International
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Nearly all USAID staff to be laid off: US media
The Trump administration plans to reduce the number of staff at the US government’s giant humanitarian agency USAID to fewer…
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Fallouts of Trump’s executive order in Nigeria: Programmes stoppage, job losses trail USAID funds freeze
LAGOS — Apprehension has continued to trail the recent Executive Order by President of the United States of America, Donald Trump…
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Trump unveils ‘anti-Christian bias’ task force
US President Donald Trump announced Thursday the creation of a task force to “eradicate anti-Christian bias” in government, intensifying a…
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Bank of England cuts interest rate to 4.5%
The Bank of England, on Thursday, reduced its key interest rate by a quarter point to 4.5 percent to help…
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Tunisia president fires finance minister
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has sacked his finance minister and appointed a magistrate to the role. Michket Slama Khaldi will…
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Colombian president says cocaine ‘no worse than whisky’
Cocaine “is no worse than whisky” and is only illegal because it comes from Latin America, said Colombian President Gustavo…
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South Korea blocks DeepSeek access
South Korean ministries and police said Thursday they were blocking DeepSeek’s access to their computers, after the Chinese AI startup…
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Bangladesh protesters destroy buildings linked to ousted leader
Hundreds of Bangladeshi protesters smashed down buildings connected to ousted former leader Sheikh Hasina on Thursday, hours after students with…
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Israel orders army to plan to let Palestinians leave Gaza after Trump unveils plan
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Thursday that he had ordered the army to formulate a plan to allow Palestinians…
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China files complaint with WTO against U.S tariffs
China has lodged a complaint with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over the new tariffs imposed by the United States…
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