World

Trump’s Treasury pick Bessent backs stronger sanctions on Russia; UK’s Starmer signs 100-year pact with Kyiv

By Reuters

World

Zelensky calls for Europe-US security guarantees; Putin ‘ready to compromise with Trump’ on war in Kyiv

By Reuters

World

Moscow's attacks on Dnipropetrovsk region kill two, wound 19; Kyiv battles 50,000 troops in Russia’s Kursk

By Reuters

World

US cracks down on Russian sanctions-dodging; Zelensky warns West of Russia's grip on ex-Soviet republics

By Reuters

World

North Korea’s foreign minister visits Russia; Moscow test-fires missiles to simulate ‘massive’ response to nuclear attack

By Reuters

South Africa

South Africa has much to learn from Finland's example of building social cohesion

By Nicola Bergsteedt and Daryl Swanepoel

South Africa

Behind the Ice Curtain: Antarctic Treaty talks conceal looming bird flu catastrophe

By Tiara Walters

South Africa

Critical lessons for SA from Singapore on managing social cohesion in diverse communities

By Daryl Swanepoel

Elections

Coalition building is no easy task, South Africa should look carefully at success stories like Finland

By Daryl Swanepoel

World

Turkey approves Sweden’s Nato entry, leaving Hungary as the holdout

By Bloomberg

World

Finnish and klaar: Finland’s capital Helsinki has the final word in poetic finesse

By Tiara Walters

World

Kyiv and Baltic states to ditch OSCE Summit; Finland shuts border with Russia after migrant surge

By Bloomberg