Sat 11 April 2026: 2-week ceasefire calms markets for now but backlog of ships in Strait of Hormuz continue to bottleneck global supply chains, while shipping industry moves to security-focused model, leading to massive freight, insurance costs, expert says The structural damage on global supply chains threatens to fuel inflation worldwide for years to come, […]
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Sat 11 April 2026: Russian casualties are mounting, its recruitment is falling and its territorial acquisitions are dwindling, recently released figures suggest. The casualty rate for Russian soldiers in Ukraine increased to a new monthly high in March, according to Ukraine’s armed forces. They say drone production enabled a record number of strikes. Ukraine tallied Russian casualties […]
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Sat 11 April 2026: A spokesperson for Prince Harry said he “categorically” rejects the “offensive and damaging” libel claim. An African AIDS charity cofounded by the United Kingdom’s Prince Harry in honour of his late mother Princess Diana has sued him for defamation after he stepped down as a patron last year, following a management […]
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Sat 11 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:👇🏼 ◼️ Workers in SA could get paid for reporting their employer: Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has gazetted the Protected Disclosures Bill for public comment, which proposes rewarding whistleblowers. Kubayi said that there have been several instances where whistleblowers have suffered occupational […]
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Fri 10 April 2026: European airports could face jet fuel shortages within three weeks if trade flows through the Strait of Hormuz are not fully restored, according to a Financial Times report published on Friday. The Financial Times, citing a letter from Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe) to European Commission officials, reported that the […]
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Fri 10 April 2026: Cuba’s Diaz-Canel vows to resist US pressure to resign as Trump escalates threats, tightens oil blockade on the island. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel says he will not bow to pressure by the United States to resign. “Stepping down is not part of our vocabulary,” he said in an interview with US […]
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Fri 10 April 2026: Iran targeted seven Arab countries, most of them in the Gulf, with at least 6,413 missiles and drones, in addition to an attack involving two fighter jets, over the past 41 days, including the first and second days of a Washington-Tehran ceasefire, according to an Anadolu tally. The attacks continued through […]
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Fri 10 April 2026: Saudi Arabia said on Thursday that the attacks carried out in recent weeks by Iran against the kingdom’s energy infrastructure killed one person and impacted its oil production capacity. The attacks have targeted “infrastructure for oil and gas production, transport and refining, as well as petrochemical plants and power facilities in Riyadh, […]
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Fri 10 April 2026: We’ve all done it. You scroll past a 30-second video claiming a simple home remedy cures anxiety, or a “citizen expert” on social media declares that a new government policy is a conspiracy. It feels right. It matches what you already suspected. You like it, share it, and suddenly it’s in […]
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Fri 10 April 2026: The US fertility rate fell to a new record low in 2025, continuing a nearly two-decade downward trend, according to new official data released Thursday. The fertility rate fell to 53.1 births per 1,000 women of childbearing age, down from 53.8 in 2024, the National Center for Health Statistics said. Total births also […]
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