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United States renews Agoa for another three years

However, it’s not certain whether South Africa will continue to benefit from the concessional trade pact for qualifying African countries

Former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen testifies before a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on Capitol Hill, October 5, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jim Watson/AFP)

Facebook needs a facelift

Steven Hill thinks “digital operating permits” could be the key to reining in tech giants and protecting their users.

United States Senate stonewalls gun control bids in wake of shooting at Orlando LGBTI nightclub

The Orlando massacre, the worst mass shooting in modern American history, has seemingly done little to influence lawmakers to clamp down on guns.

US Republicans feel the rising heat

Some climate change deniers in the United States Senate have realised they are increasingly out of step with the public.

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World leaders outraged by CIA torture report

Many world leaders are criticising the torture methods of the CIA, revealed this week in a US Senate report, and they are calling for legal action.

Our president seeks to know his future

CIA lied about brutal and ineffective torture – report

A US Senate report found that the CIA misled the American public about its torture methods after 9/11 and were brutal and pervasive in their actions.

From Carter and Bush to ‘American Idol’: Some US election candidates

From a failed American Idol contestant to an ex-con, everyone seemed to get in on the act in the midterm US congressional elections.

The US Senate passed a stopgap measure to fund federal programs and avoid an October 1 government shutdown.

US Senate passes funding bill to avoid government shutdown

A deeply divided and unproductive Congress wrapped up its final business before November’s elections early on Saturday.

Now it’s Obama vs moneyed elite

Now it’s Obama vs moneyed elite

The US president has launched his first salvo in an election race marked by financial issues.

US Congress gets its own YouTube sites

The US Congress is launching official YouTube channels where members of the House and Senate can create videos of floor speeches or hearings.

Report on Obama Senate seat scandal out soon

A report, due out on Tuesday, is expected to clear US President-elect Barack Obama’s staff of any improper dealings with the governor of Illinois.