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Almost two-thirds of water-supplying municipalities (94 of 144) were failing to provide clean drinking water to residents in 2022.

The death toll from a landslide in the southern Philippines has risen to 10, a disaster official said Friday, as the search for one missing person continued. Fourteen people were gathered in a house for a prayer meeting in the mountainous gold mining region of Davao de Oro province when the landslide hit Thursday following days of heavy rain.

South African singer, Tyla Seethal popularly known as Tyla will be performing at the 2024 Coachella event in California.

China has called for an end to "harassment" of civilian vessels in the Red Sea on Friday after attacks on ships by Huthi rebels in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. Houthi aggression against vessels in and around the Red Sea has led to retaliatory strikes in Yemen by US and British forces.

A Thai court on Friday ordered the government to come up with an urgent plan to curb air pollution within 90 days, as the kingdom braces for its annual peak of noxious haze. Air quality plummets in Thailand in the early months of the year as smoke from farmers burning stubble adds to industrial emissions and vehicle exhaust fumes.

A 44-year-old woman is expected to appear in the Tsolo Magistrates Court on Friday for her alleged involvement in a kidnapping. A spokesperson for the Hawks Ndiphiwe Mhlakuvana says the suspect reportedly works as a clerk for a law firm in Mthatha and targeted a man who received a payout from the Road Accident Fund (RAF).

Eleven suspects arrested for the deadly shoot-out between taxi rivals in Port St Johns have been released. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says the matter was not enrolled on Thursday due to insufficient evidence.

The Eastern Cape has recorded an 81.42% matric pass rate as the country's so-called COVID89 babies recorded an overall pass rate of 82.9.%.

A businessman from Mossel Bay who allegedly took people's deposits for solar panels without doing the work was back in the Mossel Bay Magistrates Court on Thursday.