Thu 24 April 2025: Amid the financial market fallout which followed Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcement on April 2, the value of the US dollar has plunged. But while United States stock markets have largely recovered since then, the greenback – which typically gains in value during periods of financial turbulence – has continued its […]
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Thu 24 April 2025: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that Iran can pursue a civilian nuclear program if it agrees to abandon uranium enrichment. “If Iran wants a civil nuclear program, they can have one just like many other countries in the world have one, and that is they import enriched material,” […]
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Thu 24 April 2025: The overwhelming majority of ultra-Orthodox Jews (Haredi) in Israel still refuse to serve in the occupation army, the Knesset has revealed, according to Anadolu. In a statement issued yesterday, the Knesset said: “Out of 18,915 Haredi men issued conscription orders during the current enlistment cycle, only 232 have joined the army, 57 […]
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Wed 23 April 2025: India’s Foreign Ministry said Pakistani nationals will not be allowed to travel to India under the SAARC visa exemption programme. Any visas previously issued under this scheme “are deemed cancelled” and any Pakistani national in India with one of these visas has 48 hours to leave. India’s defence minister has pledged […]
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Wed 23 April 2025: Jordan outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s most vocal opposition group, on Wednesday and confiscated its assets, after members of the group were found to be linked to a sabotage plot, Interior Minister, Mazen Fraya, said. There was no immediate comment from the movement, which has operated legally in Jordan for […]
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Wed 23 April 2025: Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has announced that headline consumer inflation decreased for the first time in five months due to lower fuel prices and softer tuition inflation. According to Stats SA, inflation was edging lower to 2.7% in March from 3.2% in February. “The fuel index softened by 0.4% from […]
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Wed 23 April 2025: The Israeli army estimates that it will need an additional 10 billion shekels ($2.6 billion) to expand its war on the Gaza Strip, according to the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth. “The renewal of the war in Gaza over a month ago, after the ceasefire, and the plan to expand it with […]
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Wed 23 April 2025: The penalties are the first to be issued under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act. The European Union has fined Apple and Meta a combined 700 million euros (nearly $800m) for breaching the bloc’s landmark Digital Markets Act (DMA), the first time sanctions have been issued under the new regulation designed to rein […]
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Wed 23 April 2025: Amid escalating geopolitical tensions and trade conflicts, Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of Kaspersky, has raised concerns about the growing fragmentation of cyberspace and the decline in global cooperation against cybercrime. He told Anadolu that nations are increasingly prioritizing their own digital infrastructure, opting for local data centers and data localization to keep […]
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Wed 23 April 2025: The Trump administration has emphasised its effort to combat what it describes as “anti-Christian bias”, closely aligning the push to policies that seek to protect people who work to block abortions, curtail expressions of LGBTQ identity, and bolster religious symbols and practices in public spaces. The executive order signed by Trump […]
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