Wed 08 October 2025: New customs data indicate that the value of UK arms exports to Israel reached a record high in June 2025, with September ranking as the second-highest month on record, despite the UK government’s partial suspension of some export licenses, Anadolu reports. As of July, the ruling Labour government still maintains more than […]
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Wed 08 October 2025: Pope Leo XIV will travel to Türkiye and then Lebanon for his first trip abroad starting next month, Vatican News announced on Tuesday. “The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, has announced that Pope Leo will travel to Türkiye and Lebanon in late November and early December of […]
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Wed 08 October 2025: Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russian forces have seized approximately 5,000 square kilometers (1,930 square miles) of Ukrainian territory in 2025, as the ongoing conflict, now in its fourth year, continues to escalate. “This year, we liberated nearly 5,000 square kilometers, 4,900 to be specific, and 212 population centers. Our […]
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Wed 08 October 2025: The World Trade Organization (WTO) raised its 2025 global trade growth forecast to 2.4%, up from 0.9% in August, but warned of a slowing growth for 2026, according to the Global Trade Outlook and Statistics report Tuesday. “Global merchandise trade outpaced expectations in the first half of 2025, driven by increased […]
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Wed 08 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ South Africa doesn’t need more political parties, it needs more entrepreneurs: In reality, it is a symptom of a deeper malaise — a society where too many people, often unemployed and lacking in economic opportunity, turn to politics not out of ideological conviction […]
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Tue 07 October 2025: The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, expressed deep concern on Tuesday over the intensifying conflict in northern Mozambique, where nearly 22,000 people were forced to flee their homes in late September due to a fresh wave of violence. Speaking to reporters in Geneva, UNHCR’s Mozambique representative, Xavier Creach, described the surge as […]
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Tue 07 October 2025: The World Bank raised its economic growth forecast for China on Tuesday to 4.8% for 2025 in spite of months of trade disruptions between the world’s top two economies. The new gross domestic product (GDP) growth projection is 0.8 percentage points higher than the World Bank’s April forecast, and it is […]
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Tue 07 October 2025: On Monday, Dmitry Medvedev, the former Russian President, commented that the source of recent drone disruptions across Europe is still unknown, yet he suggested that these events act as a stark warning to Europeans about the perils of conflict. Medvedev, now deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, played down the theory […]
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Tue 07 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Mkhwanazi to stand before parliamentary committee: Mkhwanazi’s allegations have implicated several high-profile figures. He accused Police Minister Senzo Mchunu of interference. He also claimed the late former minister Nathi Mthethwa tried to stop Richard Mdluli’s prosecution. These serious claims form the basis of […]
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Tue 07 October 2025: President Nicolas Maduro announced on Monday that Venezuelan security forces thwarted a “false flag operation” aimed at planting explosives at the US Embassy in Caracas. In a televised interview, Maduro alleged the plot was orchestrated by “extremist sectors of the local Venezuelan right” to escalate tensions with Washington, coinciding with a […]
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