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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’

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‘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

The Independent UK

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

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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 Independent UK

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.

The Conversation

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.

International Business Times

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.

Euronews

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

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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

The Independent UK

Trump is bringing white South Africans to the US as refugees. Why?

South Africa says there's no persecution

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Radio France Internationale

South Africa criticises US plan to resettle white Afrikaners as refugees

South Africa has criticised the United States following reports that Washington could received the first white Afrikaners it had offered to resettle as refugees as early as next week.

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White South Africans Set To Arrive In US Under Trump’s Refugee Program

Donald Trump is set to send white South Africans to the US under his refugee program, despite blocking refugees from the rest of the world.

Euronews

How poaching caused over 100 vultures to die in mass poisoning in South African national park

Vultures are key to wildlife ecosystems because of the clean-up work they do, feeding on the carcasses of dead animals.

The Independent UK

First white South Africans to arrive in America despite Trump’s refugee freeze

The assertion that minority white South Africans face discrimination from the Black majority has been echoed by Trump's white South African-born ally Elon Musk

The Guardian - UK

US grants asylum to 54 white Afrikaner South Africans, reports say

Donald Trump has directed officials to grant refugee status to Afrikaners who he claims suffer discrimination

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Kendrick Lamar dominates 2025 BET Awards nominations

The nomination for the 2025 BET Awards are here and see rivals Kendrick Lamar and Drake in contention for top prizes, including a battle for Album of the Year.

The Guardian - UK

British & Irish Lions squad 2025: the chosen 38 players

We profile each player from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland who will compete for places in Andy Farrell’s Test match squads to take on Australia this summer

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