South Africa's white Afrikaner separatists want Trump's help to become stateThree senior Orania officials interviewed by Reuters were vague about the help they sought in the U.S. They said they were not seeking handouts but wanted investment to build houses to keep up with its 15% population growth, infrastructure and energy independence that it has almost half-achieved with solar.
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-africas-white-afrikaner-separatists-want-trumps-help-become-state-2025-04-03/Guinea Sets Date for Constitutional Referendum Amid Political TensionsGeneral Mamadi Doumbouya, the junta leader, had previously declared 2025 as a “crucial electoral year” for returning to constitutional order but failed to provide a clear timeline. The missed December 31, 2024 deadline for launching the democratic transition led to widespread anger, with protests bringing the capital, Conakry, to a standstill.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/guinea-sets-date-for-constitutional-referendum-amid-political-tensions/ In fear of Israeli attacks | Foreign forces withdraw from military positions in Tartous According to reliable SOHR sources, the forces withdrew in fear of Israeli attacks on the military positions, as Israeli forces attacked military centres that include members of the Ministry of Defence yesterday, and caused major damages to these positions.
https://www.syriahr.com/en/359215/Hungary says it will withdraw from ICC as Israel’s Netanyahu visitsNetanyahu arrived in Budapest early on Thursday morning on his first trip to Europe since 2023 in defiance of the ICC’s arrest warrant against him for alleged war crimes in Gaza. Speaking at a news conference with his Hungarian counterpart, the Israeli prime minister personally thanked Orban for his decision to leave the court, calling it a “bold and principled position” against the “corrupt organisation”.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/3/hungary-says-it-will-withdraw-from-icc-as-israels-netanyahu-visitshttps://archive.ph/CE1ZyMacron calls on Europe to suspend investment in US after Trump tariff shock French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday urged European businesses to suspend investment in the US "until things are clarified with the United States". The EU is facing 20 percent tariffs on exports to the US following President Donald Trump's announcement of widespread global tariffs on Wednesday.
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20250403-macron-calls-on-europe-to-suspend-investment-in-us-after-trump-tariff-shockhttps://archive.ph/hsXGnUnite urges government to intervene in the Birmingham bin strikes“Let me be very clear that the pay of these workers is being cut by a Labour council under your watch,” Ms Graham said. “The current escalation increasingly looks like a declaration of war on these workers.”
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/unite-urges-government-intervene-birmingham-bin-strikesChileans Hold a National StrikeAmong the main demands are the strengthening of collective bargaining by industry, the effective implementation of the 40-hour workweek in the public sector, and an end to the union persecution promoted by the Comptroller’s Office.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/chileans-hold-a-national-strike/Luisa González reaches historic agreement with the Indigenous movement for the presidential electionsIn the first round of the elections, PK ran Leonidas Iza as its presidential candidate, and reached third place with a little more than 5% of the vote. There are several aspects that differentiate González from Iza. The former has assumed a position closer to a very cautious social democracy in alliance with business sectors. Iza, on the other hand, proposed a popular government closer to the positions of the classical left.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/04/03/luisa-gonzalez-reaches-historic-agreement-with-the-indigenous-movement-for-the-presidential-elections/CPI (Maoist) CC Sets Terms For Peace Talks With Central And State GovernmentsThe Communist Party of India (Maoist) Central Committee has allegedly expressed its readiness for peace talks with the Central and State governments if they stop the ongoing ‘Operation Kagaar’, what the Maoist party termed as genocide, in Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana, and a halt to the setting up of new camps by the security forces as part of the ‘military offensive’.
https://www.redspark.nu/en/peoples-war/india/cpi-maoist-cc-sets-terms-for-peace-talks-with-central-and-state-governments/Pentagon officials urge a faster militarisation of space, citing China’s advances“We are critically underfunded in the execution of our newest and most critical mission: space control. We need capabilities both to defeat adversary counters-pace weapons as well as to deny, degrade, or destroy adversary space power.” Saltzman was not the only Pentagon official testifying on Thursday about a need for Washington to view space as a military domain.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3305155/pentagon-officials-urge-faster-militarisation-space-citing-chinas-advanceshttps://archive.ph/5IIXu