6 h. ago Why white South Africans are fleeing surging violence and 'racist' laws for new lives in America, reveals SUE REID

Erik Uys has family roots in South Africa going back years. Now he lives on a cattle ranch in the American state of Arkansas thousands of miles from his home country.

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41 h. ago ‘Trump gold card’ to offer rich foreigners route to US citizenship for $5m

President says new visa program would be open to Russian oligarchs, some of whom ‘are very nice people’Wealthy foreigners willing to pay about $5m, Russian oligarchs potentially among them, will soon be able to apply for a visa to live in America courtesy of what is being billed as the “Trump gold card”.Donald Trump announced the new visa program from the Oval Office on Tuesday night, saying it could start in about two weeks. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Coronation Street star Sue Cleaver reveals 'absolute glam' of soap with co

The actress will soon be leaving the ITV soap having played the role of matriarch Eileen Grimshaw since 2000

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49 h. ago South African court dismisses claim of ‘white genocide’ in country

Donald Trump and Elon Musk have accused South Africa of enabling ‘genocide’ of white farmers

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63 h. ago Jos Buttler admits stakes high for England and his captaincy against Afghanistan

Captain hopes to banish negative thoughts from sideEngland look to get back on track after opening defeatJos Buttler goes into Wednesday’s crunch encounter with Afghanistan in Lahore knowing a win is not simply a non-negotiable as regards England’s Champions Trophy prospects but potentially his future as their white-ball captain.The washout between Australia and South Africa in Rawalpindi on Tuesday has at least clarified England’s situation. Barring further rain affecting Group B, two wins would rule out any net run-rate calculations and guarantee a semi-final berth. By the same token, it also means they are just one defeat from flying home at the earliest opportunity. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Hundreds turn out for the funeral of 'murdered' teen Harvey Willgoose, 15, who 'was stabbed in the heart with hunting knife in front of fellow pupils'

Harvey Willgoose, 15, will be taken to Sheffield Cathedral in South Yorksshire in a red and white coffin - which are the colours of his beloved Sheffield United FC.

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8 d. ago ‘Politically, it’s important. It’s important for humanity’: the long

A new Raoul Peck documentary showcases the recently rediscovered work of the photographer who drew parallels between apartheid South Africa and America’s battle for equalityA group of Black men stand naked in a line with their arms up, facing the wall, as they undergo a medical examination before being sent to work in the mines. The image is just one of many by the late Ernest Cole depicting the dehumanisation of Black people during apartheid. Writing for Ebony magazine in 1968, the South African photographer explained how he wanted his work to “show the world what the white South African had done to the Black”. Since the late 1950s, he had been chronicling, up close and in detail, the horrors of racial segregation for publications such as Drum and the New York Times and had become arguably the most significant photographer documenting the country’s oppressive regime.“Ernest’s photos are the first ones that gave us an idea of what apartheid was, from the belly of the beast,” says Ha...

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8 d. ago Ecuador will seek foreign military aid to combat drug cartels as violence surges

The government of Ecuador has taken another step in its effort to gain help from foreign military forces to combat drug cartels and various organized crime groups

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8 d. ago Diddy claims he’s been ‘singled out’ by law with ‘racist origin’

Music mogul’s lawyers are seeking to have some charges dismissed by claiming the law has been used to ‘target Black men’

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