NUTELLA MAKER FERRERO TO ACQUIRE WK KELLOGG FOR $3.1BN

Fri 11 July 2025: Deal announced as cereal giant Kellogg struggles as consumer demand slows due to inflation. The Ferrero Group will acquire United States cereal brand WK Kellogg for roughly $3.1bn as the latter struggles with weakening consumer demand and inflationary pressures. Kellogg and Ferrero announced the deal on Thursday. Deal making in the […]

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ASSAM EVICTIONS RAISE HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS

Fri 11 July 2025: Hundreds of families, mostly Bengali-origin Muslims, have been displaced in recent operations, sparking fears over what critics call an undemocratic process and a lack of humane consideration. Hundreds of families, the majority of whom are Bengali-origin Muslims, have been forcibly displaced from their homes in Assam, India, following large-scale eviction drives […]

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‘NO ONE IS SAFE’: CIVILIANS, FOREIGNERS CAUGHT IN ESCALATING MALI VIOLENCE

Fri 11 July 2025: As army and armed groups clash, Indian nationals are taken ‘hostage’, raising concerns Mali’s crisis may resonate beyond the region. Sikasso, Mali – The Kayes region, which borders Senegal and is vital to Mali’s economy, had remained largely untouched by the violence from armed groups that has rocked the country for several […]

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GAMING BLURS LINE BETWEEN REAL LIFE AND VIRTUAL WORLD

Fri 11 July 2025: Video games were once considered light entertainment or child’s play, but today they’re cultural institutions shaping careers, social habits and even psychological well-being. With augmented reality, the metaverse and virtual platforms growing rapidly, the divide between gaming and real life is narrowing, and experts say the shift is just beginning. Creating […]

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ILLICIT TRADE FUELS DEBATE AS TOBACCO BILL LOOMS

Fri 11 July 2025: Advocacy group alleges formal manufacturers supply the illegal market to undermine new legislation, while industry reports point to massive tax losses. The escalating crisis of South Africa’s illicit cigarette trade has ignited a fierce debate, with a leading public health advocate accusing formal tobacco manufacturers of deliberately supplying the illegal market […]

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MAHMOUD KHALIL SUING TRUMP ADMIN FOR ‘POLITICALLY MOTIVATED ARREST, DETENTION’

Fri 11 July 2025: Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student who was detained as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestine advocacy in the US, is seeking $20m “to help others similarly targeted”, his lawyers say. “He would accept, in lieu of payment, an official apology and abandonment of the administration’s unconstitutional policy”, the […]

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BRICS IS NOT ANTI-AMERICAN, SAYS RUSSIA

Thu 10 July 2025: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday that BRICS was not an anti-American group and that it will not listen to “language of threats and manipulation”. On Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened BRICS countries with additional 10% tariffs after calling the bloc “anti-American.” “BRICS is not an anti-American association. Nothing on the BRICS agenda contains an anti-American component,” Ryabkov […]

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CANADIAN FIRST NATIONS TRIBES DISMAYED OVER UNEARTHING OF BURIAL SITE

Thu 10 July 2025: Four First Nations Indigenous tribes were in a state of grief Wednesday after ancestral remains were uncovered at a site being excavated by workers for a proposed parking lot at a nuclear plant near the Canadian city of Toronto. “This burial site has been desecrated, and our communities are grieving ” the four tribes’ chiefs said in a […]

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UNAIDS WARNS FUNDING COLLAPSE COULD LEAD TO 6M NEW HIV INFECTIONS, 4M DEATHS

Thu 10 July 2025: Up to 6 million new HIV infections and 4 million AIDS-related deaths could occur between 2025 and 2029 if vital treatment and prevention services collapse amid a deepening global funding crisis, the UNAIDS warned Thursday. In its 2025 Global AIDS Update, the organization said abrupt and widespread cuts in international funding are dismantling HIV services in countries […]

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