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Middle East

Crossfin plots global fintech push with UAE deal and Singapore launch

Business Maverick

Crossfin plots global fintech push with UAE deal and Singapore launch

By Kara le Roux

Media under siege: The alarming toll of war on Palestinian journalists in Gaza

Maverick Life

Media under siege: The alarming toll of war on Palestinian journalists in Gaza

By Mel Frykberg

Cheetah cubs exotic pet crisis fuelling illegal wildlife trade across borders

Africa

Cheetah cubs exotic pet crisis fuelling illegal wildlife trade across borders

By Valtino Omolo and Willis Okumu

Fixing the woke, stoking the broke? Trump’s speech to Congress was full of self-praise, big promises

Politics

Fixing the woke, stoking the broke? Trump’s speech to Congress was full of self-praise, big promises

By J Brooks Spector

Tougher US sanctions to curb Russian oil supply to China and India

Business Maverick

Tougher US sanctions to curb Russian oil supply to China and India

By Reuters

US swings to Trump and Republican Congress — how it’s playing out and what happens next

Politics

US swings to Trump and Republican Congress — how it’s playing out and what happens next

By J Brooks Spector

SA foreign policy in the time of coalition — it’s complicated

South Africa

SA foreign policy in the time of coalition — it’s complicated

By Stephen Grootes

In the deadly heat, Iraq’s hospitals have become the ground-zero battlefield in the country’s climate crisis

Op-eds

In the deadly heat, Iraq’s hospitals have become the ground-zero battlefield in the country’s climate crisis

By Susan Schulman

US pushes for truce in Gaza after Israel kills Hamas leader

World

US pushes for truce in Gaza after Israel kills Hamas leader

By Bloomberg

Mr Slick versus Mr Earnest Nice Guy? Civilised US VP debate stuck to policy ideas, but won’t move dial for voters

Politics

Mr Slick versus Mr Earnest Nice Guy? Civilised US VP debate stuck to policy ideas, but won’t move dial for voters

By J Brooks Spector

As the world inches closer to all-out war in three theatres, it needs rational leaders

World

As the world inches closer to all-out war in three theatres, it needs rational leaders

By J Brooks Spector

Kamala Harris cleans Donald Trump’s clock in American presidential candidates debate — no debate about it

Politics

Kamala Harris cleans Donald Trump’s clock in American presidential candidates debate — no debate about it

By J Brooks Spector