US MERCENARY FIRM TIED TO DEADLY GHF RECRUITING FOR GAZA RE-DEPLOYMENT

Fri 21 November 2025: A controversial American private military firm with a record of involvement in violence and killing at aid distribution sites in Gaza is actively recruiting ex-soldiers for a new deployment to the besieged Palestinian territory, according to a report by Drop Site News. UG Solutions, a US-based military subcontractor previously hired to provide […]

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HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SOUTH AFRICA TODAY | FRIDAY – 21 NOVEMBER 2025

Fri 21  November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:  ◼️ Ramaphosa will not hand over to a Chargé d’ Affaires: President Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says on X that Ramaphosa will not hand over the G20 Summit to a chargé d’ affaires after the US reiterated that it would not attend the […]

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MAJORITY OF AMERICANS BELIEVE TRUMP AWARE OF EPSTEIN’S ABUSE, NEW POLL FINDS

Fri 21 November 2025: Most Americans believe President Donald Trump was aware of the sexual abuse committed by the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a new poll. The Morning Consult poll, conducted over the weekend, shows 60 percent of all voters say Trump knew about the sexual abuse — including 38 percent […]

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G20 BILLIONAIRES COULD END WORLD POVERTY IN ONE YEAR’S EARNINGS: OXFAM

Fri 21 November 2025: Billionaires in the world’s leading economies made $2.2 trillion last year, which would have been enough to lift all the world’s poor out of poverty, global campaign group Oxfam announced Thursday. The British-based charity urged this weekend’s summit of the powerful G20 group of major economies to back initiatives by the […]

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GAZA’S CHILDREN FACE LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY DESPITE FRAGILE CALM: WHO

Fri 21 November 2025: The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Thursday that children in Gaza will need far longer to recover from the trauma of two years of violence, despite the temporary calm brought by the current ceasefire. Marking World Children’s Day, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the pause in fighting has offered “moments of quiet” for children who have endured bombardment, displacement, and […]

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US NOT PARTICIPATING IN G20 SUMMIT IN SOUTH AFRICA: WHITE HOUSE

Fri 21 November 2025: The US will not attend the G20 summit on Nov. 22-23 in South Africa, a White House spokeswoman said Thursday. “I’d be happy to explain because there is not a shift. The United States is not participating in official talks at the G20 in South Africa,” Karoline Leavitt told reporters. Her remarks came after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said […]

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PRESIDENT TRUMP APPROVED 28-POINT PEACE PLAN TO END RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR

Thu 20 November 2025: US President Donald Trump this week approved a 28-point plan aimed at ending the war between Russia and Ukraine, a senior administration official told NBC News. “The plan focuses on giving both sides security guarantees to secure a lasting peace,” the official said. “It includes things Ukraine wants and needs to […]

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WITHOUT US SATELLITES, ‘WE GO DARK’, CLIMATE MONITOR TELLS AFP

Thu 20 November 2025: US budget cuts risk creating blind spots in Earth monitoring systems that would imperil weather forecasting and climate research for years to come, the deputy chair of a key UN-backed climate monitoring body warned in an AFP interview. Peter Thorne is the deputy chair of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), a little-known but crucial UN-backed […]

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ISRAEL SAYS 1,000TH AIRCRAFT BRINGING WESTERN MILITARY SUPPLIES LANDED SINCE WAR ON GAZA BEGAN

Thu 20 November 2025: Israel’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday that its 1,000th aircraft in an ongoing Western airlift since the start of the Gaza genocide had landed in the country, bringing total military cargo delivered since Oct, 8, 2023 to more than 120,000 tons. The announcement comes as the US continues to support Tel Aviv […]

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