Tue 12 August 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ The price of racism: As South Africans demand the removal of Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie following his use of the K-word in a recent live video and previous social media posts, we delve into the legal implications surrounding this […]
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Mon 11 August 2025: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Monday signed a decree on providing Kyiv with an additional $2 million in humanitarian aid, as the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war nears three and a half years. The document, shared on the website of Azerbaijan’s presidency, decrees the allocation of the funds to the Energy Ministry for […]
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Mon 11 August 2025: On Monday, Indian police detained Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, his sister Priyanka Gandhi, and multiple senior opposition MPs during a march in New Delhi opposing a contentious revision of Bihar’s voter list, local media reported. The unified opposition protest was sparked by the Election Commission of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) […]
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From left: Anas al-Sharif, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal, Moamen Aliwa and Mohammed Qreiqeh [Al Jazeera] Mon 11 August 2025: Israel deliberately attacked the tent the journalists were working out of, at the gates of al-Shifa Hospital. Late on Sunday, an Israeli strike shook al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, targeting a journalists’ tent by the […]
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Mon 11 August 2025: President Donald Trump said Sunday that homeless people must be moved “far” from Washington, after days of musing about taking federal control of the US capital, where he has falsely suggested crime is rising. The Republican billionaire has announced a press conference for Monday in which he is expected to reveal his plans […]
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Mon 11 August 2025: Mosquito-borne viral fever chikungunya cases are rising, and since the beginning of this year some 240,000 infections have been recorded across the world, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). The virus cases were recorded until July in 16 countries and regions across the Americas, Africa, Asia, […]
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Mon 11 August 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ US tariffs to have minimal impact: South Africa’s central bank believes the US tariffs will only have a modest impact on the country’s economic growth while leaving its inflation levels broadly unchanged. https://www.cnbcafrica.com/2025/south-africas-central-bank-sees-only-modest-impact-from-us-tariffs/ ————- ◼️ Global treaty to tackle plastic pollution: In response, […]
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Sun 10 August 2025: Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday that US troops would not be allowed to enter her country, responding to reports that President Donald Trump had directed the military to cross the border to fight drug cartels that have been labeled foreign terrorist groups. “The United States is not going to come […]
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Sun 10 August 2025: The Israeli government is preparing to mobilize tens of thousands of reservists into the armed forces ahead of establishing full control over the Gaza Strip. These plans have already faced criticism from the Israeli military leadership, Channel 13 reports. If the plans are approved, the total number of mobilised reservists could reach […]
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Sun 10 August 2025: The path to peace in Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine, European leaders have said, ahead of US President Donald Trump’s planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The joint leaders’ statement from the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Finland, and the European Commission said: “We share the conviction that a diplomatic solution […]
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