Why is Kenya’s top spy coming to Mogadishu?

Kenya spy chief Noordin Haji The Director General of Security and Intelligence of Kenya NIS, Mr. Nuradidin Yusuf Haji, today visited Mogadishu. The Director of NIS was welcomed at Mogadishu’s Aden Adde Airport by the shady Somali spy chief Mahad Salad. The purpose of the Kenyan intelligence chief’s visit is to promote cooperation between the

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Russia claims Western calls for ‘free, fair’ elections in Bangladesh ‘neo-colonialism’

By Anadolu Agency Russia claimed Thursday that Western calls for “free and fair” elections in Bangladesh are an act of “neo-colonialism.” “We have taken note of certain European and American politicians publishing letters calling for ‘free and fair’ elections in Bangladesh. This is #neocolonialism,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, according to a tweet by

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Belarus leader claims Wagner chief is in Russia, adding uncertainty about his fate after revolt

File-In this handout image taken from a video released by Prigozhin Press Service on Friday, May 5, 2023, head of Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin stands in front of multiple bodies lying on the ground in an unknown location. A week after the mutiny raised the most daunting challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s rule in over

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Kenya’s super-rich club shrinks on shilling slide

The weaker Kenya shilling has raised the threshold for joining the country’s top one percent by net worth to Sh2.8 million. File Photo/ Pool By Business Daily Africa The weaker Kenya shilling has raised the threshold for joining the country’s top one percent by net worth to Sh2.8 million from Sh2.16 million two years ago,

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Exclusive: With UK health service in crisis, Tesco gives staff virtual doctors appointments

By Reuters Supermarket group Tesco (TSCO.L), Britain’s largest private-sector employer, is to offer its staff virtual appointments with a private family doctor, in another indication of the pressures engulfing the country’s National Health Service (NHS). The country’s biggest retailer told Reuters on Thursday the benefits package for its 310,000 UK workers would provide them and

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Tel Aviv police chief’s resignation triggers protests, clashes in Israel

Citizens block roads and light fires on the streets as they stage a protest on the resignation of Tel Aviv District Commander Ami Eshed, in Tel Aviv, Israel on July 05, 2023. Protests arise throughout the country after the resignation of Eshed, who cited the ‘political pressure’ from the far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

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US citizenship test changes are coming, raising concerns for those with low English skills

Heaven Mehreta, 32, smiles and holds a small American flag inside Mount Zion Temple in St. Paul, Minn., June 21, 2023, after becoming a U.S. citizen at a naturalization ceremony that day in the synagogue. Mehreta immigrated from Ethiopia 10 years ago, learned English as an adult and passed the U.S. citizenship test in May.

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Why are OPEC+ supply cuts failing to boost oil prices?

By Reuters OPEC+, a group comprising the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies including Russia that pumps around 40% of the world’s crude, has been cutting oil output since November in the face of flagging prices. Members Saudi Arabia and Russia, the world’s biggest oil exporters, deepened oil supply cuts on Monday in

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Weak shilling raises Kenya debt repayment

The rising burden of debt servicing costs on Kenyan taxpayers is a reflection of increased borrowing during the previous administration. Photo/Shutterstock By Business Daily Africa Aggressive interest rate increases by central banks in rich countries amid sustained weakening of the shilling have seen Kenya pay 7.5 percent more in foreign debt repayments, the Treasury has

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Russia’s crude oil, diesel exports at higher volumes than pre-war era

By Anadolu Agency Russia’s crude oil and diesel exports are at higher volumes than in the pre-war period with the emergence of new export destinations, particularly China and India, for crude exports and a good range of buyers for diesel exports, according to Vortexa data compiled by Anadolu. Russia’s crude oil exports plummeted to the

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