Private contractors in US eye windfall from Trump’s push to deport migrants
As a central part of its agenda, the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to round up, detain ...
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Russia woos Namibia to mine uranium, sparking water safety fears
Windhoek and Leonardville, Namibia – Impo Gift Kapamba Musasa holds a hose pipe in one hand and gestures to a ...
Trump names first administration veterans Greer, Hassett to economic posts
US president-elect taps Jamieson Greer and Kevin Hassett as trade representative and top economic adviser, respectively.United States President-elect Donald Trump ...
Vietnam’s richest man is vying to dethrone Asia’s ride-hailing king, Grab
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam – When Dat had to choose a ride-hailing app to work with as a gig driver, ...
Trump promises 25% tariff on Mexico and Canada, extra 10% tariff on China
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, US president-elect says measures will remain until countries stamp out illegal border crossings and drug trafficking.United States ...
What do Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy plan to do with DOGE?
For months, Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, has been pushing for a department to slash United States government spending. ...
Total Energies pauses investments into Adani Group on bribery charges
French oil major TotalEnergies has halted investments in the Adani Group after the Indian ports-to-power conglomerate was engulfed in a ...
IMF approves third review of Sri Lanka’s $2.9bn bailout, but warns of risks
Global lender says it will release about $333m to crisis-hit nation as signs of economic recovery emerge.The International Monetary Fund ...
Are underwater pipelines, cables being sabotaged in the Baltic Sea? Why?
Two fibre-optic undersea cables in the Baltic Sea were severed on Sunday and Monday, raising suspicions over a Chinese cargo ...
Trump picks billionaire investor Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary
The hedge fund manager will be responsible for implementing president-elect’s pledges to cut taxes and raise tariffs.US President-elect Donald Trump ...
‘Genocide-free’ cola makes a splash in the United Kingdom
London, UK – On a sunny autumn day, the Hiba Express – a fast food chain in Holborn, a bustling ...
Why is the US dollar so strong?
The dollar has rallied on Donald Trump’s presidential victory.Donald Trump will soon be back in the top job, and the ...
Google must sell Chrome to end search monopoly, US prosecutors argue
The Department of Justice said Google had ‘deprived rivals’ of opportunities to expand their search engine market share.Alphabet’s Google should ...
Indian conglomerate chair Gautam Adani indicted in the US
Gautam Adani, the chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world’s richest people, has been indicted in ...
Archegos’s Bill Hwang sentenced to 18 years in prison for massive US fraud
Hwang had been convicted in July on 10 criminal charges including wire and securities fraud, market manipulation.Former billionaire investor Sung ...
Comcast to spin off cable TV networks as ‘streaming won’
Comcast will spin off many of its cable television networks that were once at the heart of the entertainment giant ...
British farmers protest against ‘tractor tax’ on inheritance
Farmers say the tax will destroy family farms and threaten food production, while the gov’t says it’s needed to raise ...
US no-frills pioneer Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy protection
Spirit Airlines, the no-frills US travel pioneer, has filed for bankruptcy protection after struggling with years of losses, failed merger ...
How controversial is Trump’s pick of RFK Jr as US health secretary?
On Thursday, US President-elect Donald Trump nominated vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr to head up the country’s top health ...
‘Need a change’: Sri Lanka’s leftist win sparks hopes, bridges old divides
Colombo, Sri Lanka – Abdul Rahuman Seyyadu Sulaiman, 56, wanted to be heard. As Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake left ...
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