88-year-old Australian doctor freed 7 years after kidnapping by Islamic extremists in West Africa

File – Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong listens beside Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo during a joint press conference at a hotel in Makati City, Philippines on Thursday May 18, 2023. An 88-year-old Australian doctor held captive in West Africa for more than seven years has been released, the Australian government said on Friday,

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UK to ban Russian diamonds at G7 in fresh round of sanctions

By Reuters Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak plans to announce a ban on Russian diamonds and imports of metals from Russia including copper, aluminium and nickel in support for Ukraine, his government said in a statement. Britain is also targeting an additional 86 people and companies from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military industrial complex, in

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China’s loans pushing world’s poorest countries to brink of collapse

File – An SGR cargo train travels from the port containers depot on a Chinese-backed railway costing nearly $3.3 billion, opened by Kenya’s president as one of the country’s largest infrastructure project since independence, in Mombasa, Kenya, on May 30, 2017, as part of a plan to link a large part of East Africa to

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Aston Martin stock soars as China’s Geely to become no.3 shareholder

An Aston Martin Valkyrie car is driven off the production line at the company’s factory in Gaydon, Britain, March 16, 2022. Photographer Phil Noble/Reuters By Reuters Aston Martin’s shares jumped nearly 25% on Thursday after the luxury carmaker announced a 234 million pound investment by China’s Geely, doubling the automotive firm’s stake to make it

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Kenya to build 3 more ships for Uganda fuel

By Business Daily Africa Kenya plans to build three more ships to enhance the export of oil products to Uganda through Lake Victoria. Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir said this would ensure daily trips from the current weekly voyages to the landlocked country. Despite being launched in early January, Kenya has only shipped

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Somalia expels two EU nationals from Germany and Poland

File Photo/Somali Times The federal government of Somalia announced yesterday that it expelled two men born in Germany and Poland, named Jocek Jozef Ochman and Ralf Bernhard Gehlig. The government did not officially announce at the time why two foreign men were expelled from the country, but an investigation it found out that these two

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Ford recalls 310,000 trucks to fix problem with driver’s front air bag

File – A Ford sign is shown at a dealership in Springfield, Pa., Tuesday, April 26, 2022. Ford Motor Co. is recalling certain 2004 to 2006 Ranger vehicles, Friday, May 5, 2023, because replacement front passenger air bag inflators may have been installed incorrectly. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a letter that

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39 people missing after Chinese vessel capsizes in Indian Ocean

By Anadolu Agency At least 39 people are missing after a Chinese vessel capsized in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, Chinese state media reported. The missing persons include 17 Chinese crew members, 17 Indonesians, and five Filipinos, Chinese public broadcaster CGTN reported on Wednesday. It said the vessel was a Chinese fishing boat which “capsized

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State ends bailouts for Kenya Airways to pave way for restructuring

By Business Daily Africa Kenya Airways (KQ) is among several State entities that the Treasury has denied funding in the financial year starting July 1, to pave the way for restructuring. Treasury PS Chris Kiptoo told Parliament that KQ, as is known by its international code, has not received any bailout in the financial year

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Somalia president arrives in Qatar to seek financial assistance from Emir

Photo/Somali Times Somalia shady President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, has arrived in Doha, Qatar. The president has started a two-day official visit to the capital of Qatar in the Valley, as announced by the Somali Presidency. Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of corruption 2012-2017 Somalia shady President Hassan Sheikh is seeking financial assistance from the

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