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The UN's top court will deliver its interim ruling on the genocide charges brought against Israel by South Africa. The Biden Administration is pausing approval of new natural gas export facilities as it weighs their impact on climate change.

South Africa is accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. Amanda Taub, a human rights lawyer-turned-journalist at The Times, walks through the arguments of the case.

U.S. and Britain launch airstrikes on Houthi-controlled sites in Yemen. Taiwan prepares for closely watched elections. Israel presents its response to South Africa's charge of genocide.

In 2016, the FBI attaché in Pretoria, South Africa, got a phone call from a woman asking the FBI to investigate the death of her friend, Bianca Rudolph. Bianca had died on a hunting trip in Zambia’s Kafue National Park, but her friend didn't think it was an accident.

New York State and former president Donald Trump present closing arguments in the trial involving Trump's business practices. South Africa's case against Israel for genocide in the International Court of Justice. The U.S. government approves a new way to invest in Bitcoin.

Pentagon says Houthi rebels from Yemen attacked an American naval destroyer and three commercial ships in the Red Sea. Justice Department accuses former U.S. ambassador Victor Manuel Rocha of working as a "clandestine agent" on behalf of Cuba. South Africa marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Nelson Mandela.

South Africa transitioned to democracy in the 1990s with a visionary constitution, but the promises of that constitution are largely unfulfilled to this day. Public leader Lindiwe Mazibuko explores how poor leadership failed to deliver a better life for the country's citizens — and shares her mission to cultivate a new generation of ethical leaders who can revitalize democracy in South Africa and beyond.

South Africa is transitioning its energy supply from coal to renewable sources. What happens to the towns and communities that were built to support the coal industry? Radio Workshop is a podcast in South Africa that works with youth reporters.

Last week, a devastating fire swept through a derelict building in Johannesburg. The authorities had been repeatedly warned that it was a potential firetrap. Nothing was done, and at least 76 people died.

President Biden visited Maui, where wildfire survivors worry about finding permanent housing. Climate change forms a backdrop for a summer of extreme weather-related events. And leaders of five emerging economies will talk cooperation and competition at the BRICS summit in South Africa.
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