A bus plunges off a bridge in South Africa, killing 45 people. 8-year-old child is only survivor

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A bus carrying worshippers headed to an Easter festival plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass and burst into flames in South Africa Thursday, killing at least 45 people, authorities said.

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Authorities said they believe the bus was traveling from the neighboring country of Botswana to the town of Moria, which hosts a popular Easter pilgrimage.Grandparent scam: London, Ont., senior beats fraudsters not once, but twice Cait Alexander does not consider herself a victim of domestic violence, but rather, a victim of the Canadian justice system.From 2022 to 2023, there was a 324 per cent increase of international students from Conestoga College in Kitchener, Ont., applying for asylum in Canada.

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