King Charles III has welcomed the South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to London for the first state visit of his reign, which will include a formal banquet as well as talks with government leaders focused on investment and green energy.
Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, greeted Ramaphosa during a ceremony on Horse Guards Parade near Buckingham Palace.
William and Kate, the Prince and Princess of Wales, also attended.
The last state visit by a South African leader was in 1996, when Nelson Mandela was honored two years after he became South Africa’s first Black president.
The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Kim Yo-jonghas called Australia and a bunch of other Western nations “rabbles” after that The United States read out a statement by 14 countries which supported action to limit North Korea’s advancement of its weapons programs.
Kim, who is widely considered North Korea’s second most powerful person after her brother, lambasted the US for issuing what she called “a disgusting joint statement together with such rabble as Britain, France, Australia, Japan and South Korea”.
She compared the US to “a barking dog seized with fear”.
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