Mon 24 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in *South Africa today: ◼️ SA sees US trade negotiations continuing: South Africa’s efforts to secure a trade agreement with the U.S. have been complicated by issues including Trump’s unfounded accusations of persecution of South Africa’s white minority. Trump imposed a 30% tariff on imports from South Africa […]
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Sun 23 November 2025: Bangladesh has once again asked India to hand over former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was sentenced to death in absentia on Nov. 17 for ordering a crackdown on a student-led uprising last year, an adviser said on Sunday. Bangladesh sent an official letter to India on Friday, seeking the return […]
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Sun 23 November 2025: The Israeli military has launched an attack on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut, killing at least one person and wounding 21 others, officials said. Sunday’s strike on an apartment block in the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahiyeh took place despite a ceasefire that came into effect a year ago to […]
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Sun 23 November 2025: Pope Leo XIV called Sunday for the release of over 300 hostages taken from a Catholic school in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria. “I learned with immense sadness the news of the kidnappings of priests, faithful, and students,” he said, making “a heartfelt appeal for the immediate release of the hostages”. […]
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Sun 23 November 2025: The Israeli army is trying to impose a new reality on the ground in the Gaza Strip before the deployment of an international stabilization force, as it may no longer be able to carry out daily strikes in the enclave as it does in Lebanon, an Israeli daily said Sunday. “Israel […]
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Sun 23 November 2025: The UN climate change conference, COP30, concluded Saturday in Brazil without a clear commitment to phase out fossil fuels, igniting immediate open protests from dozens of countries that warned that the summit’s final draft undermines the global fight to limit warming to 1.5°C (2.7°F). The draft agreement, proposed by the Brazilian […]
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Sun 23 November 2025: Deaths and injuries are at their highest levels since records began in 2006, and up by 42 percent on the 2020 total, the UK charity says. Nearly 12,000 children were killed or injured in conflicts worldwide last year, of which 70 percent were a result of explosives, the United Kingdom-based charity […]
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Sat 22 November 2025: – Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are no longer “a hedge against market risk” and “now more closely track the rest of the market,” says UC Irvine’s Bill Maurer – ‘There have been six episodes where Bitcoin dropped by more than 60% – so fasten your seatbelt. However, one commonality is that […]
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Sat 22 November 2025: Epstein Abuse Survivors Report Receiving Death Threats as Release of Files on Convicted Sex Offender Approaches Survivors have demanded accountability and legal support to face their abusers and get justice. In a statement titled “What we’re bracing for,” the women said many have already received death threats. “Many of us have […]
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Sat 22 November 2025: On Thursday, the UN stressed that the humanitarian situation for people escaping violence in Sudan’s Darfur and Kordofan regions is worsening rapidly. Needs are described as “massive” and growing quickly as large numbers of people are displaced. “Our humanitarian colleagues say that more than 100,000 people have fled El Fasher and […]
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