The coronavirus thrust sedate US Vice President Mike Pence to the forefront early this year when he was made leader of the White House pandemic task force. Now it’s pushed him out front again, after President Donald Trump was hit by the virus and forced into quarantine. While Trump’s symptoms reportedly remain mild, it has […]

Just before the United States of America, USA’s President, Donald Trump, announced his COVID-19 positive status on Friday morning, two military planes capable of launching a nuclear attack took to the skies.

Algeria is readying for a constitutional referendum that the establishment says will usher in a “New Republic” and boost freedoms, but the opposition dismisses as window-dressing by a repressive regime. With a month to go before the November 1 vote, many ordinary Algerians — struggling during a deep economic crisis that has seen unemployment soar […]

Zimbabwean street vendor Memory Chauke did not get very far when she hopped over a fence into neighbouring South Africa on the first day its borders reopened after a six-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. South African patrol guards had anticipated that Zimbabweans would resume illegal crossings into the country to buy goods as […]

US President Trump called into talk show Hannity, on Thursday night, to clarify comments he made during Tuesday’s presidential debate concerning white supremacist groups and the Proud Boys. Instead of condemning, the president told the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by.” Trump’s failure to condemn white supremacists and violent alt-right groups was the […]