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Editorial: Trump’s tariffs turnaround takes wind out of Dems

President Trump's tariffs sent stocks and investors on a white-knuckle ride this past week. They also ramped up the Demo...

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A political resurrection? DPP’s Bold campaign push in Lilongwe sets the stage for 2025

With only 158 days remaining before the general elections, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is launching a calcula...

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The colonial legacy in our digital infrastructure

How Bangladesh and the Global South remain trapped in digital dependence...

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Von der Leyen welcomes Trump's pause on tariffs: "It's an important step."

Brussels' reaction to Donald Trump's decision to postpone the entry into force of the general 20% tariffs for 90 days It...

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PM, Deputy PM at odds over NZ response to US tariffs

New Zealand's prime minister and deputy are at odds on the best response to US tariffs, believed to directly cost its ec...

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‘What has JB Danquah got to do with the missing cocaine?’

Collins Adomako-Mensah and Yaw Asani Tano There was a heated clash between the Member of Parliament for Afigya Kwabre No...

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Who's The Daddy: All stretched out and loose, wish I’d done this years ago

A wise old owl who knows what he’s talking about once said that the best time to plant a tree was 30 years ago. And th...

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Reservation wall will be broken: Rahul Gandhi promises to dismantle Supreme Court’s 50% cap on reservations

Rahul Gandhi promised to extend the recent measures adopted by Congress government in Telangana on reservations, to a na...

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More shopping could be delivered by robots in Leeds as council looks to expand service

New robot delivery services could be seen in the city after a trial of the project helped reduce car journeys....

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US delegation meets interior minister Naqvi

ISLAMABAD - A US delegation led by Department of State senior official Eric Meyer on Wednesday met Federal Minister for ...

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Govt Officials Hide Under Cyber Crime ActTo Illegally Use Police On Nigerians — Sowore

Omoyele Sowore, former presidential candidate and human rights activist, in this interview on his recent Take-It-Back pr...

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Teal MP blames admin error for possible campaigning rules breach

Independent MP for Mackellar Sophie Scamps had to correct two embarrassing errors including suggesting her electorate of...

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Liberia: Gongloe-Weh’s Campaign Halted by Violent Crowd as CDC Decries Attack on Female Candidate ahead of Nimba By-election

Gborplay, Nimba County – Edith Gongloe-Weh, a female senatorial candidate in the upcoming April 22, 2025, Nimba County...

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Another complicated morning on four commuter lines

Another morning of complications for commuters. Two separate incidents, one in Castellbisbal and the other at Fabra i Pu...

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Iran, Egypt urge immediate Gaza ceasefire

TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA) – In a phone call with his Egyptian counterpart, Iran’s Foreign Minister emphasized the urgent...

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Amupanda’s first address to parliament: Inspired by ‘testicular fortitude’

Job Amupanda in the National Assembly, Windhoek, 8 April 2025 For our ancestors and living legends, Ondje yomakombo, Neh...

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The alarming next step in Trump’s trade war that has CEOs rattled

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday foreshadowed striking new trade deals with allies and then taking a coll...

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UK has to pick a side between the US and the EU - and Northern Ireland is stuck in the middle

Rather than seeing a US trade deal as entrenching the sea border, some unionists hope Trump’s new world order might sw...

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Meet the current most ”popular’ politician in Ghana, Reverend John Ntim Fordjour

Reverend John Ntim Fordjour Reverend John Ntim Fordjour, the Member of Parliament for Assin South, has recently captured...

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2027: Passers-by, people on transit won’t contest under LP again – Obi declares

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has declared that passers-by wi...

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What will be done with the Raval tuberculosis clinic?

The bitter controversy that pitted Ada Colau's Barcelona City Council against the MACBA over the location of the museum'...

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"You wouldn't give your child a glass of wine to relax, would you? So why would you give him your cell phone?"

Joël Dicker (Geneva, 1985) explains that with each new book he sets himself a challenge, and that this time the object...

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Liberia: Foreign Minister Nyanti Lobbies the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia For UNSC Non-Permanent Seat

Monrovia – ­­­­­­­­­­Liberia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Her Excellency Mme. Sara Beysolow Nyanti, on A...

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The cost of housing a single migrant in a hotel room is a 'crazy amount of money'

EXCLUSIVE: Kemi Badenoch told the Daily Express "I am very worried that the problem is going to get a lot worse before i...

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Trump won’t crash the housing market – but prices falls are still likely

The population of the UK is rising, and we don’t have enough homes already...

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Keir Starmer to hold major press conference today to put police back on the street

Regular patrols of bobbies on the beat to be ‘guaranteed' to help build trust with communities in high-crime areas...