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Zimbabwean football star survives gun attack in South Africa
Zimbabwean footballer Divine Lunga has survived a gun attack in Johannesburg, South African police have said. The football star, 31, was driving in the inner-city suburb of Hillbrow on Sunday when his car was shot at by an unknown gunman, according to local reports. Lunga, who plays for both Zimbabwe’s national footbal...
Netanyahu learns his Hungarian ally can be voted out — and opposition hears hope
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu watched one of his closest European allies take a sharp political blow on Sunday: Viktor Orbán was soundly defeated in Hungary’s election. For Netanyahu—Israel’s longest-serving prime minister—the result lands as more than just a foreign story. Coming in an election year, it th...
US, Saudi Arabia set to announce civilian nuclear cooperation deal
The US and Saudi Arabia are expected to announce a deal that will allow the Gulf kingdom to develop a civilian nuclear programme, according to US media reports. An announcement is expected from US President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday, US officials were cited as saying. The agreement could be worth billi...
Johnson & Johnson offers up to $5.5bn to settle baby powder lawsuits
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has offered to pay as much as $5.5bn (£4.14bn) to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging that its baby powder and other talcum-based products cause ovarian cancer. The proposed landmark settlement aims to close a long-running legal battle that has weighed on the US healthcare giant for y...
AU Health Commissioner pushes for stronger domestic financing of Africa’s health systems
African Union (AU) Commissioner for Health, Ambassador Amma Twum-Amoah, has urged African countries to reduce their dependence on external donor support and build resilient health systems through stronger domestic financing. She said sustainable healthcare on the continent can only be achieved if governments take great...
Trump imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods as trade tensions escalate
US President Donald Trump has imposed a 50% tariff on a wide range of goods imported from Canada, in retaliation for what he called “unequal treatment” of US cars, dairy and alcohol. Everyday consumer items like wine and hockey sticks and industrial goods such as cement are among the goods targeted. However, several ke...
Zelensky proposes face-to-face talks in open letter to Putin
Volodymyr Zelensky has called for a face-to-face meeting between himself and Vladimir Putin in a renewed bid to end the war. In an open letter to the Russian president, the Ukrainian leader said it would be “wrong to simply wait” until the war in Europe becomes the focus of the US’s attention once more, adding peace co...
Trump inserts himself into the centre of America’s 250th birthday celebrations
As a growing list of musical acts announced they were dropping out of, or had never agreed to participate in, a series of concerts celebrating the 250th anniversary of America’s independence, Donald Trump said that he didn’t need them anyway. “I don’t want so-called ‘artists’ that get paid far too much money, who...
US to drastically slash the number of embassies in Africa that can process visas
The State Department plans to drastically slash the number of U.S. embassies and consulates in Africa that can process visas for foreigners seeking to come to the United States. The almost 50 U.S. embassies and consulates that are processing visa applications will be reduced to 20 in the coming weeks, according to thre...
Thousands of anti-migrant protesters march in South Africa amid heavy police presence
Thousands of people are marching in South Africa’s main cities to demand that all undocumented migrants leave the country. Police officers – backed by private security guards – have been deployed because of fears that protests could turn violent. Anti-migrant groups had set Tuesday as the deadline for undocumented migr...
Supreme Court rejects Trump’s attempt to limit U.S. birthright citizenship
The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s contentious attempt to limit citizenship at birth for those born on U.S. soil, delivering a major blow to his agenda. The court, divided 6-3, ruled that the executive order Trump issued Jan. 20, 2025, the first day of his second term, was unlawful. Five just...
German doctor jailed for killing 15 of his patients
A German palliative care doctor has been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 15 of his patients. A court in Berlin on Wednesday found the 41-year-old man, named only as Johannes M. in line with German privacy rules, guilty of murdering 12 women and three men between September 2021 and July 2024. The authorities...