Trump’s burnt precious minutes with stories about his White House days, dead athlete’s penis size and now he’s burning votes
Trump aides say he sets the pace and talks as long as he wants. They don’t try to contain him – and they have put him in forums such as podcasts where his rambling ways can find a home and he won’t be subjected to a battery of questions.
Botswana ruling party walks tightrope as it prepares to defend 58 years in power with economy wonky
Just over a million people have registered to vote, according to the Independent Electoral Commission that runs elections, with the increasing unemployment rate a key issue for voters. Botswana is larger than France but has a population of just 2.5 million, with the Kalahari Desert covering large portions of the landlocked country that borders South Africa.
Rapid Support Forces go on rampage in east-central Sudan, kill over 120 – UN and doctors
The Sudanese Doctors’ Union said in a statement that at least 124 people were killed and 200 others were wounded in the town of Sariha, adding that the group rounded up at least 150 others. It called on the UN Security Council to pressure the RSF to open “safe corridors” to enable aid groups to reach people in impacted villages.
John Kelly’s comparison of Trump to Hitler exposes conspiracy of silence between US mainstream media and political class
John Kelly, a retired Marine general and Trump’s longest serving chief of staff, told the New York Times and The Atlantic in interviews published this week that when he was president, Trump made it clear that he admired Hitler and yearned for his authoritarian power.
President Macron of France visits Morocco after his Western Sahara change ushers in ‘new honeymoon’
France and Morocco have historically partnered on issues ranging from counterterrorism to Western Sahara. Morocco is the top destination for French investment in Africa and France is Morocco’s top trade partner.
Ugandans are losing sense of belonging, it’s now incumbent upon Museveni and henchmen to formulate policies that restore self-esteem
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni. We have recently seen dysconnectivity when people are displaced and dispossessed by people from elsewhere of by government in grand land grabbing schemes in Uganda.
Biden blasts Elon Musk for hypocrisy after published report reveals the Tesla CEO once worked in US illegally
President Joe Biden slammed Elon Musk for hypocrisy on immigration after a published report that the Tesla CEO once worked illegally in the United States. The South Africa-born Musk denies the allegation. “That wealthiest man in the world turned out to be an illegal worker here. No, I’m serious. He...
Trump headlines Madison Square Garden rally at which vulgar, racist language by allies dominated
Elon Musk, who Trump has said he would tap to lead a new government efficiency commission, said the federal budget could be reduced by “at least” $2 trillion. Discretionary spending, including defence spending, is estimated to total $1.9 trillion out of $6.75 trillion in total federal outlays for fiscal 2024, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
Despite concerns about ‘vaccine fatigue’ CDC recommends extra Covid boosters, including for some infants
Vaccine effectiveness data is relative, meaning it’s a measure of how much more protection a vaccinated person has than an unvaccinated one, she said. Therefore, “what we think is happening” is that unvaccinated people were getting natural immunity during that time, giving them more robust immunity and skewing the baseline for comparison.
‘Crimes against humanity’: Pfizer knew its Covid vaccine killed, poisoned mother’s milk, ovaries, testes but compromised mainstream media to hide the truth
The “Pfizer Papers” analysts found over 42,000 case reports detailing 158,893 adverse events reported to Pfizer in the first three months following the December 2020 EUA. To process the large volume of reports, the company added 600 additional employees, the documents showed, with plans to hire a total of 1,800 people by June 2021.
