Slovak PM criticizes EU’s warning against travelling to Moscow

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic (R) welcomes visiting Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Zagreb, Croatia, April 16, 2025. Marko Lukunic/Pixsell via Xinhua By Xinhua News Agency Visiting Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who held talks with his Croatian counterpart Andrej Plenkovic on Wednesday, criticized the warning of Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s high representative

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Somalia corrupt president Hassan Sheikh planning to sell Nugal Valley Basin

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia corrupt ambassador to the United States Dahir Hassan Arab announced on Tuesday that the country is officially open for oil drilling and exploration. Read: Exclusive: Somalia airspace revenue collected by Hassan Sheikh and his family Read: Somalia President meets Ugandan dictator Yoweri Museveni for advice Read: Somalia officials abuse diplomatic passports

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Egypt’s tourism push puts pristine Red Sea beach at risk, say environmentalists

Umbrellas at Ras Hankorab beach, home to one of the country’s last untouched marine ecosystems, with crystal clear waters and white sands, at southern Egypt’s Red Sea coast in Marsa Alam, Egypt March 23, 2025. Reuters Stringer/File Photo By Reuters Ras Hankorab Beach, a pristine spot on southern Egypt’s Red Sea coast with crystal clear

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Algeria says decision to expel 12 French diplomats in response to arrest of its consular official

By Anadolu Agency Algeria’s decision to expel 12 French diplomats from the country came in response to last week’s arrest of an Algerian consular official by the French security forces, an official statement said. An Algerian Foreign Ministry statement on Monday defended its “sovereign” decision to expel the French diplomats, blaming French Interior Minister Bruno

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UK companies focused on cashflow and cost-cutting ahead of Trump tariffs, Deloitte says

Skyscrapers of the City of London financial district and St Paul’s Cathedral are seen behind a bus crossing Waterloo Bridge in London, Britain, March 28, 2025. Photographer Toby Melville/File Photo By Reuters Britain’s biggest companies adopted their most defensive stance since early 2020 in the run-up U.S. President Donald Trump’s April 2 tariff announcements and

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How Trump’s tariffs could wreak havoc on North America’s auto supply chains

New vehicles are on display at a Ford dealership in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on April 3, 2025. Photographer by Liang Sen By Xinhua News Agency Ford CEO Jim Farley warned at a recent investor conference in New York that levying steep tariffs on imported goods “would blow a hole in the U.S. industry that

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Algeria orders 12 French Embassy officials to leave country in 48 hours

By Anadolu Agency Algeria has ordered 12 French embassy officials to leave the country within 48 hours, the French foreign minister confirmed on Monday to Le Figaro, a French daily. “This decision would be a response to the arrest of three Algerian nationals suspected of serious offenses on French national territory,” Barrot said. He found

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Tanzania’s main opposition party faces election ban after leader is charged with treason

Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu. Credit Photo/Facebook By The Associated Press Tanzania’s main opposition party faces exclusion from general elections set for October after its leader was charged with treason last week. The CHADEMA party on Saturday boycotted an event for all parties to sign a code of ethics, violating a legal requirement for parties

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UK to take emergency control of British Steel, with nationalisation on the table

People walk dogs on a playing field near the British Steel works in Scunthorpe, northern England, Britain, March 31, 2025. Photographer Dominic Lipinski/File Photo By Reuters Britain moved to take control of British Steel and keep its blast furnaces open on Saturday, as a minister told an emergency parliamentary session that a full nationalisation of

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Trump’s big, beautiful bill may not address massive debt deficit

This photo taken on April 3, 2025 shows the U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States. Photgrapher Hu Yousong By Xinhua News Agency U.S. President Donald Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill” may fail to address the nation’s mounting debt and deficit, experts have said. On Thursday, House Republicans

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