Sat 05 April 2025: Top indices see worst two-day stretch since COVID pandemic, as Fed chair warns of increased inflation and unemployment. Stock markets in the United States have seen another day of losses as President Donald Trump’s so-called reciprocal tariffs continue to cause global economic uncertainty. At the close of markets on Friday, the Dow Jones […]
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Fri 04 April 2025: Modi says he wants a ‘positive and constructive relationship’ with Bangladesh, where pro-India Hasina was ousted last year. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met with Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus for the first time since a revolution eight months ago ousted the country’s former prime minister and longtime Indian ally. The […]
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Fri 04 April 2025: Over 39,000 children have lost one or both parents in Gaza, new report by the Palestinian statistics agency says. Tens of thousands of Palestinian children have lost their parents since the start of Israel’s war on the besieged Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics says. In a statement on Thursday, […]
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Fri 04 April 2025: Russia said on Thursday that US threats of military strikes against its ally Iran were unacceptable and warned that attacking the Islamic Republic could lead to potentially catastrophic results if nuclear installations were bombed, Reuters has reported. US President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Sunday with bombing and secondary tariffs if Tehran did […]
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Fri 04 April 2025: Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have agreed to form a joint armed force to combat terrorist groups in the region, Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop announced on Thursday. The three countries are in the process of forming a joint force to fight terrorism in the region, Diop said at a news […]
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Fri 04 April 2025: A total of 177 financial institutions from 24 countries are now participating in Russia’s financial messaging system (SPFS), which was developed as an alternative to the global payment system (SWIFT), according to Alla Bakina, head of the National Payment System Department at the Central Bank of Russia. Speaking before the State […]
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Thu 03 April 2025: A two-day Global AI Summit on Africa began Thursday in the Rwandan capital of Kigali. Rwandan President Paul Kagame welcomed leading figures on the continent, including Togolese President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf and Musalia Mudavadi, Kenya’s -prime cabinet secretary. Kagame said artificial intelligence (AI) […]
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Thu 03 April 2025: The waqf bill would add non-Muslims to boards that manage endowments and give government more significant role in validating their land holdings. India’s lower house of parliament has passed a controversial bill moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government to amend laws governing Muslim endowments worth more than $14bn. The waqf bill would […]
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Thu 03 April 2025: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said early Thursday that US President Donald Trump’s newly announced reciprocal tariffs on nations worldwide are a “major blow” to the global economy, warning it will “massively suffer.” “President Trump’s announcement of universal tariffs on the whole world, including the European Union, is a […]
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Thu 03 April 2025: The UN reported on Wednesday that humanitarian workers are being killed at an “unprecedented” level, with 2024 being the “worst year” on record for aid personnel. “According to the available data, 2024 was the worst year on record, with 377 aid workers killed in 20 countries. This was nearly 100 more […]
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