insert_link World Trump makes English official language of US Donald Trump has made English the official language of the United States. The US President signed an executive order over the weekend rescinding a decades-old policy that required government bodies to provide language assistance to non-English speakers. Benji Hyer reports. today3 March, 2025
insert_link South Africa US president Donald Trump has reiterated his attacks on South Africa US president Donald Trump has reiterated his attacks on South Africa, saying the situation in the country is dangerous. He signed an executive order last Friday, cutting US financial assistance to South Africa, citing disapproval of the country’s land expropriation policy and its genocide case against Washington's ally Israel. Trump, who claims that there are widespread land grabs currently happening under the Expropriation Act, says the situation is bad for […] today11 February, 2025
insert_link South Africa South Africa reacts to the latest executive order issued by Donald Trump The government of South Africa has reacted to the latest executive order issued by American president Donald Trump. The spokesperson for the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation, Chrispin Phiri, says it is of great concern that the foundational premise of this order lacks factual accuracy and fails to recognise South Africa's profound and painful history of colonialism and apartheid: today10 February, 2025
insert_link World Second US judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order A United States federal judge in Maryland blocked President Donald Trump's executive order preventing the children of undocumented migrants from receiving birthright citizenship. District Judge Deborah Boardman says the executive order runs counter to the country's 250-year laws of citizenship by birth and likely violates an 1898 Supreme Court decision on the issue. Jody Jacobs has more. today6 February, 2025
insert_link South Africa Cosatu Urges South African Government to Clarify U.S. Executive Order on Foreign Aid Cosatu is calling on the South African government to engage its counterpart in the United State of America and clarify the status of the executive order on the Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid. Cosatu in KwaZulu-Natal provincial secretary, Edwin Mkhize says the haphazard implementation of this executive order is inflicting pain on the poor and has disregarded workers’ livelihood. He says workers have been left stranded: today3 February, 2025
insert_link World U.S States file lawsuit over Trump’s birthright citizenship order Eighteen US states have filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order removing the automatic right to US citizenship for almost anyone born in the country. The Supreme Court has previously upheld what's known as birthright citizenship on the grounds that it is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. Ira Spitzer has more. today22 January, 2025
insert_link Business / Economics Donald Trump unveils AI investment in USA US President Donald Trump has announced billions of dollars in private sector investment to construct artificial intelligence infrastructure in the country. On his first full day in office, he unveiled a joint venture called Stargate — which he's calling the "largest AI infrastructure project in history." It follows him signing an executive order on Monday overturning policies which were aimed at monitoring and regulating AI risks. Our reporter Benji […] today22 January, 2025
insert_link World Trump pardons 1500 participants in Jan 6th riots US President Donald Trump has pardoned around 1,500 people accused of criminal activity in the riots on Capitol Hill on January 6th 2021. They include figures convicted of seditious conspiracy and acts of violence as they attempted to halt the certification of Joe Biden's election victory. The President also signed an executive order pulling the United States out of the Paris Climate Change accords. From Washington, Simon Marks reports. […] today21 January, 2025
insert_link World TikTok has begun restoring access to users in the United States TikTok has begun restoring access to users in the United States after a brief voluntary shutdown. And according to CBS News, the move followed President-elect Donald Trump's promise to pause a potential ban through an executive order. TikTok expressed gratitude to Trump for providing clarity and assurance to its service providers. The company highlighted its role in supporting free speech and small businesses in the U.S. TikTok also committed […] today20 January, 2025
