South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has criticized US President Donald Trump’s decision to skip the upcoming G20 leaders’ summit in Johannesburg, saying that “boycott politics doesn’t work.” Trump announced that no US officials would attend the summit, citing discredited claims of persecution against white South Africans. Speaking outside parliament, Ramaphosa …
Read More »Trump Declares end to Gaza War
By: BBC Hamas released the last Israeli hostages from Gaza on Monday under a ceasefire deal, and Israel returned busloads of Palestinian prisoners home, as US President Donald Trump declared an end to the two-year war in the Middle East. Hours later, Trump called Muslim and European leaders to Egypt …
Read More »EU, Mexico Criticize Trump’s 30% Tariff Proposal
The European Union (EU) and Mexico have expressed concern over US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 30 percent tariff on imported goods starting August 1. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel Mexico criticized what it called Trump’s “unfair deal” and insisted its autonomy was non-negotiable, while EU …
Read More »Hundreds of VOA Journalists Fired as Trump Restructures Outlet
Hundreds of journalists for Voice of America (VOA) – most of its remaining staff – have been fired by President Donald Trump’s administration, effectively shutting down the US-funded news outlet. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel The administration said the layoffs were because the agency was “riddled with dysfunction, …
Read More »Trump Says Relationship with Musk is Over
US President Donald Trump has said his relationship with Elon Musk is over. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel “I would assume so, yeah,” Trump told NBC News on Saturday, when asked if he thought the pair’s close relationship had ended. He replied “No” when asked if he wished …
Read More »Judge Blocks Trump from Shutting Down Voice of America (VOA)
A federal judge in Washington has ordered the Trump administration to restore all operations and funding to the Voice of America (VOA) and other US-funded media outlets, saying efforts to dismantle them violate the law and the Constitution. More than 1,300 VOA employees, including 1,000 journalists, were furloughed following an …
Read More »Thousands Join Anti-Trump Protests Across US
Thousands took to the streets across the US on Saturday to protest over recent actions by President Donald Trump. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel Known as “50501”, for “50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement”, the demonstrations were intended to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the start of …
Read More »Trump Says He is in No Hurry to Attack Iran
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was in no hurry to attack Iran over its nuclear program, a day before US-Iranian talks in Rome. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel Asked about a New York Times report that he had prevented an Israeli attack on Iran, Trump said: …
Read More »Asian Stock Markets Continue to Tumble after Trump’s Tariff Hike
The Japanese stock market has opened lower due to the volatile environment caused by US President Donald Trump’s rapidly changing policies regarding tax increases. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel Yesterday, President Trump told his cabinet that this difficult period was inevitable but insisted that investors were pleased with …
Read More »Musk Combines xAI and X to Enhance AI and Data Integration
Elon Musk announced that his AI company, xAI, has acquired his social media platform X, previously known as Twitter. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel In a post on X Friday, Musk revealed that the all-stock deal values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion. Musk had …
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