Sat 25 October 2025: Voters in Ivory Coast are heading to the polls Saturday to cast their ballots in the presidential election amid political tension. Over 8.7 million voters are eligible to take part in the vote within the country and the diaspora, according to the Independent Electoral Commission. The polls opened at 8 am […]
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Sat 25 October 2025: Bloomberg reported Thursday that the Trump administration is set to open nearly all U.S. coastal waters to offshore oil drilling. The proposed oil lease plan includes Southeast U.S. waters, which President Donald Trump had previously vowed to shield during his reelection campaign due to worries about oil spills threatening beaches and […]
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Sat 25 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ FATF lifts South Africa from grey list: After more than two years of reforms, legal updates, and tighter financial controls, SA has met the FATF’s requirements. The FATF said SA has improved its systems to stop money laundering and terrorist financing. Nigeria, Mozambique, […]
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Fri 24 October 2025: US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he does not need a formal declaration of war from Congress to authorize military operations against alleged drug traffickers overseas. “I’m not going to necessarily ask for a declaration of war,” Trump told reporters, adding that his administration would act against people who are […]
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Fri 24 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ US ambassador-designate aims to take SA to task: “When people and businesses in South Africa believe their private property risk rights are at risk, when many South Africans feel unsafe in their homes, when rampant corruption and unfair business practices hold back the […]
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Fri 24 October 2025: Record numbers of Israelis have left the occupied territories since 2020, with policymakers enjoying little success in stemming the outflow over the past five years. A report released by the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, has alarmed politicians who fear the impact of a declining Jewish population, according to Middle East Eye. […]
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Fri 24 October 2025: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said talks on the potential supply of long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine by the US are an “attempt at escalation.” “This is an attempt at escalation, but if all strikes on Russian territory are carried out with such weapons, the response will be very strong, if not overwhelming,” Putin told reporters in […]
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Fri 24 October 2025: China’s Communist Party refrains from direct mention of the US trade war, but stresses ‘consolidating national security’. China’s ruling Communist Party has said it will focus on speeding up self-reliance in science and technology, after a four-day meeting that approved a draft of the party’s next five-year development plan. China faces “profound […]
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Fri 24 October 2025: The state-linked daily Jomhouri Eslami, which operates under the supervision of a representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, described Hamas’s October 7 attack as a mistake that undermined anti-Israel movements in the region. “Contrary to many analyses and comments, the Al-Aqsa Storm operation was a mistake,” the paper wrote in […]
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Thu 23 October 2025: Mali’s interim president fired three senior commanders in the armed forces, a cabinet meeting report showed on Wednesday. President Assimi Goita replaced the deputy general chief of staff, the head of military security and the ground forces’ chief of staff, the document said. AFP news agency reports that the three were […]
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