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John Green pulled a friend's body from a building in Plantersville, Ala., on Sunday, March 16, 2025, after a a deadly overnight tornado hit the area.​
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Hard Numbers: US storms kill dozens, South Africa's ambassador shown the door, Astronauts to return, Club fire leaves scores dead, Trump takes aim at journalists, Mexicans remember the missing

​Two ships on a collision course in the North Sea
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Hard Numbers: Ships collide in the North Sea, Stocks slide on recession fears, Luxembourg royal dies of rare disease, Military drones kill civilians in Africa, Snow swamps ski hills in Japan

32: An oil tanker and a cargo ship collided in the North Sea off the coast of East Yorkshire, causing a massive fire and injuring 32 people.

​South African president Cyril Ramaphosa takes the national salute below a statue of former president Nelson Mandela at the Cape Town City Hall, ahead of his State Of The Nation (SONA) address in Cape Town, South Africa February 6, 2025.
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Coalition bust-up over VAT in South Africa?

South Africa’s ruling coalition, made up primarily of the African National Congress and the Democratic Alliance, is showing signs of a possible crack in its government of national unity.

President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington, on Feb. 5, 2025.
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Trump freezes aid to South Africa, offers to resettle “refugees”

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday halting all “non-essential” assistance to South Africa. He also ordered American agencies to assist white South Africans fleeing racial discrimination and resettle them as refugees in the US.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa looks on during the 55th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2025.
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GZERO Explains: Why is Trump fighting South Africa over its land policy?

President Donald Trump has said that he will cut all US funding to South Africa, accusing the government there of confiscating land and “treating certain classes of people very badly,” an allegation South African President Cyril Ramaphosa denies.

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara arrives at the opening session of the 19th Summit of the Francophonie at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, on Oct. 5, 2024.
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France fades in Africa as Ivory Coast cuts ties

The Ivory Coast has ordered French forces to leave the country by August 2025. In a New Year’s Eve address, President Alassane Ouattara exhorted Ivorians to “be proud of our army, whose modernization is now effective.”

Hard Numbers: Iran’s struggle is rial, China lures tourists, South Africa shutters mom and pop shops, Russia arrests scooter-killer suspect
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Hard Numbers: Iran’s struggle is rial, China lures tourists, South Africa shutters mom and pop shops, Russia arrests scooter-killer suspect

Top 10 geopolitical game changers of 2024 - GZERO | Pictured: Elon Musk, Donald Trump, a migrant, Benjamin Netanyahu, Vladimir Putin, Ahmed Hussein Al-Shara, the angry voter, Jacob Zuma, Nicolas Maduro, Giorgia Meloni
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GZERO reveals the top 10 geopolitical game changers of 2024

2024 was a year of dramatic reversals. Some came at the ballot box, where long-ruling parties took a beating, anti-establishment figures stormed into power, or strongmen managed to see off what looked like fatal challenges. Some came on battlefields, where deadlocked conflicts began to break in one direction or another. And some came in how we think about politics and geopolitics more broadly.