Fri 07 February 2025: President Cyril Ramaphosa has used his State of the Nation Address (SONA) to reaffirm to the nation the country’s resilience and determination to overcome its challenges. “We are a resilient people. We will not be bullied. We will stand together as a united nation. We will speak with one voice in […]
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Thu 06 February 2025: Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday rejected the United States’ claim that it negotiated free passage for government vessels through the Panama Canal as an “absolute falsehood.” The Panama Canal Authority, which runs the waterway linking the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean, has also rejected the claim by the […]
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Thu 06 February 2025: US President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Thursday to sanction the International Criminal Court for targeting the United States and its allies, such as Israel, a White House official said. The order will place financial and visa sanctions on individuals and their family members who assist in ICC […]
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Thu 06 February 2025: The Zimbabwean president on Wednesday expressed his government’s support for the US decision to deport undocumented migrants, including those from Zimbabwe, who, according to official data, number nearly 550. “The Government of Zimbabwe supports the United States Government’s decision to repatriate and return our Zimbabwean citizens who may have been residing […]
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Thu 06 February 2025: US President Donald Trump announced today that the Gaza Strip would be handed over to the US by Israel at the end of the fighting and that “no soldiers by the US would be needed.” In a statement on the social media platform Truth Social, Trump stated that at the end […]
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Thu 06 February 2025: LGBTQ rights groups condemn latest executive order directed at transgender Americans. United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to bar transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports. Under the order signed on Wednesday, federal government funding will be denied to educational institutes that allow trans girls […]
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Thu 06 February 2025: South African Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola on Thursday reaffirmed the country’s commitment to human dignity, equality, and democratic values, emphasizing its independent stance in global affairs. South Africa is “championing non-racialism and non-sexism while placing our constitution and the rule of law at the forefront,” Lamola said on X. His remarks […]
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Thu 06 February 2025: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the army on Thursday to prepare a plan to allow Palestinians to “voluntarily” leave the enclave. According to the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, Katz instructed the army “to prepare a plan to allow voluntary departure for Gaza residents, including special arrangements for exit by sea […]
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Thu 06 February 2025: Russian nuclear weapons could be used in response to aggression against Russia or Belarus if their sovereignty or territorial integrity is threatened, according to a security agreement between the two countries, which President Vladimir Putin submitted on Wednesday to the parliament for ratification. According to the treaty, Russia’s nuclear weapons can be deployed in response to the use of […]
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Wed 05 February 2025: The Pentagon announced Wednesday that the first group of 10 migrant detainees arrived at a detention facility in Guantanamo Bay following US President Donald Trump’s order to establish a detention center. “The Department of Defense announced the arrival of 10 high-threat illegal aliens to the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba yesterday,” the Pentagon said in a statement. Yesterday, […]
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