Opinions What Musk and Trump describe is not the South Africa I know and love Trump is following Musk’s lead in branding post-apartheid South Africa a country riddled with racial discrimination. They are wrong. Brett Davidson New York-based consultant working with foundations, civil society organizations and social movements on narrative and social change Published On…
What is Betar US, the group pushing to deport pro-Palestinian students? The far-right Zionist group is one of many supporting calls by Trump to deport pro-Palestine students from the US. People demonstrate outside the main campus of Columbia University to denounce the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist who helped lead protests against Israel’s…
UN agency calls for urgent aid as conflict drives refugees from DR Congo Violence in DR Congo has sent thousands of people fleeing into neighbouring countries. Congolese refugees flee ongoing clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo [File: Tony Karumba/AFP] Published On 25 Mar 202525 Mar 2025 Funding is desperately needed to feed a wave…
I am a Holocaust survivor. UK police interviewed me for protesting genocide It’s vital for all of us in Britain to speak out now against our own government’s complicity in Israel’s genocide. Stephen Kapos Artist, retired architect and a holocaust survivor Published On 25 Mar 202525 Mar 2025 Members of the Jewish Bloc for Palestine…
Sepp Blatter, Michele Platini cleared by Swiss court in corruption case Former FIFA boss Blatter and ex-UEFA chief Platini acquitted again on appeal in legal case that began in 2015. Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter arrives at a courthouse for the verdict of an appeal by the Office of the Swiss Attorney General against former…
Tesla sales plummet in Europe despite EV growth Ageing design, rising competition and controversy around Elon Musk seen driving reversal of Tesla sales. Tesla has seen its share price plunge as Elon Musk’s political controversies have grown [File: Annegret Hilse/Reuters] Published On 25 Mar 202525 Mar 2025 Tesla’s European sales dropped 49 percent year on…
Japan grants $1.4m to record-breaking death row inmate Japan to award Iwao Hakamada, held wrongfully for close to 50 years and released last year, largest-ever payout. Iwao Hakamada spent almost half of a century on death row [File: EPA-EFE] Published On 25 Mar 202525 Mar 2025 Japan has awarded a wrongly convicted man who was…
Could US forces in Europe face a refusal of supply and support? US threats to abandon Ukraine and European allies leads to one outburst of anger. Experts say they could lead to more. US soldiers are seen waiting in the US state of Georgia to board a plane bound for Europe on a deployment launched…
EXPLAINER Are Ethiopia and Eritrea hurtling towards war? The two countries’ historically fraught relationship was mended in 2018, but hostilities are flaring again. A charred T-72 tank on the road that connects Ethiopia’s Shiraro and Shire towns in Tigray, on October 12, 2024 [Michele Spatari/AFP] By Al Jazeera StaffPublished On 25 Mar 202525 Mar 2025 Tensions…
EXPLAINER Yemen war plans: What did Trump aides leak to The Atlantic in Signal chat? The Atlantic’s editor said that Pete Hegseth sent operational details of a US attack on the Houthis in a Signal chat. Video Duration 02 minutes 45 seconds play-arrow 02:45 ‘A shocking breach’: Trump officials leak military attacks to The Atlantic…