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Trump to Host Five African Presidents in Push for New Trade Deals
Switch TV
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON — President Donald J. Trump is set to welcome five African heads of state to the White House next week for talks focused on business, trade, and what his administration is calling “commercial opportunities.” Leaders from Gabon,...
Study reveals surge in illegal arachnid trade via Facebook in Philippines
Mongabay
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June 30, 2025
New research by wildlife trade watchdog TRAFFIC reveals a thriving online trade in live tarantulas and scorpions in the Philippines, with more than 16,000 arachnids found offered for sale on Facebook in 2020 and 2022. Most traded species are...
Expanding fiscal space for priority investments
The Brookings Institution
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II. Measuring fiscal space Fiscal space is sometimes measured simply as discretionary fiscal spending—the amount of revenue and borrowing capacity that is left over when non-discretionary spending has been subtracted out. Non-discretionary...
Anyaoku hails Ramphal as immeasurable champion of the Commonwealth
National Accord Newspaper
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July 2, 2025
Chief Emeka Anyaoku, Africa’s first Commonwealth Secretary-General (1990-2000), has praised his late predecessor Sir Shridath ‘Sonny’ Ramphal of Guyana for championing “the universal recognition of the Commonwealth as an organisation with a...
Anyaoku Hails Ramphal as Global Commonwealth Icon
News Central TV
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July 3, 2025
Chief Emeka Anyaoku, Africa’s first Commonwealth Secretary-General (1990–2000), has paid tribute to his late predecessor, Sir Shridath ‘Sonny’ Ramphal of Guyana, for elevating the Commonwealth’s global stature. Speaking at a memorial service on...
EditorialConfusion over damage to Iran's nuclear sites bodes ill for talks
The National News
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On June 22, the US sent seven stealth bombers, backed by fighter jets and submarines firing cruise missiles, to target three Iranian nuclear facilities. The operation came off the back of a wave of Israeli strikes on Tehran and other Iranian...
Debt, deficits and dilemmas
Weekly Cutting Edge
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July 1, 2025
Pakistan’s fiscal position reveals a precarious blend of mounting debt, dwindling export capacity, and deep-rooted structural flaws. With external debt servicing consuming nearly half of its export earnings and economic reforms hanging by a...
ICMA unveils new guidance for nature-themed bonds
Eco-Business
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June 27, 2025
The new guidance by the standard setter details how issuers can tap on the global US$6 trillion labelled bond market – the largest source of market-based sustainable financing – to close the US$700 billion annual funding shortfall to meet the...
See Earth’s Forests as Never Before in Biomass Satellite’s First Images
Scientific American
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July 1, 2025
See Earth’s Forests as Never Before in Biomass Satellite’s First Images New images from the European Space Agency’s Biomass mission show how the satellite uses advanced radar to map flows of carbon through our planet’s most precious and remote...
Forget Sanji, One Piece SBS has fans comparing Gaban with Nami
Sportskeeda
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July 2, 2025
For a long time now, the One Piece community has been debating about the exact roles of most Roger Pirates members, especially Scopper Gaban's. Many characters, such as Silvers Rayleigh and Crocus, have their positions clearly explained. This was...
Pakistan June inflation rises 3.2% y/y, in line with forecast
Gulf Today
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July 1, 2025
Pakistan’s consumer price inflation rose 3.2 per cent year-on-year in June, the statistics bureau said on Tuesday, broadly in line with the finance ministry’s projection of 3 per cent to 4 per cent issued a day earlier. On a month-on-month basis,...
This new EU satellite will transform natural carbon assessment
Envirotech Online
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Carbon credits are only as good as the data behind them. Until now, monitoring forest carbon stocks has relied heavily on ground-based inventories and proxy indicators like canopy cover or land use classifications. But with the launch of the...
First congress of forest basin leaders results in call for direct financing
Mongabay
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June 24, 2025
Participants at the world’s first global congress of Indigenous and local communities from forest basins seek to increase direct financing to community forest conservation. Community-led organizations are scaling up and creating their own funding...
NNN wants stronger energy partnerships
New Era
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LUANDA – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah described energy as a powerful driver of economic growth and development. She said Namibia is prepared to take the lead in the global shift toward clean and sustainable energy. She was speaking at the...
Nine of the best TV shows to watch this July
BBC
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ShareSave (Credit: Ana Blumenkron/ Netflix)From Lena Dunham's new Netflix rom-com, set in London, to the return of Michael C Hall's murderous Dexter and a stunning new wildlife series. (Credit: Greg Gayne/ Amazon Prime Video)1. Ballard...
CBE governor represents Egypt at Afreximbank’s 2025 annual meetings in Nigeria
Daily News Egypt
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June 29, 2025
On behalf of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Governor Hassan Abdalla participated in the official opening of the African Export-Import Bank’s (Afreximbank) 32nd Annual Meetings, held recently in Abuja, Nigeria. The 2025...
CBE Governor: Egypt Commits to Supporting Comprehensive Development in Africa
Sada Elbalad
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June 29, 2025
Sun 29 Jun 2025 | 08:02 PM On behalf of the Egyptian President, Hassan Abdullah, Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) officially inaugurated the 32nd Annual Meeting of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) held recently in Abuja,...
How does Marburg virus spread between species? Young Ugandan...
Modern Ghana
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In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound – formed by bat excrement – and sinks its teeth into a bat. But this is no ordinary bat colony. The thousands of Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) found in this...
Chakwera coaxes Dangote to invest in Malawi’s ATM
The Maravi Post
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June 29, 2025
ABUJA-(MaraviPost)-President Lazarus Chakwera has extended an invitation to Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Founder and President of Dangote Group, to invest in Malawi highlighting the country’s potential in key sectors including Agriculture, Tourism and...
Billy Joel to Happy Gilmore: the best shows to stream in July
Cairns Post
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June 28, 2025
From a 50th birthday celebration of a cinema classic to a fond farewell to a hit teen romance and a killer who seemingly can’t die, there’s streaming to suit all tastes in July APPLE TV+ FOUNDATION JULY 11 After the writers and actors strikes and...