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Law enforcement personnel are seen outside a massage parlor where a person was shot and killed on 16 March 2021, in Atlanta, Georgia. Picture: Elijah Nouvelage/AFP

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Anti-Asian violence 'must end,' Obama says after Atlanta shootings

By AFP

A total of eight people were killed in three separate attacks Tuesday at spas and massage parlours around Georgia's largest city. A white 21-year-old male was...

  • FILE: Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they storm the US Capitol in Washington, DC on 6 January 2021. Donald Trump's supporters stormed a session of Congress held to certify Joe Biden's election win. Picture: AFP

    YONELA DIKO: After selling hate, the Republican Party needs to find redemption

    Donald Trump and his new Republican Party presented more than policy differences among Republicans and Democrats, they presented a fight between America First and those who didn't love America enough, it was a test between god and the devil, writes Yonela Diko.

    98 days ago
  • Picture: @PrinceKaybee_SA/Twitter

    Prince Kaybee’s ‘Uwrongo’ one of Barack Obama’s fave songs of 2020

    Obama, who shared his list of favourite songs on Twitter, said he had some valuable consultation from the family's music guru, Sasha Obama, to help put it together.

    121 days ago
  • FILE: Former US President Barack Obama. Picture: AFP.

    Former US presidents ready to publicly receive COVID-19 vaccine

    Former US president Barack Obama, in an interview with SiriusXM radio, said he would be inoculated if top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci signs off on a COVID-19 vaccine.

    138 days ago
  • Former US President, Barack Obama.

    'Our divisions run deep,' Obama says in new book

    In an excerpt from "A Promised Land," which goes on sale on Tuesday, Obama reflects on the four years since he left office.

    159 days ago
  • FILE: A demonstrator holds a sign in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on 10 November 2020 as the high court opened arguments in the long-brewing case over the constitutionality of the 2010 Affordable Care Act. Picture: AFP.

    US Supreme Court hears attack on Obamacare as COVID-19 pandemic widens

    The high court opened arguments in the long-brewing case over the constitutionality of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, under which then-president Barack Obama's government sought to extend health insurance to people who could not afford it.

    161 days ago
  • FILE: Former US President Barack Obama (L) joins Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden at a campaign event in Flint, Michigan, on 31 October 2020. Picture: AFP.

    Obama hails Biden's 'historic and decisive' presidential win

    "I know he'll do the job with the best interests of every American at heart, whether or not he had their vote."

    164 days ago
  • Former US president, Barack Obama.

    Obama warns Biden supporters not to be 'complacent' despite polls

    The former president made the comments in his first public rally in support of Biden, warning of the errors in opinion surveys before Trump's shock 2016 victory.

    181 days ago
  • FILE: US President Barack Obama and his Vice President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington DC in January  2013. Picture: AFP.

    Obama to hold 'drive-in' rally for Biden in Philadelphia

    The drive-in rally, where supporters remain in their cars, has become a feature of Biden campaign events.

    181 days ago
  • FILE: Former US President Barack Obama delivering the 2018 #MandelaLecture in Johannesburg on 17 July 2018. Picture: Twitter @ObamaFoundation

    Obama's book to be released in November - two weeks after the US's election

    "There's no feeling like finishing a book, and I'm proud of this one."

    215 days ago
  • FILE: Former US president Barack Obama speaks at the 16th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture at the Wanderers Stadium. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

    Barack Obama and George Clooney to hold virtual fundraiser for Joe Biden

    Virtual fundraisers have proven to be effective for Joe Biden, helping him and allied Democratic groups outraise Trump and Republican groups in May and June.

    266 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on 07 March 2015 US President Barack Obama hugs US Representative John Lewis, Democrat of Georgia, one of the original marchers at Selma, during an event marking the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Picture: AFP

    Barack Obama pays tribute to John Lewis

    Lewis passed away on Saturday, 18 July, at the age of 80, seven months after announcing that he had advanced pancreatic cancer.

    276 days ago
  • Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates. Picture: United Nations Photo.

    Twitter accounts of Apple, Musk, Gates, others hit in major hack

    The list of accounts commandeered grew rapidly to include Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Uber, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, bitcoin specialty firms and many others.

    279 days ago
  • FILE: Barack Obama referred to George Floyd's death as well as two other high-profile recent racial incidents in the US. Picture: AFP

    Racism cannot be 'normal' in US, Obama says of latest police killing

    "This shouldn't be 'normal' in 2020 America," former US President Obama said of the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd and several other recent racial incidents in the country.

    326 days ago
  • FILE: US Attorney General William Barr holds a press conference regarding the December 2019 shooting at the Pensacola Naval air station in Florida at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC. Picture: AFP

    No criminal probe of Obama or Biden: US justice chief

    Attorney General Bill Barr said the original investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 election was a 'grave injustice' to the president and based on 'utterly baseless' suspicions.

    337 days ago
  • Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Picture: Twitter.

    In leaked call, Obama describes Trump handling of virus as chaotic

    Former President Barack Obama described President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as “chaotic”.

    345 days ago
  • Florida Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum, and Senator Bill Nelson listen to former President Barack Obama as he addresses the media and supporters as they stump for votes at a rally in Miami, Florida 2 November, 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Obamas, Lady Gaga, LeBron James join forces for US virtual graduations

    In a one-hour multimedia event called 'Graduate Together,' to be broadcast on 16 May across multiple TV networks, Barack Obama will deliver a message to high school seniors and reflect on the coronavirus pandemic.

    350 days ago
  • FILE: Barack Obama (R) and Joe Biden (L). Picture: AFP.

    Obama says Biden can 'heal' US in dark times, endorses ex-VP

    "Joe has the character and the experience to guide us through one of our darkest times and heal us through a long recovery," Obama said in a 12-minute video.

    371 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on 24 August, USA's Kobe Bryant celebrates at the end of the men's basketball gold medal match Spain against The US of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the Olympic basketball Arena in Beijing. Picture: AFP

    How Twitter reacted to Kobe Bryant's death

    "Kobe Bryant, despite being one of the truly great basketball players of all time, was just getting started in life," said US President Donald Trump.

    449 days ago
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