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Musk-Twitter deal: a roller-coaster saga
Musk-Twitter deal: a roller-coaster saga

Elon Musk's pursuit of Twitter was a melodrama from the beginning -- a mercurial billionaire locked in a bitter fight with his favorite social media platform. Text messages revealed during the legal process showed how he briefly considered making a blockchain-based social media app.

Lesotho, Africa's turbulent mountain kingdom
Lesotho, Africa's turbulent mountain kingdom

Lesotho, which holds parliamentary elections on Friday, is a politically unstable mountain kingdom entirely surrounded by South Africa, on which its economy largely depends while supplying its huge neighbour with most of its water.

Unstable Lesotho to hold vote with no clear frontrunner
Unstable Lesotho to hold vote with no clear frontrunner

The southern African mountain kingdom of Lesotho holds parliamentary elections on Friday, which analysts expect to deliver another coalition government, unlikely to tackle poverty and instability. - 'Haphazard government' - "Whichever party emerges victorious, a coalition government is inevitable," said Seroala Tsoeu-Ntokoane, a politics expert at the National University of Lesotho.

Trial date set for Windsor Castle crossbow intruder
Trial date set for Windsor Castle crossbow intruder

A man will stand trial in London next year accused of illegally entering Windsor Castle armed with a loaded crossbow with intent to harm Queen Elizabeth II, a judge said on Wednesday. He was arrested and charged with three offences, including one under the 180-year-old Treason Act of "intent... to injure the person of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, or to alarm Her Majesty".