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South Africa make IPL call in bid to take down Aussies

South Africa's players have been told to prioritise beating Australia over playing IPL finals, as the Aussies are left to make their own calls on returning.

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Kevin O’Leary insists that Trump granting refugee status to white South Africans ‘has nothing to do with race’

‘I don’t know why this particular group gets all this focus,’ Kevin O’Leary declared on Tuesday

The Independent UK

South African President Says White Residents Labeled 'Refugees' by Trump Want Country to Go 'Back to Apartheid'

South Africa's president pushed back against Donald Trump's claims that white South Africans are facing a "genocide" after labeling them as refugees.

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Why has Trump given white South Africans refugee status?

Trump stirs controversy by calling Afrikaners, a minority group descended from Dutch colonists, victims of a ‘genocide’

Al Jazeera

Africa’s human rights crisis: global silence and the Trump effect

Amnesty International’s 2025 annual report reviews a broad range of human rights issues, highlighting concerns in 150 countries and linking global and regional trends with an eye on the future. In Africa, the organization says the so-called “Trump effect” in the US and beyond has led to an unprecedented neglect…

Radio France Internationale

Pat Cummins and Cameron Green return for World Test Championship final to leave Australia selection dilemma

Green will be unable to bowl at Lord’s against South Africa but could return to the XI as a batter only

The Independent UK

Episcopal Church quitting federal aid partnership over Trump embrace of white South African ‘refugees’

It has been ‘painful to watch one group of refugees, selected in a highly unusual manner, receive preferential treatment over others who have been in refugee camps or dangerous conditions for years,’ said the bishop

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Australia have three options for Test opening spot

After just two Tests, Josh Inglis could open in the World Test Championship final after being thrown into the mix to partner Usman Khawaja.

AAP

Trump news at a glance: Markets rally on China trade war pause, first Afrikaner ‘refugees’ arrive

Wall Street jumps as president hails ‘total reset’ with Beijing, while administration stirs controversy with refugee status for white South Africans. Key US politics stories from Monday 12 May 2025 at a glance

The Guardian - US

Trump administration welcomes 59 white South Africans as refugees to the US

Move comes as administration largely closes refugee admissions from countries experiencing widespread violence, poverty.

Al Jazeera

First white South Africans arrive in US after Trump grants them refugee status

Trump stirs controversy by calling Afrikaners, minority descended from Dutch colonists, victims of a ‘genocide’

The Guardian - US

‘Race-baiting’ accusations erupt as Trump fast-tracks white Afrikaner refugees

A wait that can take years was shortened, likely due to race.

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Trump puts white South Africans on citizenship fast track while rejecting all other refugees: ‘As subtle as an air raid’

President claims Afrikaners are victims of ‘genocide’ while denying entry to refugees fleeing famine and war

The Independent UK

Episcopal Church says it won't help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status in US

The Episcopal Church’s migration service is refusing a directive from the U.S. federal government to help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status, citing the church’s longstanding commitment to racial justice and reconciliation

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Latin Times

Trump Defends Receiving White South Africans As Refugees: 'It's a Genocide That's Taking Place'

Donald Trump stood by the decision to receive white South Africans as refugees while ending such programs elsewhere, saying they are being subjected to genocide

The Independent UK

Trump repeats disputed claim that white farmers suffering ‘genocide’ in South Africa as first ‘refugees’ are flown in to US

No evidence of widespread violence or persecution of white South Africans exists to support US president’s claim

The Conversation

US funding cuts have crippled our HIV work – what’s being lost

The Trump administration’s cuts to funding for scientific research have left many scientists reeling and very worried. At the National Institutes of Health in the US, which has an annual budget of US$47 billion to support medical research both in the US and around the world, nearly 800 grants have…

The Conversation

Marketing unhealthy food as good for kids is fuelling obesity in South Africa: how to curb it

Childhood overweight and obesity are a growing public health challenge in South Africa. In 2016, 13% of the country’s children were reported to be obese. This is predicted to double by 2030.

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White S.Africans Resettled In US Did Not Face 'Persecution': Govt

The white Afrikaners who have accepted resettlement in the United States did not face "any form of persecution" in South Africa, the foreign ministry said on Monday.

Euronews

Dozens of white South Africans granted refugee status under Trump's new rule

Refugee groups have criticised the Trump administration for prioritising Afrikaners, a white ethnic minority, over people in greater need.

The Independent UK

First white South Africans leave for US as Trump refugees

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The Independent UK

First group of white South Africans leave for US after Trump offers refugee status

The South African government said it is ‘completely false’ that Afrikaners are being persecuted

The Independent UK

A jazz club in Johannesburg plays its last songs and laments downtown's decline

The Conversation

G20 is too elite. There’s a way to fix that though – economists

The G20 claims to be “the premier forum for international economic cooperation”.

The Independent UK

Koyo Kouoh, 2026 Venice Art Biennale curator, dies suddenly at age 58

Koyo Kouoh, the curator of the 2026 Venice Art Biennale, has died at age 58, her home institution in South Africa said in an Instagram post

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