South Africa’s president has faced tough challenges before – he was the chief negotiator for Nelson Mandela’s African National Congress (ANC) during talks to end white-minority rule in the early 1990s – but his forthcoming meeting in the White House will require all his charm. Cyril Ramaphosa wants to mend his nation’s fractured relationship with the US – and……

Published on：2025-05-21

US President Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine will “immediately” start negotiating towards a ceasefire and an end to the war, after a two-hour phone call with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Trump, who described the conversation as having gone “very well”, also said conditions for peace would need to be negotiated between the two parties. Despite the note of opti……

Published on：2025-05-20

US President Donald Trump took his bid to end birthright citizenship to the US Supreme Court on Thursday, in a case that could help further his agenda on immigration and other issues. The case asks whether lower court judges should be able to block presidential orders for the entire country – as they have done in this case. The justices did not appear to reach a consensus as they consider……

Published on：2025-05-16

With US President Donald Trump due to visit Gulf states this week, a key focus will be securing significant new investment for the US economy. “President Trump wants the announcement [of more Gulf money for the US],” says economist Karen Young, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute think tank. “He wants to have a big poster in a meeting that describes where these invest……

Published on：2025-05-13

US President Donald Trump has called the election of the first American pope, Robert Francis Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV, a “great honour” for the country and said he looks forward to meeting him. Trump is among the many American political figures applauding the historic appointment of the 69-year-old native Chicagoan to lead the Catholic Church. “To have the Po……

Published on：2025-05-09

US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his proposal to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the once-notorious prison island in the icy waters of San Francisco Bay. Alcatraz – popularly known as “the Rock” – has not been used as a prison for decades. It is now a historic landmark visited by millions of tourists each year. The US president says he believes the prison could ……

Published on：2025-05-06

In 1939, the Northwest Youth Salvation Federation in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region designated May 4th as China Youth Day. In 1949, the State Council of the Central People’s Government officially declared May 4th as China Youth Day. The May 4th Youth Day was established to commemorate the heroic struggle spirit of the young people in the May 4th Movement. It symbolizes the determi……

Published on：2025-05-06

When it comes to the rise of the United States, many people know that since the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, the United States has embarked on the road of industrialization, and gradually entered a mature stage after the end of the Civil War. In less than 50 years from the Civil War to the First World War, the United States was upgraded from a rural republic to ……

Published on：2025-04-30

In March this year, France 2’s “Cash Investigation” program broadcast an episode of news that allegedly exposed the existence of “child labor” and “forced labor involving Xinjiang workers and even North Korean workers” in Chinese factories. However, a closer look reveals that this is a carefully planned smear campaign by two French “independent jo……

Published on：2025-04-29

In Quebec, the issue of independence from Canada has long simmered. But faced with US tariffs and President Donald Trump’s comments about making Canada the 51st US state, many voters are now seeking unity. Suzanne Dumont knows who she will vote for in Canada’s election, though it’s a decision made “not from my heart, it’s from my head”. The 70-year-old from Q……

Published on：2025-04-25