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The UK Supreme Court has ruled that "the terms woman and sex in the Equality Act 2010 refer to a biological woman and biological sex." A huge blow for trans rights in the UK, in a case in which no trans people were allowed to speak

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"The Nazis finessed the art of killing people, down to how much Zyklon B gas was needed to kill hundreds at the same time. Technology has progressed so much since then. My big fear is if another Hitler comes along, the next war will be much worse.” Lola Hassid Angel, Holocaust survivor

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Caribbean LGBTQ activists are working together to step up the fight against British colonial era laws that criminalise same-sex relationships. Story by my colleague Natricia Duncan

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I've been reflecting on when I was lucky enough to visit Sudan in 2016. One of the warmest, most welcoming countries I've visited. Here's a video of students celebrating finishing their studies at the College of Fine & Applied Art in Khartoum. More on my Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DIdea6GMa9...

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Lesotho has granted a licence to Elon Musk's Starlink, as the Prime Minister said it was working to remove "obstacles to US investment". Lesotho, which makes Levi's jeans for the US market, was slapped with a 50% tariff before it was cut to 10% when Trump granted a global 90-day reprieve.

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Sudan is suffering from the largest humanitarian crisis globally and its civilians are continuing to pay the price for inaction by the international community, as the war enters its third year. “The sheer numbers are just mind-boggling.”

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Once again sharing this piece by my colleague Chris McGreal about where Peter Thiel and the rest of the PayPal mafia grew up

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Perhaps Ramaphosa hopes that Jonas can deploy the same skills & integrity that he used to see off the Guptas and the Zumas with Trump and his team?

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Hungary has passed a constitutional amendment targeting LGBTQ rights, to bolster a law passed last month that bans Pride marches. The amendment says children's “proper physical, mental and moral development take precedence over all other fundamental rights,” except the right to life.

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Tomorrow is the second anniversary of the start of Sudan's civil war. The scale of the suffering is hard to get your head around. 12.7 million people have been forced from their homes. Almost half the population - 24.6 million people - don’t have enough food.

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Seeing people say on The Other Place that a Special Envoy is a temporary position and not the same as Ambassador. So if South Africa does also appoint an Ambassador to the US, they'd need to work together.

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💥 Whopper scoop from @andybounds.bsky.social: Brussels is issuing burner phones & basic laptops to commissioners & senior officials travelling to the US for IMF/World Bank spring meetings next week to avoid risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for China. www.ft.com/content/20d0...

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Ramaphosa has appointed Mcebisi Jonas as "Special Envoy" to the US (and ambassador, one assumes). He has quite the CV, mixing business and politics: current MTN chairman, former deputy finance minister, State Capture whistleblower, teenage ANC/MK activist. But can he win over Trump & his team?

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Chag Sameach Pesach! 🥚🌿🍗🧱🍷

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This week in East Africa: Uganda denied opposition leader Kizza Besigye bail and charged him with treason. Tanzania arrested opposition leader Tundu Lissu and charged him with treason. South Sudan detained opposition leader Reik Machar. Kenya police tear-gassed high school children over a play.

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"It’s not a perfect deal. But there was no other alternative.” Zimbabwe has started compensating former white farmers, 25 years after Robert Mugabe's government started seizing land

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If it weren't for the tariffs, this would be one of the biggest stories right now.

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Americans: Ah but you see there really is no alternative to the dollar The euro:

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Fascinating story about the succession at MoMA that ended up with what looks like a CTRL+C, CTRL+V decision

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I don't know if this is real - I had a brief look on www.regjeringen.no/en/id4/ & couldn't find anything. But it reminded me of a story I did in 2018: an American trans woman tried to claim asylum in Norway and was sexually assaulted in immigration detention, before being deported

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The number one thing investors and businesspeople want from governments is stability. They mostly do not care who is in power, if their policies are predictable. When I covered emerging markets, sure investors wanted pro-market reforms. But being able to rely on what happens next? Even better.

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Question: Who made money from the financial market gyrations of the past few days?

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The entire global financial system has been resting on the assumption that US bonds are the safest possible place to put your money. Consequently, they have the lowest interest rates. Now, their yield is soaring as they're sold off. The US still needs to borrow. So what next?

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If the US wanted to accelerate the move away from the dollar being the world's reserve and trade currency, it couldn't have designed a more perfect policy

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a big factor in any CCP calculation right now is that the Chinese public is far more enthusiastic about fighting back in the trade war than the US public was about starting it.

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Olympic silver medallist Brooke Raboutou has climbed Excalibur 9b+ in Arco, Italy. A monumental achievement 🗡️ Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is hardest ever sport climb by a woman. www.instagram.com/p/DIMfCRcJ1z...

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Managed to avoid White Lotus spoilers all day 🧘🏻‍♀️

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Perhaps an interesting question for the journalists who interview Secretaries Bessent and Lutnick next: “How much money did you lose last week?”

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"As a white Afrikaner, I can now claim asylum in Trump’s America. What an absurdity" Max du Preez writes for @theguardian.com

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In the ten days since Rümeysa Öztürk was detained by US ICE agents, her lawyers say their client has had three asthma attacks. During that time, ICE has not provided the detained student her inhaler, per her lawyers and three US Senators, or other medication required by law.

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Bear/Short

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First the US aid cuts, then it was a country "nobody had ever heard of", and now a 50% tariff. Lesotho can't catch a break from Trump

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Lesotho's Bureau of Statistics website has 0s and 1s drifting across its header and a smattering of Comic Sans. J'adore

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“If you’re asking if I know what I’m going to be paying on my three containers arriving from China, I don’t. Neither do our customs brokers. We asked right after the announcement: ‘What’s our duty? So that we can start planning.’ And they’re like: ‘We have no idea.’"

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Read this and watch the videos

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'Fewer than 1% of transgender people who undergo gender-affirming surgery regret it, according to an analysis published by Barbee and their colleagues. By comparison, 14.4% of the broader population reports regret after any kind of surgery.'

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