In Johannesburg, Trump cuts force HIV clinics to close - leaving sufferers in tears and terrified A woman walks up to the security guards outside a shuttered USAID-funded sexual health clinic in Johannesburg's inner-city district. She looks around with confusion as they let her know the clinic is closed. She tells us it has only been two months since she came here to receive her usual care. Now, she must scramble to find another safe place for her sexual health screenings and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) - her regular defence against rampant HIV. On the day he was sworn in as US president for a second time, Donald Trump signed an executive order freezing foreign aid for a 90-day period. That is being challenged by federal employee unions in court over what it says are "unconstitutional and illegal actions" that have created a "global humanitarian crisis". And the order has had an immediate impact on South Africa's most vulnerable.
Boeing is set to confront another hurdle next week when it faces a civil trial over the March 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people.
Beleaguered aviation giant Boeing is set to confront another hurdle next week when it faces a civil trial over the March 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people.
The trial, scheduled for federal court in Chicago, originally included six plaintiffs, but "all but one" have settled, a person close to the litigation told AFP this week.
Barring an accord, the case will be Boeing's first civil trial over the MAX crashes.
A settlement, which would need court approval, is still possible, even after the proceedings start.
But the source told AFP the case is expected to go to trial, a view held by a second legal source.