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Washington says South Africa has not done anything to fix what President Trump sees as discrimination. South Africa’s president has called Mr. Trump’s policies racist.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says South Africa has not addressed US concerns over racial inequality.
NYTimes – World Washington says South Africa has not done anything to fix what President Trump sees as discrimination. South Africa’s president has called Mr. Trump’s policies racist.
NYTimes – World Washington says South Africa has not done anything to fix what President Trump sees as discrimination. South Africa’s president has called Mr. Trump’s policies racist.
Announcement of visa restrictions follows Trump’s false claims of ‘white genocide’ taking place in South Africa The US has announced visa restrictions on some South Africans as Donald Trump’s administration continues to claim that South Africa’s government racially discriminates against white minority Afrikaners. The announcement did not specify individuals who were barred from the US. Trump has spent his second ter…
Sky News – World The United States has announced a travel ban on South African officials it claims are behind discrimination against white people and other minority groups.
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NPR – World Belgian-born physicist Francis Halzen, 82, has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work detecting high-energy neutrinos from deep space. His research, which began in the 1980s, led to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. The Nobel committee described neutrinos as "ghostly messages from space." Halzen is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Sky News – World Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called a snap election for November 29 after his governing coalition failed to pass emergency housing measures. Sánchez is framing the housing crisis as central to the campaign, while reports also note separate pressures from a migration crisis and corruption scandals involving his inner circle.
NYTimes – World Jim Desmond pushes back after president says losing Los Angeles and San Diego would be ‘small price to pay’ Q&A: The Iran war is unpopular, but will it cost Trump the midterms? Our reporters answer your questions Sign up for Breaking News US email Jim Desmond , the Republican candidate for a competitive San Diego based House seat has pushed back on Donald Trump’s comments at a rally in Nebraska on Monday, where the…
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