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President Donald Trump reacts at the "Board of Peace" meeting during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 22, 2026.
IGNORANCE IS BLISS

World Leader Stunned by ‘Truly Uninformed’ Trump

South Africa’s president says Trump’s views are “racist” and “bereft of any reality.”

Will Neal

Trump could win everything and still be a loser.
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HOLLOW VICTORIES

Give Trump Every Prize He Can Think Of... He’s Still a Loser

He wants that Nobel Peace Prize. Why not the Jon Voight Hair Award too?

Michael Ian Black

A photo illustration of Donald Trump with Nelson Mandela, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Moshe Katsav, and Park Geun-hye.
LONG HISTORY

Trump May Join These High-Profile World Leaders Behind Bars

Donald Trump is hardly the first world leader to risk jail time.

Josh Fiallo

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
‘OWN PATH’

Mandela’s Granddaughter Compares Meghan and Harry to Icon

Ndileka Mandela says Harry and Meghan must be allowed to follow their own paths, like her grandfather did.

Tom Sykes

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POLITICAL INTERVENTION

Prince Harry Slams ‘Assault on Freedom’ After Roe Reversal

He overtly criticized the U.S. Supreme Court in an extraordinary comment during an otherwise unremarkable speech at the United Nations.

Tom Sykes

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NOBEL-WINNER

The Last President of Apartheid South Africa Has Died at 85

F.W. de Klerk ordered the release of Nelson Mandela, but his role in ending apartheid remains highly contested.

Jamie Ross

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SHOCKER

Trump Made ‘Virulently Racist’ Comments on Obama: Cohen Docs

In memoir “Disloyal” description, lawyer says Trump attacked Obama and Nelson Mandela, “neither of whom he viewed as real leaders or as worthy of respect by virtue of their race.”

Tom Sykes

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R.I.P.

Johnny Clegg, South African Singer and Activist, Dies at 66

Clegg founded two racially mixed bands during the apartheid era, and was one of the most celebrated musicians of modern South African music.

Audrey McNamara

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TIMELY

Obama Rebukes Trump’s ‘Strongman Politics’ in Mandela Speech

“We see much of the world threatening to return to a more dangerous, more brutal, way of doing business.”

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ON THE RUN

Beyoncé, Jay-Z Will Headline Nelson Mandela Tribute Concert

The couple will bring their world tour to South Africa to honor Mandela’s legacy.

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FICKLE FINGER

How the CIA Sold Out Nelson Mandela

If a former State Department official and reported CIA operative can be believed, the U.S. government aided in Mandela’s 1962 capture and arrest.

Goldie Taylor

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