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Expelled S.Africa envoy to US back home 'with no regrets'
AFP, Published on 23/03/2025
» CAPE TOWN - The South African ambassador who was expelled from the United States in a row with President Donald Trump's government arrived home on Sunday to a raucous welcome and struck a defiant tone over the decision.
US expels South African ambassador
Published on 15/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - The United States has expelled South Africa’s ambassador, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday, calling the envoy a “race-baiting politician” who hates America and President Donald Trump.
South Africans mock ‘ridiculous’ Trump proposals
AFP, Published on 11/02/2025
» JOHANNESBURG - On the streets of Johannesburg’s student district, US President Donald Trump’s offer to accept white Afrikaners as refugees landed as both “ridiculous” and “lame”, among South Africans of all races.
Singapore detains teen for far-right extremist views
Published on 11/02/2025
» SINGAPORE - An 18-year-old Singapore student who was radicalised by violent far-right extremism online and who idolised the gunman behind deadly attacks on two mosques in New Zealand has been detained under the Internal Security Act, the government said.
Trump targets abortion access at home and abroad
AFP, Published on 25/01/2025
» WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump took aim at abortion access in the United States and overseas Friday, after promising activists rallying in Washington that he would protect the "historic gains" of the anti-abortion movement.
As Trump returns, Sino-Indian ties are changing
Oped, Published on 24/01/2025
» Weeks before his return to the White House, US President-elect Donald Trump issued a pointed warning to the Brics countries. "Go find another sucker," he wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social, threatening the group's nine members with 100% tariffs should they attempt to challenge the dollar's global dominance.
Biden grants clemency to 2,500 people, most ever in a day
AFP, Published on 18/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Friday commuted the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses in what the White House called the largest single-day act of clemency in US history.
New releases for your streaming pleasure: Nov 27-Dec 3
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 27/11/2024
» Looking for a title to binge-watch this weekend? Here's our pick!
Big rival protests kick off in London
Published on 26/10/2024
» LONDON - Right-wing, anti-immigrant protesters and opposing anti-racism demonstrators began large rallies in London on Saturday, closely watched by a beefed-up police operation aimed at heading off any clashes between the rival gatherings.
Trump says if he loses, ‘the Jewish people would have a lot to do’ with it
New York Times, Published on 20/09/2024
» WASHINGTON — Former United States President Donald Trump, speaking Thursday at a campaign event centred on denouncing antisemitism in America, said "if I don't win this election," that "the Jewish people would have a lot to do with a loss."