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Tunisians have been hit with soaring food prices and shortages of basic staples in recent weeks, threatening to turn simmering discontent in the North African country, the cradle of the Arab Spring protests, into larger turmoil. Sugar, vegetable oil, rice and even bottled water periodically disappear from supermarkets and grocery stores. People stand in line […]
President William Ruto has disclosed that ten companies are set to join the Nairobi Stock Exchange in the next one year. He said that his government is keen on listing more companies on the NSE, effectively stimulating liquidity and giving shareholders an opportunity to realise the value of their investments. “In the next 12 months, […]
The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) has says it is pursuing new Air Services Agreements (ASAs) to increase the number of airlines flying into the country. CAAZ director-general Elijah Chingosho told NewsDay Business that 60 ASAs have been signed since independence in 1980. “Since attaining independence in 1980, Zimbabwe has negotiated over 60 ASAs […]
A media delegation from the ministries of defense at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for Arab States has visited the General Administration of Strategic Communication at the Saudi Ministry of Defense, as part of exchanging expertise and enhancing joint media cooperation. Director General of the General Administration of Strategic Communication Abdulrahman bin Sultan Al-Sultan received […]
Gov. Hochul has pointedly ignored a question about solving the Big Apple’s mounting migrant crisis — and refused to say Monday whether she’s trying to relocate some asylum-seekers to other cities upstate. During a brief Q&A with reporters before marching in the Columbus Day Parade on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, The Post asked Hochul if she’d […]
Gambians have gathered at a square in SereKunda, outside the capital Banjul, to mourn the deaths of over 66 children killed by India-made cough syrups. They also prayed for those still in a critical condition. “We are having a candlelight vigil and a prayer service to make a call to action for the 66 children […]
Suspected al-Shabaab militants have attacked a pub nearing military base in Lamu, Kenya. While disclosing this, Lamu county commissioner, Irungu Macharia, said there were no casualties. According to security reports, the 11pm incident happened in Mswakini village, approximately 500 meters from Baragoni military camp. It was reported that a wooden structure was partially damaged and […]
U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh has sentenced a business owner from Jackson, Missouri to 30 months in prison for health care fraud and ordered him to repay $7.5 million. Jamie McCoy, 42, pleaded guilty on Nov. 23, 2020 to three felony counts: health care fraud, making false statements related to health care matters and […]
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Monday people had been killed and injured in multiple strikes on cities across Ukraine, including the first bombardment of the capital in months. “Air raid sirens are not subsiding around Ukraine. … Unfortunately there are dead and wounded. Please do not leave the shelters,” Zelensky said on social media, accusing […]
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been warning people to be on high alert for fraud as recovery efforts continue in the wake of Hurricane Ian. The DOJ’s National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) issued a notice reminder on Friday that “as with any major disaster, there are unscrupulous thieves who seek to take advantage of the environment […]
Austria’s current President Alexander Van der Bellen has secured a second six-year term in office. He obtained more than 50% of the vote in an election on Sunday, avoiding a second-round run-off, according to a forecast. The projection by pollster SORA put Van der Bellen, a 78-year-old former leader of the Greens, on 54.6% with […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin will chair a meeting with his Security Council on Monday. This is happening two days after a huge blast ripped through Russia’s Crimea bridge, the Kremlin told local news agencies. “Tomorrow the president has a planned meeting with the permanent members of the Security Council,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Two burglars broke into a Queens home and made off with $50,000 worth of jewelry and cash, police said Sunday. The men smashed a sliding door and forced their way into the residence near 241st St. and 83rd Ave. in Bellerose Manor around 12:45 p.m. on Sept. 29, according to cops. The perps were caught […]
The White House on Sunday declined comment on an explosion that damaged Russia’s road-and-rail bridge to Crimea but said it will continue to supply Ukraine with arms and that Russian President Vladimir Putin had started the war and could end it if he chose. “We don’t really have anything more to add to the reports […]
BY: Taofeek Ogunperi “God, I don’t want to be a mechanic, I want to be a baller” is a catchy expression that has just busted its notorious self into the ever-increasing vocabulary of social media and streetly expressions of Nigerians. A mechanic, in a Nigerian sense, immediately evokes the figure of a man in a […]
The White House has sought to clarify remarks by US President Joe Biden who declared that the risk of nuclear “Armageddon” is at the highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre underscored that there are no indications “that Russia is preparing to imminently use nuclear weapons”. She told […]
North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Sunday, the latest in the country’s barrage of weapons tests, and a day after it warned the redeployment of a U.S. aircraft carrier near the Korean Peninsula was inflaming regional tensions. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that […]
Minister of Investment Eng. Khalid Al-Falih has discussed at the headquarters of the Saudi Chambers Union with the chairman and members of the Saudi Qatari Business Council. During the meeting, which took place Friday, the role and agenda of the council in enhancing the economic relations of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the State […]
Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant Aramco is helping save endangered animals and protect the Kingdom’s diverse wildlife as part of its ongoing commitment to safeguard the environment wherever it operates. Across the Kingdom, Saudi Aramco is working to protect dozens of native plant and animal species across 10 vast sites, helping protect more than 500 […]
Indian police have shot dead a tiger dubbed the “Man-eater of Champaran” that killed at least nine people, in a major operation involving 200 people including trackers on elephants, officials said Sunday. The big cat had terrorized locals on the fringes of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Champaran in eastern India, killing at least six […]