Thu 07 August 2025: Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, has lost more than $800 billion in market value since its 2022 peak, Bloomberg has reported, marking a nearly 40 per cent decline and raising fresh concerns about the economic health of a kingdom still heavily reliant on fossil fuels. Shares in Aramco have fallen sharply, […]
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Thu 07 August 2025: Human Rights Watch (HRW) has confirmed that Israel has bombed more than 500 schools sheltering displaced people across the Gaza Strip since October 2023. In a statement issued on Thursday, the organisation said: “Since October 2023, Israeli authorities have carried out hundreds of strikes on schools sheltering displaced Palestinians, including unlawfully […]
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Thu 07 August 2025: The surge in African billionaires signals elite capture rather than economic progress, locking millions into poverty. On July 9, 2025, I was overwhelmed by a profound sense of despair and disappointment upon reading a report from Oxfam International, a globally recognised NGO, revealing that just four of Africa’s richest billionaires hold a […]
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Thu 07 August 2025: We wash our hands, sanitise shopping trolleys and wipe down cafe tables. But what about our phones? We touch these devices dozens of times a day, and take them everywhere from the kitchen to the dining table, and even the bathroom. Phones can be contaminated with many kinds of potential germs. When was […]
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Thu 07 August 2025: On Thursday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared his readiness to pay a “heavy price,” in response to elevated US tariffs, emphasizing that he will “never compromise” on safeguarding the interests of India’s citizens. His reaction came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump doubled US tariffs on India to 50%, up […]
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Thu 07 August 2025: A Kremlin official announced that US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting in the near future. This follows Trump’s statement that he might soon meet both Putin and Ukrainian leaders to negotiate an end to the Ukraine conflict. Trump’s ultimatum for Russia to agree to […]
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Thu 07 August 2025: US electric vehicle (EV) giant Tesla saw a sharp sales decline in Europe’s two largest auto markets in July, according to data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) and Germany’s KBA. The new vehicle registrations plunged roughly 60% in the UK and over 55.1% in Germany, the data […]
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Thu 07 August 2025: French Prime Minister François Bayrou called the raging wildfire in southern France’s Aude region a “catastrophe on an unprecedented scale,” tying it directly to climate change and prolonged drought. Visiting the devastated area, where flames have consumed a region larger than Paris, Bayrou highlighted the crisis’s severity. Since Tuesday, the inferno […]
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Thu 07 August 2025: Google on Wednesday announced a $1 billion commitment to support education, job training, and artificial intelligence research at US universities. “This includes making our AI and career training free for every college student in America through our AI for Education Accelerator — over 100 colleges and universities have already signed up,” […]
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Thu 07 August 2025: 
Inside Ramaphosa’s call with Trump: “The two leaders undertook to continue with further engagements, recognising the various trade negotiations the US is currently involved in. Respective trade negotiating teams will take forward more detailed discussions,” Ramaphosa spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said. https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/ramaphosas-call-trump-devastating-tariffs/ ————- SA raises concern over arrival of “dangerous […]
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