Biden, Macron vow to keep up support for Kyiv; Russian warship deployment puts Ukraine on high alert
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday night that the country’s armed forces are preparing a “countermeasure” to Russia’s offensive operations. “We are analyzing the intentions of the occupiers and are preparing a countermeasure – an even more powerful countermeasure than it’s been,” he said in his nightly address. Zelenskyy did not elaborate on what the […]
Cyril Ramaphosa: South African president faces threat of impeachment over ‘Farmgate’
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing a possible impeachment threat over the “Farmgate” scandal. The president has been accused of covering up a $4m (£3.3m) theft from his farm in 2020, including kidnapping and bribing the burglars into silence. A three-volume report from an independent panel has found that Mr Ramaphosa abused his position […]