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Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, gestures to the crowd as he concludes a campaign rally on October 19, 2024, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

What Trump’s re-election could mean for global security and American foreign policy

If Donald Trump re-enters the White House after the 5 November elections, countries like Russia, China, Iran and North Korea will be delighted

SARB governor Lesetja Kganyago. Photo by Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Swift action: Sanction-heavy future calls for policymakers to de-risk

The Reserve Bank has warned that sanctions will be ‘catastrophic’ to the economy, which is currently vulnerable to geopolitical shocks

The United States is crafting a new foreign policy that keeps the economic superpower at its centre

Where does SA fit into America’s ‘new consensus’?

The United States is crafting a new foreign policy that keeps the economic superpower at its centre

The author’s sister in front of a fire truck on September 12, 2001

9/11: It’s all I’ve ever known

Aaron White was six years old in New York City when the Towers fell. For the lucky ones, life just moved on

September 11 tribute in light beams viewed across the East River from Brooklyn, 2014. (Andrew Cribb/Alamy Stock Photo)

Did 9/11 really change everything? It’s hard to tell if you’re brown

Witnessing 9/11 in New York, the fear and the unity, no one could agree if we were entering a new world, or a depressingly familiar one

11 September 2001: The Manhattan skyline after al-Qaeda flew planes into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre. Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower at 8.46am and Flight 175 struck the South Tower at 9.03am, killing 2 606 people. Photo: Michel Setboun/Corbis/Getty Images

What difference did 9/11 make to the United States?

When the next terrorist attacks come, will US presidents be able to channel public demand for revenge by precise targeting, explaining the trap that terrorists set, and focusing…

The death of an unarmed black man, George Floyd, at the hands of police in Minneapolis ignited this latest wave of outrage in the US over law enforcement’s repeated use of lethal force against African Americans — this one like others before captured on cellphone video. (Chandan Khanna/AFP)

Militarisation, repression and capitalism in the US

A global police state – the military arm for capital interests – marginalises, controls and subjugates millions of people considered surplus humanity

Significant public attention in relation to Covid-19 has focused on the economic dimensions of the virus resulting in joblessness and deprivation on a monumental scale.

Censorship, surveillance could be the biggest rights challenges post Covid-19

The impacts of these infringements could last well beyond the life of the Covid-19 pandemic

This Sound Africa podcast investigates the persistent rumour that a black man named Hamilton Naki played a much bigger role in the first heart transplant surgery than he is given credit for. (Image: Sound Africa)

9/11 now: Terror, militarism, war and fear as the ‘war on terror’ continues unabated

It is no wonder that this war persists as terror groups expand further.

9/11: Remembering the day the world changed

With remnants of the towers and names of the victims on its walls, the September 11 Memorial Museum is a reminder of 9/11, writes Lisa-Anne Julien.

Race is the rage as American-Indian wins Miss America

As Nina Davuluri took the title of Miss America, Haji Mohamed Dawjee looks at the harsh reception the first Indian-American winner received.

9/11 ceremony will be a quiet ‘last’ for mayor Bloomberg

When September 11 anniversary unfolds, the mayor who helped orchestrate the observances from the start will be watching for his last time in office.

One World Trade Centre reaches its final height

The World Trade Centre’s rebirth has long revolved around creating symbolism on the site: a skyscraper and a bold statement about looking forward.

Boston bombing suspect seen on video – US police

Investigators spotted a Boston Marathon bombing suspect on security video footage taken before two blasts went off, says a law enforcement source.

Time is right again for Hollywood to blow up the White House

Twelve years after the terror attacks, directors are daring to film the Capitol in flames.

Bin Laden fathered four children while in hiding

Osama bin Laden fathered four children as he hid out in Pakistan after the 9/11 attacks, his youngest wife has told interrogators.

Bathroom jitters lead F-16s to shadow two US flights

On the anniversary of 9/11, crews on two US flights were so unnerved by long bathroom visits that fighter jets were scrambled to shadow the flights

9/11 commemorations draw to a close

9/11 commemorations draw to a close

The name-reading ceremony of the nearly 3000 people killed on September 11 2001 ended on Sunday in New York with buglers playing taps.

9/11 commemorations draw to a close

Jittery US unites in grief during 9/11 anniversary

A jittery US has come together in grief during the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks which killed almost 3 000 people and plunged it into war.

Terror threat casts shadow over 9/11 ceremonies

Terror threat casts shadow over 9/11 ceremonies

President Barack Obama has vowed that the US will never waver in its fight against terrorism as Americans mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11 attacks.