‘I will wear my persona non grata as a badge of dignity,’ expelled South African ambassador to US says as he returns home
“The supremacist assault on incumbency, we see it in the domestic politics of the USA, the MAGA movement, the Make America Great Again movement, as a response not simply to a supremacist instinct, but to very clear data that shows great demographic shifts in the USA in which the voting electorate in the USA is projected to become 48 per cent white,” Rasool said in the talk.
World apprehensive as some states in US push for digital ID adoption, fears of ‘surveillance-based technocracy’ rise
Several media reports have presented May 7 as a deadline for people to get a REAL ID-compliant driver’s licence if they intend to travel domestically by air on or after that date. For instance, Washington, DC-based radio station WTOP reported that “time is running out” for people to get a REAL ID-compliant ID card to travel domestically.
Trump seeks to reset US presidential power to dimensions that existed prior to Watergate reforms in 1974
The Trump administration has argued that it is the judiciary, not the president, that is overreaching. Trump urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to limit the ability of federal judges to issue injunctions blocking his administration’s actions nationwide.
Kenya’s health minister for says US aid freeze on humanitarian programme won’t interfere with ARV supplies
Kenya, with 1.4 million people living with HIV, has made significant strides in expanding access to treatment and services. However, the country faces challenges such as high levels of HIV-related stigma, especially in rural areas, and issues related to adherence to treatment regimens.
At least 67,000 white South Africans express interest in refugee status in US under Trump’s plan
The South African government has said that Trump’s allegations that it is targeting Afrikaners through a land expropriation law are inaccurate and largely driven by misinformation. Trump has posted on his Truth Social platform that Afrikaners were having their farmland seized, when no land has been taken under the new law.
Trump deports Venezuelan soccer player without criminal record ‘under investigation for suspicious tattoos’
According to his attorney, Reyes Barrios marched in two demonstrations, one in February and one in March 2024, and was abducted off the street and taken to government security forces to an undisclosed location, where he was tortured, facing electrocution and suffocation.
Medical masquerade: New book claims Covid was a ‘hoax and racket’ right from the start
Within a year, Brownstone Institute had been founded and finally I was in contact with people such as Dr Clayton Baker, who knew that the real story went far beyond a bonkers public health response. The military was involved along with the intelligence services, not just on a national level but on a global one. This was not a mistake but rather a genuine coup d’etat against civilian government in favor of a cabal that operated mostly in secret.
Demand for trained health workers in US, Canada and Australia offers hope to Kenya’s over 70,000 jobless nurses
Kenya dilemma in the health sector is multifaceted as the numbers graduating from local colleges are not matched with employment openings, which are diminishing. Foreign labour markets are therefore an option local employment agencies are cashing in on.
Uncertainty surrounds Zelenskiy willingness to relent after Trump, Putin agree to 30-day halt on Ukraine energy facility strikes
Trump has urged Putin to agree to a 30-day ceasefire that he hopes would move one step closer to ending Europe’s biggest conflict since World War Two. The war has killed or wounded hundreds of thousands of people, displaced millions and reduced entire towns to rubble.
Trump administration brands South African envoy ‘race-baiting politician’ and expels him
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told reporters on Monday that Rasool would give him a report when he returns home.
