Xenophobia: Landlords kick out foreign tenants as South African cities are shuttered by anti-migrant protests
The campaign group March and March, run by a former radio presenter behind the latest protests, denies encouraging violence and says it cannot be held responsible for spontaneous acts of anger by South Africans towards undocumented migrants.
Terrified Malawians, Zimbabweans flee South Africa following widespread protests against foreign workers
The South African police have deployed hundreds of officers in cities including Johannesburg in Gauteng province and Durban in KwaZulu-Natal province to prepare for potential violence.
World Cup: Rusting in German machine persists as Paraguay tosses out the Bavarians in sudden-death penalty shootout
Paraguay had appeared in five previous knockout games but failed to score in each. It had advanced only once, winning on penalty kicks against Japan in the round of 16 at the 2010 tournament in South Africa. It fell that year to eventual champion Spain in the quarterfinals.
Trump administration allows Anthropic to grant access to its most advanced AI model to select US firms and state agencies
The US government has eased the restrictions it imposed on Anthropic’s most advanced AI model, Claude Mythos 5, allowing the company to grant access to more than 100 US organisations, including large corporations and government agencies. In a letter to Anthropic’s co-founder and chief compute officer Tom Brown obtained by...
China’s zero-tariff policy on African agricultural exports cements centuries-old relations between the two blocs, AU chair says
Effective May 1, China has implemented a zero-tariff policy on products from 53 African countries with which it maintains diplomatic relations, an expansion from the zero-tariff treatment for 100 percent tariff lines from 33 countries in Africa with which it has diplomatic relations, including Burundi, since December 1, 2024.
Chief architect of lab manufacture of Covid risks perjury charges as Senate Homeland Security Committee issues subpoena to testify
In an interview with Semafor, Paul said he will also ask Fauci about the destruction of federal records and about the pre-emptive pardon former President Joe Biden granted him last year. The pardon shields Fauci from federal prosecution for his official acts dating back to 2014.
While oil prices have fallen to pre-war levels in Middle East there’s no sign it’ll defuse civil unrest in emerging markets
Iraq has seen the sharpest proportional rise in protest activity among emerging markets over the past year, followed by Turkey, according to Verisk Maplecroft’s civil unrest index, which measures protest size, fatalities and commercial property damage.
Iran-US fragile ceasefire put to test following renewed attacks in strait of Hormuz
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed hope that the Strait of Hormuz could return to its status quo ante, said his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric on Friday.
Summer Davos forum in Dalian city shines spotlight on China’s innovation-led road to world economic growth
This year’s Summer Davos, held under the theme of “Innovating at Scale” from June 23 to 25, has brought together over 1,700 participants from more than 90 countries and regions to discuss ways to scale innovation into better jobs, stronger economies and new growth opportunities.
Why for second year running G7 summit concluded without issuing a final communique
Summit organisers had already abandoned the idea of a final communique during the preparatory phase, opting instead to publish thematic documents to mask differences between the United States and its allies, Kyodo News reported, citing diplomatic sources.
