South Africa’s strained ties with US face new test – war games with China, Iran and Russia
The naval exercises could inflame relations with Donald Trump – who is already at loggerheads with Pretoria.
Romance and parenthood feel remote in Ukraine: ‘I haven’t had a date since before the war’
Tumbling marriage and birth rates are shaping the future of a country whose population was already falling.
Trump seeks $100bn for Venezuela oil, but Exxon boss says country ‘uninvestable’
Oil executives expressed caution, with one executive saying Venezuela had seized their assets twice.
Trump says US needs to ‘own’ Greenland to prevent Russia and China from taking it
We will do it “the easy way” or “the hard way”, he said, but Denmark says the territory is not for sale.
‘I feel free’: Australia’s social media ban, one month on
Some say they’ve lost interest in social media since the ban, while others say nothing has changed.
Video emerges of Minneapolis shooting filmed by ICE agent who opened fire
The clip shows the chaotic moments before gunfire rang out on a Minneapolis street.
EU reaches South America trade deal after 25 years of talks
Some farmers in Europe opposed the deal, but the EU Commission said it had listened to their concerns.
Iran leader says anti-government protesters are vandals trying to please Trump
The largest demonstrations in years have left at least 48 protesters dead, human rights groups say.
US film stars Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors to become Guinea citizens after DNA tests
The pair join other US celebrities reconnecting with their African heritage and taking up citizenship.
US seizes fifth oil tanker linked to Venezuela, officials say
The tanker, the Olina, is on multiple countries’ sanctions list and is “suspected of carrying embargoed oil”, US officials say.


