“Interest rates are high, yes but we have stabilized exchange rate. We have pulled back from the brink of total economic collapse. Inflation is coming down, it’s still at 20% but it’s coming down from the very high levels of a few years ago. We have built our foreign reserves to over $40 billion. The...
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US Diplomat Fired Over Relationship With Woman Accused Of Ties To Chinese Communist Party
The State Department said Wednesday that it has fired a U.S. diplomat over a romantic relationship he admitted having with a Chinese woman alleged to have ties to the Chinese Communist Party. The dismissal is believed to be the first of its kind for violating a ban on such relationships that was introduced late last year under the...
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Costa Rica Nominates Former Vice President Rebeca Grynspan To Lead UN
Costa Rica put forward Wednesday longtime diplomat and former Vice President Rebeca Grynspan as a candidate to be the next secretary-general of the United Nations. The economist is currently the secretary-general of U.N. Trade and Development in Geneva. She was a major player in the U.N. effort to ship Ukrainian and Russian grains to global...
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Mexico President Vows Thorough Investigation Into The Killing Of 6 Civilians By Soldiers
Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum vowed a thorough investigation Wednesday into the killing of six civilians by soldiers a day earlier in the northern border state of Tamaulipas. The Mexican army reported late Tuesday that some of its soldiers on patrol on the highway connecting Ciudad Mante and Tampico fired on a vehicle that had tried to...
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Police Discloses Manchester Synagogue Attacker Pledged Allegiance To Islamic State Group.
The assailant in last week’s attack on a synagogue in the northwest of England that left two congregants dead pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, police said Wednesday. The attacker, Jihad Al-Shamie, called emergency dispatchers during his deadly attack on Oct. 2. to express his commitment to the terror group, Counter Terrorism Policing North...
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LASG ISSUES TRAFFIC ADVISORY FOR REPAIR OF ADENIJI ADELE INTERCHANGE JUNCTION TO CMS
The Lagos State Government has issued a traffic advisory ahead of the repair works on the Adeniji Adele Interchange Junction to CMS. The repair will take place between 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. daily, commencing on Sunday, 12th October, and ending on Sunday, 23rd November 2025 – a duration of six weeks. To minimise traffic...
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Daughter Suspected In An Attack On A Newly Elected Mayor In Germany
Investigators said Wednesday that the newly elected mayor of a German town who was found at her home with stab wounds apparently was attacked by her teenage daughter, and that her life is no longer in danger. Iris Stalzer, 57, was elected as the mayor of Herdecke in western Germany on Sept. 28 and is due to...
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Argentine Court Sentences Man To 10 Years In Prison For Trying To Shoot Former President Fernández
A court in Argentina sentenced a man to 10 years in prison Wednesday after finding him guilty of attempting to kill powerful former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner three years ago. The court in Buenos Aires also sentenced the man’s accomplice to eight years in prison, capping a dramatic case that has convulsed and captivated the country since the assassination attempt on Sept....
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Court Orders Arrest Of Ex-INEC Boss, Mahmood Yakubu
The Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, to arrest the former INEC chairman, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, for an offence relating to contempt of court. The Court order came a few hours after Yakubu left office as the INEC chairman. The Action...
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