Trends
Trump’s Pledge to the Middle East: No More ‘Lectures on How to Live’
In Saudi Arabia, the president denounced Western intervention and nation-building, garnering both praise and eye rolls.
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Africa update
Through interlaced fingers: Reading Medusa as a Father
When fiction mirrors fear, even the strongest reader flinches. Medusa is powerful, painful and unforgettable
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Africa update
South Africa woos international investors at Africa CEO Forum
Brand SA has invited global businesses to partner in infrastructure projects in energy and logistics
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Trends
Will Putin Attend Ukraine Peace Talks in Turkey? Kremlin’s List Indicates Not.
A hard-line aide to the Russian president will instead lead the delegation, according to a Kremlin statement.
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Films
Ooh-La-La Land: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex* (*And The Cannes Film Festival)
For more than 70 years, the Cannes Film Festival has been synonymous with sex, and we can credit an 18-year-old
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Trends
Trump-Kushner Hotel Project in Serbia Hits a Snag: Alleged Forgery
Serbian authorities say an official admitted to forging a document allowing a protected site in Belgrade to be demolished and
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Trends
House Republicans Push Forward Plan to Cut Taxes, Medicaid and Food Stamps
Three committees advanced legislation that would combine into the “big beautiful bill” to enact President Trump’s agenda. But the package
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Trends
The Road to Trump’s Embrace of White South Africans
The Trump administration’s hostile approach to South Africa was shaped by a convergence of factors.
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Trends
Trump’s Focus on Punishing Drug Dealers May Hurt Drug Users Trying to Quit
Public health and addiction experts fear millions could lose access to treatment and prevention services if the administration’s proposed cuts
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Trends
Drug Overdose Deaths Plummeted in 2024, C.D.C. Reports
The progress comes as the Trump administration is proposing to cut funding for many programs believed to have contributed to
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Africa update
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Lesufi calls relocated Afrikaners ‘untransformed human beings’
He also said that ‘white only’ enclaves such as Kleinfontein would be dealt with within the ambit of the law
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Africa update
Undocumented migrants put pressure on SA – but there are ways to manage it
Xenophobic attacks remind us of what happens when the government fails to deal with citizens’ needs.
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Trends
Trump’s New Tax Cuts Could Shower Americans With Cash, for Now
Almost all of the cuts that Republicans hope to pass in the coming weeks will last only until President Trump
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Films
Charlize Theron Appears At Netflix Upfront Following Injury On Set Of ‘Apex’: “My Cute Boot Is Hiding A Fractured Toe”
Charlize Theron took the stage at Netflix’s 2025 Upfront “fresh off the mountain” from filming Apex, where she was injured
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Trends
U.S. Charges Russian Scientist with Smuggling
A government lawyer told a federal judge on Wednesday that the intention is to deport Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard researcher,
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