Anti-immigrant activist Ngizwe Mchunu faced heavy backlash after a courtroom video from his LGBT hate trial speech emerged, showing him admitting to being jobless.
South African factory workers protested against the dismissal of foreign employees, arguing that their skills are vital for protecting local jobs.
US President Donald Trump voiced confidence Tuesday at reaching a trade deal with the Philippines to ease his threatened tariffs as he welcomed his counterpart Ferdinand Marcos to the White House. A big trade deal, actually," Trump said as he met Marcos in the Oval Office.
General Motors reported Tuesday that second-quarter profits tumbled by more than a third due to tariffs as it confirmed its full-year forecast. Profits overall fell 35.4 percent to $1.9 billion year-on-year, with a $1.1 billion hit from tariffs accounting for much of the drop.
Major social media platforms are enabling and profiting from misinformation around extreme weather events, endangering lives and impeding emergency response efforts, a research group said Tuesday. "The influence of high-profile conspiracy theorists during climate disasters is drowning out emergency response efforts," the report said, adding that the trend was "putting lives at risk."
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