-grade tyres.
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3 hours ago

St Vincent prime minister seeks record sixth term in tight election

Ralph Gonsalves seeks a sixth term amid a tight contest between Unity Labour and New Democratic parties focused on economy, jobs, and recovery.
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8 hours ago

Miss Universe owners face fraud and trafficking allegations

Anne Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip is wanted in Thailand after missing a court hearing amid JKN Global's deep financial troubles and related legal investigations involving Miss Universe ownership.
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5 hours ago

Jakarta overtakes Tokyo as world's most populous city, according to UN

Jakarta is now the world's most populous city with 42 million people after UN revised urban definitions, reflecting rapid global urbanisation and growth of megacities.
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8 hours ago

Australia clamps downs on nudify' sites used for AI-generated child abuse

Grant said such nudify services, which allow users to make images of real people appear naked using AI, have had a devastating effect in Australian schools. We took enforcement action in September because this provider failed to put in safeguards to prevent its services being used to create child sexual exploitation material and were even marketing features like undressing any girl,' and with options for schoolgirl' image generation and features such as sex mode,' Grand said in a statement.
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6 hours ago

Tom Phillips case: New Zealand to hold public inquiry into disappearance of fugitive father and children

The attorney general, Judith Collins, said on Thursday the decision to establish a public inquiry was due to the significant public interest in the case, and concern with the children's welfare. The inquiry will look into whether government agencies took all practicable steps to protect the safety and welfare of the Phillips children, Collins said in a statement.
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2 hours ago

ICANN distances itself from radical governance plan it funde

The governance model is called the Council of African Internet Governance Authorities (CAIGA) framework, and is the work of Smart Africa, an entity that represents 42 African nations that work to accelerate adoption of digital technology across the continent. Member nations' heads of state sit on Smart Africa's board. The CAIGA framework suggests creating a body to represent Africa at internet global internet governance bodies, and for that body to supersede
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3 hours ago

Australia: Shark attack kills one, seriously injures another DW 11/27/2025

A woman died and a man was critically injured in a shark attack at Crowdy Bay; the beach was closed and authorities are working to identify the shark species.
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1 day ago

Southern Thailand floods kill 13, leave thousands stranded

Severe floods in southern Thailand and northern Malaysia stranded thousands, killed at least 13, inundated large areas, and prompted disaster declarations and military relief.
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1 day ago

Floods kill dozens, displace thousands in southern Thailand

Heavy rains and flooding in southern Thailand killed 33 people, displaced over 10,000, and prompted a state of emergency, large-scale evacuations, and rescue operations.
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15 hours ago

Guinea-Bissau officers take total control' and close borders amid election chaos

Guinea-Bissau's military has seized control, suspended elections and closed borders amid disputed presidential results and long-standing instability linked to narco-trafficking and poverty.
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1 day ago

At least 10 people killed in Indonesia floods, landslides

Torrential monsoon rains in Sumatra caused floods and landslides that killed at least 10 people, left dozens missing, and severely damaged communities and infrastructure.
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1 day ago

Was South Africa's G20 success real change or a symbolic win?

G20 in Johannesburg secured a multilateral declaration committing to renewables funding, fair critical-mineral supply chains, and debt relief despite U.S. objections.
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US Caribbean airstrikes alarm small-scale fishermen; Taiwan seeks $40 billion to counter China; Italy institutes life sentences for femicide; Olympic flame tradition continues.
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1 day ago

Sudanese women in Chad grapple with trauma of wartime violence

Sudanese women refugees in eastern Chad form informal support networks due to severe trauma and lack of mental health services.
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15 hours ago

The Destruction of a Notorious Myanmar Scam Compound Appears to Have Been 'Performative'

Myanmar's military destroyed only the eastern section of the KK Park scam compound despite claiming to eradicate forced scamming across the entire site.
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1 day ago

Aftermath of Homs killings may mark turning point for Syria's government

Syrian security forces, working with tribal leaders, prevented a sectarian escalation after the killing of a Sunni Bani Khaled Bedouin couple near Homs.
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1 day ago

India examining' Bangladesh extradition request for convicted ex-PM Hasina

India says it is examining a request from Bangladesh for the extradition of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was recently sentenced to death in absentia over a crackdown against a popular uprising. A spokesperson for India's Ministry of External Affairs, Randhir Jaiswal, told reporters on Wednesday that his government was examining the request from Dhaka for the extradition of the 78-year-old, who fled to India after being ousted in a mass uprising in August last year.
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23 hours ago

When Israel breaks international law, what does Trump's US do? Sanction the judges | Owen Jones

US sanctions on ICC judges demonstrate a selective application of international law that shields powerful states and allies from accountability.
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22 hours ago

They Were Sent to a Country That Didn't Want Them. Now, They're Stateless.

Ethnic Nepali Bhutanese deportees were denied citizenship, had belongings seized, and were coerced into return to Nepal despite legal U.S. immigration and criminal convictions.
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1 day ago

Taiwan plans extra $40bn in defence spending to counter China's intensifying' threats

The Taiwan president, Lai Ching-te, said there was no room for compromise on national security, and he was committed to boosting Taiwan's defences in conjunction with US support. This is not an ideological struggle, nor a unification vs independence' debate, but a struggle to defend democratic Taiwan' and refuse to submit to being China's Taiwan'. Lai and defence minister, Wellington Koo, announced the spending bump an increase of at least $8bn on what had previously been flagged on Wednesday after a briefing from the national security council.
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19 hours ago

Ignoring minorities is our original sin': the complex roots of Nigeria's security crisis

Nigeria faces a deepening security crisis driven by mass kidnappings, religiously fueled violence, and political marginalization of minorities.
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1 day ago

China warns foreign interference in Taiwan will be crushed'

China has warned it will crush any foreign attempts to interfere on behalf of Taiwan, after Japan announced plans to deploy missiles near the democratically-governed island. We have a firm will, strong determination and a strong ability to defend our national sovereignty and territorial integrity, Peng Qingen, a spokesperson for China's Taiwan Affairs Office, told a news conference on Wednesday.
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Indonesia's Jakarta now the world's largest city, Tokyo falls to third: UN

Nine of the top 10 mega-cities are in Asia, with Bangladesh's Dhaka projected to be the world's largest city by 2050. A new United Nations report has found that Indonesia's capital Jakarta is the world's largest city with 41.9 million people living there, followed by Dhaka in Bangladesh, which is home to 36.6 million. A low-lying coastal city located in the west of the densely populated island of Java, Jakarta rose from second place to replace Tokyo,
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1 day ago

Nauru president accused in parliament of corruptly siphoning off millions of Australian funding

Nauru's president David Adeang and others are accused of corruptly siphoning millions in Australian taxpayer funds meant for offshore processing.
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1 day ago

Israel lays siege to occupied West Bank's Tubas, displaces tens of families

Israel has sealed off large parts of the Tubas governorate after sending heavy reinforcements into the northern Jordan Valley, shutting the region off from the rest of the occupied West Bank and imposing a sweeping siege. Residents told Al Jazeera on Wednesday that military bulldozers piled earth across every approach road before dawn, while Israeli Apache helicopters fired rounds over empty fields around Tubas in a bid to threaten Palestinian residents.
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1 day ago

India-China in new spat over Arunachal Pradesh: What's it all about?

Tensions are reignited after Arunachal-born Prema Wangjom Thongdok is detained at a Chinese airport. India and China are locked in a war of words after a months-long period of calm in their relationship over the alleged harassment of a woman from India's eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh by Chinese authorities. China claims the territory of Arunachal Pradesh and calls the region southern Tibet, or Zangnan.
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11 hours ago

Nigeria: Is Islamist infighting a chance to restore control? DW 11/26/2025

Infighting among Islamist groups like Boko Haram and ISWAP causes deadly reprisals, weakening both sides and creating openings governments can exploit.
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1 day ago

Slow Poison by Mahmood Mamdani review can you really rehabilitate Idi Amin?

The anomaly is best explained by the politics of his father, Mahmood Mamdani. The apple, it seems, did not roll especially far down the postcolonial hillside. Mahmood, professor of government and anthropology at Columbia University, has long styled himself as the left's answer to VS Naipaul. Where the Nobel-winning curmudgeon surveyed postcolonial Africa with disdain, revelling in the wreckage of independence, Mamdani presents a more forgiving view: pathos instead of pity, paradox instead of despair.
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20 hours ago

Hundreds of Israeli soldiers raid Palestinian town in West Bank

Hundreds of Israeli soldiers supported by armoured vehicles have conducted raids in the Palestinian town of Tubas near Nablus in the biggest such military deployment by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank since the ceasefire came into effect in Gaza last month. Palestinian media reported that a curfew was imposed on Tuesday night on Tubas and some neighbouring communities, roads were closed by earthen barriers and families forced from their homes to allow Israeli forces to use the buildings.
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1 day ago

Can the US get all sides to end the Russia-Ukraine war?

There is little sign of peace in Ukraine, but transatlantic diplomatic efforts to end the war are intensifying.
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1 day ago

Taiwan unveils $40bn budget for defence spending to counter China

Taiwan will invest $40 billion over eight years to strengthen defense, target 3% of GDP next year and 5% by 2030, and prepare for 2027 readiness.
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11 hours ago

Peru: Ex-president Vizcarra sentenced to 14 years in prison DW 11/26/2025

Former President Martin Vizcarra has been found guilty of receiving bribes from construction firms while serving as a regional governor between 2011 and 2014. A Peruvian court on Wednesday sentenced former President Martin Vizcarra to 14 years in prison over accepting bribes while serving as a regional governor. Vizcarra, who denies the charges against him, is the latest Peruvian president to be sent to prison. Former presidents Pedro Castillo (2021-2022), Ollanta Humala (2011-2016), and Alejandro Toledo (2001-2006) are all currently behind bars at a special penitentiary for former leaders in Lima.
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18 hours ago

Fearing for our lives': Australians tell of Chilean mountain horror where five hikers perished

Severe storm and communication failures in Torres del Paine caused hypothermia deaths and endangered hikers amid locked shelters and absent rangers.
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19 hours ago

The conviction of his brother for paramilitary activity delivers electoral blow to Alvaro Uribe

Recently acquitted of all charges in the trial of the century' that pitted him against the leftist senator Ivan Cepeda, the right-wing former president now loses the momentum he had gained as a new election campaign gets underway Alvaro Uribe, in Lexington in April 2022.Jon Cherry (Getty Images / Concordia) Former President Alvaro Uribe, the enduring figurehead of the Colombian right, had entered the nascent election campaign with some momentum.
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17 hours ago

Commonwealth Games hosts Ahmedabad vow not to repeat Delhi 2010 farce

Ahmedabad will host the 2030 Commonwealth Games, expanding to 15–17 sports and pledging flawless organization to avoid Delhi 2010 problems.
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22 hours ago

Pope Leo XIV to visit Turkey and Lebanon on first foreign trip

VATICAN CITY Pope Leo XIV is embarking on his first foreign trip, a pilgrimage to Turkey and Lebanon that would be delicate under any circumstances but is even more fraught given Mideast tensions and the media glare that will document history's first American pope on the road. Leo is fulfilling a trip Pope Francis planned to make, to mark an important anniversary with the Orthodox church in Turkey.
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1 day ago

Peruvian ex-President Martin Vizcarra sentenced to 14 years in prison

Former president Martin Vizcarra was sentenced to 14 years in prison and barred from office for leading a corruption scheme as Moquegua governor.
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15 hours ago

The Security Council's Resolution on Gaza Makes Trump Its New Overlord

UN Security Council resolution denies Palestinian self-determination and enables US-led occupation and control over Gaza, worsening Palestinian oppression and undermining international law.
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21 hours ago

Goldberg: The incomprehensible march toward regime change in Venezuela

The U.S. designated Maduro and allies as members of a non-existent 'Cartel de los Soles' terrorist group, raising risks of escalation and possible military action.
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1 day ago

Trump will meet with Zelensky, Putin only in final stages of peace deal

A revised U.S.-drafted 28-point peace plan has narrowed disagreements and could enable meetings among Trump, Zelenskyy and Putin if the deal is finalized.
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1 day ago

US group sues Apple over DR Congo conflict minerals

A United States-based advocacy group has filed a lawsuit in Washington, DC, accusing Apple of using minerals linked to conflict and human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda despite the iPhone maker's denials. International Rights Advocates (IRAdvocates) has previously sued Tesla, Apple and other tech firms over cobalt sourcing, but US courts dismissed that case last year.
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1 day ago

Russia says talks to end Ukraine war serious' but rules out concessions

Kremlin spokesman says talks ongoing as US President Donald Trump pushes for an end to the conflict. Russia says the United States-brokered talks to end the war with Ukraine are serious, but its officials caution that an agreement is a long way off and Moscow would offer no major concessions to Kyiv. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in televised comments on Wednesday that the negotiations were ongoing and the process is serious.
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1 day ago

Ukraine updates: No firm deadline for peace deal, Trump says DW 11/26/2025

Donald Trump set no deadline beyond 'when it's over' for a Ukraine peace deal; Ukrainian teams head to Moscow and a US envoy will meet Putin.
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20 hours ago

Pope Leo's first journey: Encountering Islam DW 11/26/2025

Pope Leo XIV will visit Turkey and Lebanon on his first foreign trip, highlighting papal international outreach and engagement with historical Christian sites and communities.
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17 hours ago

Trump threatens Venezuela's Maduro with the easy way or the hard way'

Tensions rise as Trump warns of possible action while Maduro vows to defend Venezuela against any perceived imperialist aggression.
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1 day ago

As US, Ukraine hammer out peace deal, security guarantees take center stage: Analysts - Breaking Defense

The Trump administration shocked the world last week when it delivered a 28-point "peace plan" to Ukraine, which included demands that Kyiv cede territory to Russia that Moscow does not currently control and would ban Ukraine from joining NATO, among other controversial provisions that some US lawmakers described as amounting to a Russian "wish list." A flurry of diplomatic activity followed, leading to high-level meetings in Geneva and Abu Dhabi.
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21 hours ago

Sheinbaum prepares emergency investment plan with business sector to stem economic downturn

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is accelerating efforts to forge a grand national agreement with the business sector to revive an economy showing clear signs of weakness. Despite a cool head approach to the United States and the Mexico Plan, the country's gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.3% due to a decline in industrial activity and decreases in consumption, as well as in public and private investment.
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1 day ago

What's the price tag on Israel's propaganda machine?

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1 day ago

X's new location feature sparks controversy, but is the data reliable?

A new feature rolled out on the social media platform X has set off waves of finger-pointing by suggesting that many account holders may not be physically located where users assume they are. Late last week, X, which is owned by Elon Musk, added more information to most accounts, including some that could provide clues on where the account user is located.
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12 hours ago

Bombshell Report Says Trump Admin's Ukraine Peace Plan Was Based on Russian Doc

A 28-point U.S. peace plan largely mirrored a Russian-authored non-paper that included territorial concessions Ukraine had previously rejected.
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18 hours ago

Young women split on Sanae Takaichi, Japan's first female PM DW 11/26/2025

Sanae Takaichi's election as Japan's first female prime minister prompts mixed reactions among young women, balancing inspiration with skepticism about tangible progress.
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Oil stabilises as uncertainty continues in Eastern Europe - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Global oil markets face bearish fundamentals from rising non‑OPEC supply and potential Russian sanctions easing, while geopolitical uncertainty could still constrain exports and support prices.
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20 hours ago

Steve Witkoff accused of allegedly 'boosting about teaching Russian officials how to manipulate Trump' - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Russian influence allegedly shaped a purported U.S. 28-point Ukraine peace plan and used intermediaries to manipulate Trump through ego and media ecosystems.
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1 day ago

I love my country. I don't want to leave': readers reflect on the exodus from New Zealand

I have experience in my field, and was only getting bites here and there from hiring panels who were genuinely more overwhelmed than I was. I found a job in Australia within a week. I dream of scenes from my childhood: beaches, fish and chips, and the bright bloom of pohutukawa trees. But as vivid as those memories are, you can't build a life on scenery alone.
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10 hours ago

What Is Steve Witkoff Trying to Do?

Steve Witkoff advised Yuri Ushakov, prompting Putin’s October 16 call to Trump that may have blocked a Tomahawk sale and prolonged the war.
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1 day ago

India destroyed by Harmer, South Africa in second Test to lose series 2-0

Off-spinner Harmer, 36, returned figures of 6-37 as South Africa clinched a Test series in India for only the second time, the first in 2000 under Hansie Cronje. Ravindra Jadeja resisted with 54 before Keshav Maharaj had him stumped, and the spinner soon got the final wicket of Mohammed Siraj, with Marco Jansen pulling off a stunning catch in the deep.
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