But the president also took time to acknowledge the achievements of individual graduates.
A performer participates in the annual Hillbrow street parade organized by the Windybrow Arts Centre and other local organisations in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)Residents watch the annual Hillbrow street parade organized by the Windybrow Arts Centre and other local organisations go by in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Residents watch the annual Hillbrow street parade organized by the Windybrow Arts Centre and other local organisations go by in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)Residents watch the annual Hillbrow street parade organized by the Windybrow Arts Centre and other local organisations go by in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)burg, South Africa, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)Residents watch the annual Hillbrow street parade organized by the Windybrow Arts Centre and other local organisations go by in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)burg, South Africa, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Children participate in the annual Hillbrow street parade organized by the Windybrow Arts Centre and other local organisations in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)Children participate in the annual Hillbrow street parade organized by the Windybrow Arts Centre and other local organisations in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Residents watch the annual Hillbrow street parade organized by the Windybrow Arts Centre and other local organisations go by in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Residents watch the annual Hillbrow street parade organized by the Windybrow Arts Centre and other local organisations go by in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)Both teams are off Monday before Houston opens a series with the Athletics and Seattle gets a visit from Washington on Tuesday night.
BANFF, Alberta (AP) — Leading financial officials from the world’s richest countries are gathering in a Canadian mountain resort this week for what may prove a contentious meeting in the wake of President Donald Trump’sThe annual meetings of the Group of 7 finance ministers, known as the G7, are typically congenial and in previous years have produced joint commitments to
. There may be less agreement this year as Trump’s tariffs threaten to slow growth in many of the gathered nations, including host Canada, which Trump has also suggested become a“I expect it will be somewhat of a testy conversation among the G7 officials,” said Eswar Prasad, an economist at Cornell University and former top official at the International Monetary Fund. “This is a very difficult period for the relationships among the G7 countries.”