News24 | Germany expects zero GDP growth this year, blames Trump tariffs
Germany’s economy is expected to post zero growth in 2025, outgoing Economy Minister Robert Habeck said Thursday, blaming US President Donald Trump’s trade policy.
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News24 | Nissan forecasts huge annual net loss of up to R98bn
Struggling Japanese auto giant Nissan issued a stark profit warning on Thursday, forecasting a huge loss of up to750 billion yen in the 2024-25 financial year.
News24 | China repatriates 900 from Myanmar scam centres
China has repatriated more than 900 citizens it suspects of working in internet scam centres in Myanmar’s borderlands, a Beijing ministry said.
News24 | ‘Deplorable’ says Okinawa governor of two US marines accused of rape in Japan
Two US marines in Japan’s Okinawa are under investigation for alleged rapes, police said, the latest in a string of assault cases that have angered residents.
News24 | ‘Israel will not lose’: Netanyahu slam Iran as existential threat, compares Hamas to Nazis
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking at an annual Holocaust commemoration, said Iran was an existential threat and warned that “the fate of all humanity” was at stake if it acquires nuclear arms.
News24 | 9 killed, 63 hurt as Russia launches ‘massive combined strike’ on Kyiv, Ukraine
At least nine people were killed and more than 60 wounded in a “massive” missile attack on Kyiv, Ukraine’s state emergency service said.
Pope Francis: The end of a radical papacy born in the south
Francis refused the version of Catholicism that ingratiates itself with the powerful while abandoning the poor
These are some of the executive orders Donald Trump signed on inauguration day
The withdrawal from the World Health Organisation will take one year to come into effect
Trump 2.0 sparks optimism in Africa and Asia, doubt in Europe and the rest of the West
The majority of poll respondents in South Africa, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and other countries believe China will outpace the US in global influence over the next 20 years
Los Angeles Palisades Fire threatens Getty Museum, death toll rises to 24
Teams from the sheriff’s department continue sifting through rubble, using dogs to search for human remains
Survey finds that wealthy influence, racial inequality and education drive economic divide
60% of respondents across 36 countries believe the political influence of the wealthy significantly contributes to economic inequality
Meta ends fact-checking to ‘reduce censorship’
CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company’s fact checkers had been ‘too politically biased’
Trump says Musk, Ramaswamy will lead ‘Department of Government Efficiency’
The move is part of what the president-elect has said is a ‘Save America’ initiative
Ramaphosa welcomes Trump’s return to presidency, eyes closer SA-US collaboration
Trump has been congratulated by various world leaders, with the Taliban government saying it hoped for a fresh start in relations between Afghanistan and the US
Trump declares election victory, says United States is entering ‘golden age’
The former president said America could now start to ‘heal’
Harris, Trump locked in tight US presidential race as swing state results pending
Bitcoin surged to over $75,000 as early returns appeared favourable for Trump on Tuesday night
Joe Rogan endorses Donald Trump hours before US voting begins
On the eve of the election, Trump and Harris delivered closing arguments in a heated final push across battleground states
Former Trump official and sex abstinence advocate strikes secretive health deal in Uganda
Key documents relating to Valerie Huber’s Protego project are being kept away from the public eye
ANALYSIS | Putin silent on Ukraine at Brics summit as Ramaphosa, Modi advocate for peace
Hosting the first summit of the expanded bloc allowed Putin to project influence in a shifting global order despite Western isolation
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