SUMMIT COUNTDOWN SA’s G20 agenda draws broad support — but it could be undone by Trump’s opposition 8 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
IN PICTURES Oblique Seville strikes gold in Tokyo 100m final, and more from around the world 7 min 0 By Maverick Life Editors
FOREIGN AFFAIRS Controversy and speculation swirl around next two G20 summits — largely due to Donald Trump 6 min 2 By J Brooks Spector
NEW WORLD ORDER Trump is driving SA and other middle powers towards China or non-alignment, report finds 6 min 4 By Peter Fabricius
WAR IN EUROPE Mykolaiv mayor keeps the water flowing, even in war-torn Ukraine 8 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
UKRAINE UPDATE: 5 MARCH 2025 US and Kyiv ‘ready to sign minerals deal’; Putin hails ‘elephant diplomacy’ with Myanmar 9 min 2 By Reuters
GEOPOLITICS Ambush! A mugging in the Oval Office reveals the alliance’s deep split 6 min 89 By J Brooks Spector
UKRAINE UPDATE: 21 FEBRUARY 2025 US refuses to co-sponsor UN resolution backing Kyiv; Kremlin backs Trump in spat with Zelensky 9 min 0 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 10 FEBRUARY 2025 Trump vaguely reveals he spoke to Putin on ending war; Kyiv's military shoots down 70 Russian drones 5 min 0 By Reuters
GUEST ESSAY Some of my best friends are Trump supporters (and who on earth is Curtis Yarvin?) 5 min 45 By Steven Boykey Sidley
2024 DECISIONUSA With four weeks to go, Kamala Harris leads US polls while Elon Musk goes Dark MAGA for Trump 5 min 42 By J Brooks Spector
ANALYSIS Mr Slick versus Mr Earnest Nice Guy? Civilised US VP debate stuck to policy ideas, but won’t move dial for voters 6 min 7 By J Brooks Spector
US ELECTIONS ANALYSIS Vice-presidential candidates set to spar in debate as Harris-Trump race is on a knife-edge 6 min 5 By J Brooks Spector
US ELECTION ANALYSIS Harris vs Trump — a televised debate next week may decide the future of the US 8 min 7 By J Brooks Spector
LETTER FROM THE US ELECTION TRAIL As Kamala the Happy Warrior surges past Trump, things are about to get nasty 5 min 50 By Phillip van Niekerk
PRAIRIE POPULISM The epitome of Midwestern values, Tim Walz could be the Democrats’ trump card 7 min 35 By J Brooks Spector
RICK DECKARD Showerhead + Hillbilly Elegy — at the movies with … Rick Deckard! 6 min 12 By Richard Poplak
US ELECTIONS ANALYSIS Picking a vice-president — version two — the Democrats are about to strike back 6 min 26 By J Brooks Spector
GUEST ESSAY Unlikely bedfellows - The GOP, Trump, Vance and the realignment of cryptopolitics 5 min 3 By Steven Boykey Sidley
ANALYSIS Is JD Vance the Sister Carrie of 21st-century American politics? 11 min 5 By J Brooks Spector
US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Obama tells allies Biden needs to reconsider his re-election bid, reports Washington Post 3 min 4 By Reuters
