THE PULSE OF THE PLANET
The president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, said a group of white Afrikaners who chose to move to the U.S. as part of a resettlement program created by the Trump administration are “cowards,” stating he has no doubt they will return to their home country soon. The cohort of about 60 Afrikaners, which included babies…
A cohort of 49 South Africans left the country on Saturday for the U.S. on a privately chartered plane after being granted refugee status by the Trump administration as part of an anti-discrimination program announced in February. The group, which included families and small children, was due to arrive at Dulles International Airport outside Washington…
A South Carolina death row inmate who died by firing squad in April — the second in five weeks in the state to be killed via that method — suffered a prolonged death after shooters missed their target, his lawyers said. Mikal Mahdi was killed last month by prison officials, but autopsy results, as well…
