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Malawi: Chilima Plane Crash Inquiry Lays Bare Malawi’s Aviation Safety Crisis

The parliamentary inquiry into the June 10, 2024 plane crash that killed Vice-President Saulos Chilima and eight others has heard troubling testimony suggesting...

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Africa: El Niño and Disease Threaten West Africa’s Cocoa Harvest

Cocoa prices are rising as disease, weak pod development and the return of El Niño threaten the next harvest in Ghana and Côte...

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South Africa: Why Tupac Lives On in Cape Town 30 Years After He Was Murdered

Thirty years after world famous US rapper Tupac Shakur was gunned down at the age of 25, his legacy has remained a...

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South Africa: Why Tupac Lives On in Cape Town 30 Years After He Was Murdered

Thirty years after world famous US rapper Tupac Shakur was gunned down at the age of 25, his legacy has remained a...

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Africa: Africa’s Assisted Reproductive Technology Boom Needs Public Governance, Not Just Private Investment

Across Africa, assisted reproductive technology (ART) is expanding at an unprecedented pace. Fertility clinics are opening in countries where, until recently, couples had...

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Nigeria: Nigeria’s Sahara Power Starts $12m Lagos Gas Plant

Sahara Power Enterprise Group has started construction of a $12 million gas-fired power plant in Lagos as the company seeks to supply businesses...

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Tanzania: Tanzania Opens Government Bond Market to All Foreign Investors

Tanzania has opened its government securities market to foreign investors from all countries, removing restrictions that limited access to investors from parts of...

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Lesotho: Why Lesotho’s Remittance ‘Safety Net’ Was Never Really Its Own, and Why It Is Failing Again in 2026

Lesotho is two years into a national state of disaster: US tariffs have gutted its garment factories, unemployment has passed 30%, and its...

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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to participate in BRICS Summit in India

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will participate in the 18th BRICS Summit later this month in New Delhi. As the chair this year, India will be hosting...

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US-Iran tensions high after strikes on two tankers in Hormuz

US-Iran tensions over the Strait of Hormuz heightened after a flurry of military strikes at the start of the week, with neither side prepared to...

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Putin’s chilling response to Russia planning UK strike

In response to a question on whether his country was weighing up possible strikes on British military sites, the Russian leader said it is a...

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Elon Musk Warns Of 15GW AI Power Shortage In 2027 As AI Chip Production Surges Faster Than Electricity Capacity | Video

Elon Musk Warns Of 15GW AI Power Shortage In 2027 As AI Chip Production Surges Faster Than Electricity Capacity | Video | X/@OwenGregorian Chapel Hill: Elon...

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Bessent says 19 finance ministers agreed ‘cheap exports’ are unsustainable, but China dissented

Bessent says AI companies must explain themselves better He also said Trump and Xi would discuss artificial intelligence policy when they meet later this month, saying...

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Bessent says G20 countries should also use tariffs to protect their industries from cheap imports

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he’s urging some of his G20 counterparts to take a page from the Trump administration’s playbook of using tariffs and...

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‘Must send a strong message to countries that use terrorism’: PM Modi at SCO in the presence of Shehbaz Sharif

MUST READ | ‘Don’t take foreign trips, avoid gold purchases’: From Bishkek, PM Modi reiterates ‘swadeshi’ call “We must send a strong message to countries that use...

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Fact Check: Shehbaz Sharif’s SCO ‘Centerstage’ Claim vs Reality; Cropped Photo Tells One Story, Full Frame Another

New Delhi: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s attempt to project himself as a central figure at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Bishkek has...

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American companies’ datacenter troubles may be just getting bigger, and the reason is what has also made Europe, China, Canada and many other countries ‘angry’

Representative Image American technology giants pouring billions into artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure may soon encounter an obstacle at home: a proposed expansion of US tariffs that...

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Kremlin says Putin, Xi and Trump may hold a trilateral meeting in November

Moscow: Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping may hold a...

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Xi Jinping visits Egypt as China widens Middle East influence

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Egypt this week is being presented as a step to deepen economic and diplomatic ties between the two countries....

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US, Australia commit $580 million in support for Pacific Islands

SYDNEY/WASHINGTON – The United States and Australia on Sept 2 announced a combined US$580 million (S$738.5 million) in funding for the Pacific Islands, as both...

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Why the global bond market is rattled and its implications

The global bond markets are currently in sell-off mode, with bond yields surging to multi-year highs across most G-7 nations. The US-Iran war in West...

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Shehbaz Sharif’s ‘Photoshop’ Moment? Pakistan PM Attempts To Take Centre Stage By Cropping PM Modi From SCO Group Pic

The image, shared by Sharif’s office on Tuesday, showed Chinese President Xi Jinping, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon,...

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Xi returns to transformed Middle East for first Egypt visit in 10 years

When Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Cairo this week, he’ll find plenty has changed in Egypt and the region around it since his last...

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US carrier at centre of onboard controversy heads to Pattaya after nine months at sea

BANGKOK, Sept 2 — A US aircraft carrier at the centre of controversy over conditions on board approached the Thai coast on Wednesday for its...

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Nepal’s young PM faces gravest test after flood catastrophe

KATHMANDU – Nepal’s rapper-turned-prime minister swept to power six months ago promising reform, but his young government now faces its gravest test after a glacial...

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Zelenskiy says Ukrainian drones have effectively closed Russian airspace

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned airlines and insurance companies on Tuesday that the presence of Ukrainian drones had made Russian skies dangerous to use and...

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CGTN: How the SCO opens up opportunities for regional development as it turns 25

CGTN published an article exploring how the SCO has evolved from a security-focused mechanism into a comprehensive regional cooperation platform covering areas such as economic...

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West Africa: Liberia Turns to Rwanda for Peace Museum Model

- Liberia is studying Rwanda's approach to preserving the memory of its violent past as the Boakai administration moves toward establishing a national...

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