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Economist wary SA’s growth and opportunity may be strained as Trump elected as US president

Economists have raised concerns about the potential negative effects of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s victory on South Africa (SA) and Africa’s economy for several reasons. Speaking on VOC Breakfast on Friday, Economist Dawie Roodt shared some of his concerns. “I think Donald Trump being sworn in as president will affect South Africa in two possible ways. Trump has been adamant that he would be imposing new tariffs, cut taxes in […]

today8 November 2024

International News

Trump campaign sues to stop Pennsylvania certifying Biden win

In a new lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania on Monday, the campaign of United States President Donald Trump sued Kathy Boockvar, Pennsylvania’s secretary of state, and a handful of county boards of elections, alleging they had run an unfair election in the state. The Trump campaign is asking the court to issue an emergency order stopping election officials from certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s win in the state, and a permanent injunction […]

today10 November 2020

International News

Palestinians happy with Trump’s election loss

US President Donald Trump’s departure from the White House will be a relief for Palestinians under Israeli occupation, the nation’s leaders said Sunday, Anadolu reports. Nabil Shaath, Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas’ special envoy, told Anadolu Agency that the Trump administration was the worst for Palestinians. “For us, it is a gain to get rid of Trump. However, we don’t expect an essential strategic change in America’s stance towards the Palestinian […]

today9 November 2020

International News

Trump stages corrosive attempt to undermine votes as his path to 270 evaporates

President Donald Trump staged a corrosive and potentially dangerous attempt at undermining the US election on Thursday, baselessly claiming the presidency was being stolen from underneath him as vote counts showed his path to victory disappearing. Standing at the White House podium, the President repeated false claims that a count of legally cast ballots would show him winning against former Vice President Joe Biden. He complained that in certain states […]

today6 November 2020

International News

Democrats urge Egypt’s Sisi to free dissidents before jail terms ‘become death sentences’

More than 50 US Democratic lawmakers have urged Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to release human rights activists, lawyers, journalists and other prisoners of conscience "before their unjust imprisonments become death sentences in the face of massive Covid outbreaks". In a letter sent on Monday, the 55 politicians, led by Representatives Ro Khanna, Jim McGovern and Senator Sherrod Brown, called on Sisi to release those "unjustly detained for exercising their […]

today20 October 2020

International News

China vows retaliation against US over Hong Kong sanctions

China has said it would retaliate after US President Donald Trump ordered an end to preferential trade treatment for Hong Kong and signed legislation allowing sanctions on banks over Beijing's clampdown on the semi-autonomous city. In a statement on Wednesday, China's foreign ministry said the US's Hong Kong Autonomy Act "maliciously slanders" new national security legislation Beijing had imposed on Hong Kong earlier this month and warned Washington against interference […]

today15 July 2020

International News

US pushing for Saudi, UAE to end airspace ban against Qatar: Report

The United States is trying to resolve a three-year diplomatic feud among Gulf countries by pushing Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to lift a ban on Qatari airlines using their airspace, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. President Donald Trump has applied pressure on the Saudi leadership to end the restrictions, which have resulted in Qatari aircraft using Iranian airspace as their only corridor out […]

today5 June 2020

International News

Trump says he rejected South Korea’s offer for defence costs

US President Donald Trump has rejected a sum offered by South Korea in response to his demand that the country's government contribute more to the cost of US military forces deployed there. "Now they've offered us a certain amount of money and I've rejected it," Trump said at a White House news conference on Monday, adding that Seoul was paying about a billion dollars a year towards the cost of […]

today21 April 2020

International News

Bernie Sanders suspends campaign for US presidency

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who saw his once-strong lead in the United States Democratic Party primary evaporate as the party's establishment lined swiftly up behind rival Joe Biden, ended his presidential bid on Wednesday, an acknowledgement that the former vice president is too far ahead for him to have any reasonable hope of catching up. The Vermont senator's announcement makes Biden the presumptive Democratic nominee to challenge President Donald Trump […]

today9 April 2020

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