South Africa’s Ramaphosa to meet Trump amid tensions over ‘genocide’ claim | World News

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa WASHINGTON: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa meets Donald Trump on Wednesday amid tensions over Washington’s resettlement of white Afrikaners that the US president claims are the victims of “genocide.”The Trump administration‘s admission of around 50 white South Africans last week — even as it halts refugee arrivals from most of […]

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Populist vs Popstars: Why Donald Trump is at war with Taylor Swift, Beyonce, and Bruce Springsteen | World News

Donald Trump’s rise from New York real estate notoriety to right-wing demigod has always danced awkwardly alongside celebrity culture. In the 1980s and ’90s, he was the ultimate tabloid mascot—hosting Miss Universe, starring in The Apprentice, and lingering at Manhattan galas he could buy into but never quite belong to.For the cultural elite, Trump was […]

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Tigers, jaguars and elephants are the latest to flee cartel violence in Mexico’s Sinaloa | World News

CULIACAN: A pack of veterinarians clambered over hefty metal crates on Tuesday morning, loading them one by one onto a fleet of semi-trucks. Among the cargo: tigers, monkeys, jaguars, elephants and lions – all fleeing the latest wave of cartel violence eclipsing the northern Mexican city of Culiacan. For years, exotic pets of cartel members […]

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Oil prices jump on report of Israel prepping Iran strike | World News

HONG KONG: Crude prices surged Wednesday following a report that US intelligence suggested Israel was planning a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, which would send geopolitical tensions into overdrive and fuel regional conflict fears.While safe haven gold pushed almost two percent higher, the news from CNN appeared to be having little detrimental effect on Asian […]

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New salmonella outbreak tied to same Florida grower with tainted cucumbers last year | World News

US health officials are investigating a new outbreak of salmonella illnesses tied to a Florida grower whose tainted cucumbers were linked to more than 550 illnesses last year. Cucumbers grown by Florida-based Bedner Growers and distributed by Fresh Start Produce Sales have been linked to illnesses in at least 26 people in 15 states, the […]

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Truth Berns: How Democrats became undemocratic long before Donald Trump | World News

Fascist. Autocratic. Tyrant. These are the words frequently used by Democrats to describe the erosion of American democracy under Donald Trump. Yet, as Bernie Sanders candidly acknowledged on a recent episode of the Flagrant podcast, the Democratic Party itself had long abandoned internal democratic norms. He admitted the party had “completely removed the democratic process […]

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Mornington Street, Leicester: The street where over 43% adults speak no English | World News

UK PM Keir Starmer (File photo) Were Professor Henry Higgins of Pygmalion fame to stroll down Mornington Street in Leicester, he might well be tempted to throw in the phonetic towel. Here, in the heart of St Matthew’s, language is a tapestry of tongues — few of which, for a significant portion of residents, are […]

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EU seeks to relax rules on turning away asylum seekers | World News

EU seeks to relax rules on turning away asylum seekers (Photo: AP) The EU on Tuesday unveiled plans to make it easier to send asylum seekers to certain third countries, in the latest overhaul aimed at reducing migration to the bloc, sparking criticism from rights groups.The European Commission said it proposed broadening the so-called “safe […]

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Polish far-right leader sets terms for runoff endorsement | World News

Photo: Youtube/SÅ‚awomirMentzen Polish far-right leaderSlawomir Mentzen set terms on Tuesday for a potential endorsement in the country’s upcoming presidential runoff, whose nationalist and pro-EU candidates need to woo third-party voters to win.The multi-millionaire entrepreneur and co-leader of the far-right Confederation party scored nearly 15 percent in round one of the ballot on Sunday, a strong […]

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Dutch museum removes ‘priceless’ Benin Bronzes for return to Nigeria | World News

Dutch museum removes ‘priceless’ Benin Bronzes for return to Nigeria (Photo: AFP) Clad in protective blue surgical gloves, a Dutch museum worker gingerly unhooks a precious decorative artefact before gently laying it down on a pillow and wrapping it in dozens of layers of special paper.The artefact is a “Benin Bronze”, a priceless cultural object […]

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