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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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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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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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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Thu 20 November 2025: UN agency said an estimated 318 million people will face acute food insecurity in 2026. The World Food Programme (WFP) has said that funding cuts will worsen a deepening hunger crisis around the world, warning that more than 300 million people will face acute food insecurity next year. “Food insecurity is […]
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Thu 20 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ US warns South Africa: Tensions are simmering between South Africa and the United States (US) following a formal warning to Pretoria against pushing for a joint statement at the Group of 20 Summit (G20) Leaders Social Summit in Johannesburg. https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/us-warns-south-africa-g20-joint-declaration-tensions-simmer/ ————- ◼️ Anti-HIV […]
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Wed 19 November 2025: Ahead of the G20 summit set to take place in South Africa, pressure is building on authorities to act on allegations of severe human rights abuses in Indian-administered Kashmir. Civil society groups argue that South Africa carries both a legal foundation and a moral responsibility to respond as Indian Prime Minister […]
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Wed 19 November 2025: A UNSC resolution passed backing the creation of an international stabilisation force in Gaza. So what does that mean? On Monday, the UN Security Council passed a US-sponsored resolution which backs US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for ending Israel’s war on Gaza. Among the clauses was one that supported the creation and […]
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Wed 19 November 2025: The US Congress has passed a bill that could compel the Department of Justice (DoJ) to release all records related to the affair involving the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with the measure now heading to President Donald Trump’s desk. The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved the bill with 427 votes in favour and just one against. […]
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Wed 19 November 2025: Venezuela’s president cautioned on Monday that any U.S. military incursion into his nation would spell the “political end” of Donald Trump’s leadership. Since August, when Trump directed a US military buildup in the Caribbean to dismantle drug cartels and disrupt narcotics smuggling networks associated with Maduro, frictions between the United States […]
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