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South Africa’s president calls Trump’s policy to offer refuge to white Afrikaners ‘racist’
US president is ‘truly uninformed’ for spreading claims of ‘white genocide’ in South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa tells New York TimesSouth Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has called Donald Trump’s policy of...
The Iran war could rock the global economy
Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week, the situation long feared by oil-watchers has become a reality
Nepal: voting closes in election pitting old guard against powerful youth movement
Early results may be released from Friday after first election since gen z protests forced Nepal’s then-PM to quitNearly six months after a wave of unprecedented gen Z-led protests forced...
Israel and America want the Kurds to join the fight in Iran
Kurdish militias are weighing a risky bid to redraw their neighbour’s borders
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China sets its lowest growth target for a generation
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