The Daily Populous

Thursday May 22nd, 2025 night edition

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President Donald Trump spent much of Wednesday’s Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa rambling about disproven claims and conspiracy theories that white South African farmers are the victims of a genocide.

“It will take him, President Trump, listening to their stories, to their perspective,” Ramaphosa added.

The allegations have also been rejected by South African courts who have blocked the transfer of funds to white supremacist groups who spread the conspiracy theory.

Nevertheless, Trump has granted refugee status to over 50 white South Africans, and banned the government from participating in this year’s G20 summit, which is set to be hosted by South Africa.

The claims have been repeatedly disputed, with both international and South African investigations finding that rural crime against South African farmers victimizes both Black and white farmers and employees.

According to a data review by The New York Times, between April 2020 and March 2024, South African police reported 225 farm murders.

At one point, South African businessman Johann Rupert attempted to gently explain to Trump that while South Africa does have “too many deaths. »

‘World-first’ gonorrhoea vaccine to be rolled out in England

Authored by theguardian.com

The move, hailed as a “landmark moment for sexual health”, will aim to tackle rising levels of the sexually transmitted infection (STI).

Gonorrhoea cases in England topped 85,000 in 2023, the highest since records began in 1918, with warnings over some strains being resistant to antibiotics.

Eligible patients will be identified and contacted in the coming weeks, with the jab offered through local authority-commissioned sexual health services from 1 August. »

'You can feel Putin's threat': The British soldiers guarding Nato's Russian border

Authored by inews.co.uk

A small white drone is circling overhead, scanning through the canvas of the trees to search for the soldiers hiding below.

The war these soldiers are fighting is a simulation, designed by Nato to drill its response to a Russian attack on its eastern flank.

The country is now at the epicentre of the British Army’s plans for Russian threats, and home to the largest contingent of British troops anywhere in the world. »

Trump’s Deportations to South Sudan Are More Twisted Than They Seem

Authored by newrepublic.com
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No judge, and the judicial branch, cannot tell me or the president how to conduct foreign policy,” Rubio said.

“No judge can tell how I have to outreach to a foreign partner or what I need to say to them.

And if do reach to that foreign partner and talk to them, I am under no obligation to share that with the judiciary branch.”. »