News24 | ‘Outgrowth of a nostalgic patriarchy’: Team Trump leans into masculine attitude to government
US President Donald Trump and his acolytes are applying what they see as a decidedly masculine stamp on all they do.
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News24 | UK ready to send troops to Ukraine as European leaders prepare to hold war talks
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was prepared to deploy troops to Ukraine if needed, hours before European leaders meet in Paris on Monday to address Washington’s shock policy shift on the war.
News24 | In hospital, a resting Pope Francis sits out Sunday mass
Pope Francis sat out mass and his traditional Angelus prayer from hospital on Sunday, with a Vatican health official saying the 88-year-old pontiff needed to preserve his strength for the Church’s busy Jubilee year.
News24 | ‘Put on trial, imprisoned and deported’: Austria Anger after Syrian allegedly kills 14-year-old boy
A Syrian asylum seeker was arrested after a teenager was stabbed to death and five other people were wounded in southern Austria, police said.
News24 | ‘Vote for change’: Elon Musk throws his support behind far-right AfD in German elections
All other German parties see the far-right AfD as a threat to democracy, but the anti-immigration party has a powerful friend abroad: Elon Musk, the loudhailer voice of Team Trump.
News24 | ‘We did not do everything we could’: Former negotiator blames Israel for delaying deal
A former Israeli negotiator has said Israel missed two opportunities last year to secure a Gaza truce and hasten hostage releases, prompting a swift rebuttal from the premier’s office.
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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