
-
Trump veers towards courts clash over migrant flights
-
Donors pledge 5.8 bn euros for Syria, down on last year
-
M23 shuns DR Congo peace talks at 11th hour after sanctions
-
Man Utd defy fan groups with five percent season ticket rise
-
Huthis report new US strikes after major rallies in rebel-held Yemen
-
UN chief meets rival Cyprus leaders ahead of talks
-
Messi out injured as Argentina seek to seal World Cup place
-
New blow to German auto sector as Audi announces job cuts
-
New Canada PM meets King Charles and Macron after Trump threats
-
Conan O'Brien tapped to host Oscars again
-
China stimulus hopes help stock markets rise
-
Hong Kong property tycoon Lee Shau-kee dies aged 97
-
EU vows 2.5 bn euros to help Syrians after Assad ouster
-
'Anti-American'? US questions UN agencies, international aid groups
-
Trump claims Biden pardons of his opponents are void
-
N.Macedonia mourns 59 killed in nightclub blaze
-
West Ham's Antonio '100 percent' sure he will play again after car crash
-
Major rallies in rebel-held Yemen after deadly US strikes
-
Webb telescope directly observes exoplanet CO2 for first time
-
Trump to visit top US arts venue after takeover
-
McIlroy wins second Players Championship title in playoff
-
Stench of death as Sudan army, paramilitaries battle for capital
-
Trump and Zelensky's stormy ties: From impeachment to truce proposal
-
McIlroy wins Players Championship title in playoff
-
'More and faster': UN calls to shrink buildings' carbon footprint
-
Plastic pellets spotted in water after North Sea ship crash
-
US retail sales weaker than expected as consumer health under scrutiny
-
After ending Man Utd goal drought, Hojlund admits struggles
-
African players in Europe: Brilliant Marmoush strikes for City
-
Liverpool face uncertain future even as Premier League glory beckons
-
Court upholds £3 bn lifeline for UK's top water supplier
-
New Canada PM seeks 'reliable' Europe allies after Trump threats
-
Putin, Trump to discuss Ukraine Tuesday
-
OECD lowers global growth projections over tariffs, uncertainty
-
N.Macedonia mourns dozens killed in nightclub blaze
-
EU warns Trump's freeze of US-funded media risks aiding enemies
-
Toll from US weekend tornadoes rises to at least 40
-
Stock markets rise as China unveils consumer plan
-
Russians speak of nerves and hope for peace as they shelter in Kursk
-
Yemen's Huthis claim US aircraft carrier attacks
-
At least 40 killed in weekend US tornadoes
-
Peruvian farmer demands 'climate justice' from German energy giant
-
From determination to despair: S.Africa's youth battling for work
-
Designer Jonathan Anderson leaves Spanish brand Loewe
-
UK energy minister in Beijing seeks to press China on emissions
-
South Korea coach takes swipe at Bayern Munich over Kim injury
-
Markets start week on front foot as China unveils consumer plan
-
Gauls on tour: Asterix does Portugal for 41st comic
-
'Throwing Philosopher' plans to get inside Ohtani's head in MLB opener
-
Mount Fuji hikers to be charged $27 on all trails

Trump to visit top US arts venue after takeover
US President Donald Trump will on Monday visit the Kennedy Center in Washington for the first time since his stunning takeover of the top arts venue that he branded too "woke."
Trump will lead a board meeting at the venue, where he installed himself as chairman and ousted the leadership a month ago as part of his broader blitz on almost every aspect of American life.
The 78-year-old Republican railed in particular against drag shows at the venue, amid a wider targeting of trans issues by his administration since returning to office.
But the changes have faced opposition, with concertgoers booing Vice President JD Vance last week and the hit musical "Hamilton" canceling a planned run at the Kennedy Center.
"We have to straighten it out," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday about his visit to the center. "It's not a good system, like everything else in this country."
The White House said Trump would take part in a board meeting and tour of the John F. Kennedy Performing Arts Center, named after the US president who was assassinated in 1963.
In an extraordinary step, the board meeting will take place onstage at the venue's opera house, CBS News reported.
Trump's shake-up stunned the Kennedy center, a fixture of Washington cultural life which is based in a huge white marble edifice overlooking the Potomac river and next door to the infamous Watergate complex.
He fired its chairman and trustees and named himself as the new leader in February, an unprecedented takeover of a cultural venue by a US president.
- 'Destroyed' -
Trump then filled the board with ultra-loyalist allies including his powerful chief of staff Susie Wiles, deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino and Second Lady Usha Vance.
At the time, Trump told reporters that "we didn't like what they were showing" at the center and that once he took over "it's not going to be woke."
In a Truth Social post he added that the center had "featured Drag Shows specifically targeting our youth -- THIS WILL STOP."
The move came amid a wider targeting of trans issue and diversity by the Trump administration, and a crackdown on his political opponents.
In his first term from 2017 to 2021, the Republican regularly skipped the Kennedy Center's yearly gala event because people slated to receive awards criticized him and said they would not show up if he did.
The Kennedy Center is home to the National Symphony Orchestra and also offers theatre, opera, comedy and other productions.
Last week Vance and his wife were loudly booed as they entered the concert hall for a performance by the orchestra. Videos of the incident went viral.
Meanwhile the producer of "Hamilton", the hit rap musical about the birth of the United States and its first treasury secretary, said earlier this month that he was canceling its latest run in protest at Trump's "purge."
"In recent weeks we have sadly seen decades of Kennedy Center neutrality be destroyed," Jeffrey Seller wrote.
A.Mahlangu--AMWN