Latest NewsAt Beijing auto show, rising fuel costs boost China’s NEV opportunity
People visit the booth of Li Auto during the 2026 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in Beijing, capital of China, April 26, 2026. Photographer Ju Huanzong By Xinhua News Agency Turmoil
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Association dinner in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 25, 2026. Photographer Jonathan Ernst By Reuters President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were rushed out of the White House
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At Beijing auto show, rising fuel costs boost China’s NEV opportunity
People visit the booth of Li Auto during the 2026 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in Beijing, capital of China, April 26, 2026. Photographer Ju Huanzong By Xinhua News Agency Turmoil
Read MoreExclusive: US spy agencies examine how Iran would react to Trump declaring victory
A woman walks past a billboard featuring an image of the late Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a building, amid a ceasefire between U.S. and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 27,
Read MoreInternational intelligence agencies’ suspicions about Somalia
File Photo Somali Times/ former Somalia spy chief Abdullahi Mohamed Ali The former head of the Somalia National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Abdullahi Mohamed Ali Sanbaloshe, has
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By Anadolu Agency More than 400,000 people are diagnosed with cancer each year in the UK, a record high that underscores growing pressure on the country’s health system, according to a new
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Association dinner in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 25, 2026. Photographer Jonathan Ernst By Reuters President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were rushed out of the White House
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Featured ArticlesAt Beijing auto show, rising fuel costs boost China’s NEV opportunity
People visit the booth of Li Auto during the 2026 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in Beijing, capital of China, April 26, 2026. Photographer Ju Huanzong By Xinhua News Agency Turmoil
At Beijing auto show, rising fuel costs boost China’s NEV opportunity
People visit the booth of Li Auto during the 2026 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in Beijing, capital of China, April 26, 2026. Photographer Ju Huanzong By Xinhua News Agency Turmoil
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKUhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto splash half a billion on travel in three months before polls
By Business Daily Africa President William Ruto and his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta more than doubled the spending on local travel to Sh579 million in the three months to June as campaigns for the
Read More1.8 tons of cocaine seized, 5 arrested in Nigerian bust
Credit: Reuters Photographer Karen Toro/File Photo By The Associated Press Nigeria’s anti-drug agency seized a record 1.8 tons of cocaine valued at $278 million at a Lagos warehouse in what it
Read MoreKenya risks losing port to China casting shadow over India’s outreach in Eastern Africa
Kenya risks losing the lucrative Mombasa port to China. China is now the single largest financier for infrastructure in Africa, funding one-in-five projects and constructing every third one,
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Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto splash half a billion on travel in three months before polls
By Business Daily Africa President William Ruto and his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta more than doubled the spending on local travel to Sh579 million in the three months to June as campaigns for the
Read More1.8 tons of cocaine seized, 5 arrested in Nigerian bust
Credit: Reuters Photographer Karen Toro/File Photo By The Associated Press Nigeria’s anti-drug agency seized a record 1.8 tons of cocaine valued at $278 million at a Lagos warehouse in what it
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Blog PostsOil retreats as US-China trade war escalates
The crude oil tanker Pink Stars is moored to a single point mooring (SPM) at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s Marine Terminal in Yuzhnaya Ozereevka near the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk,
Global markets tumble as VIX hits 5-year high, gold surges on safe-haven demand
By Anadolu Agency Global markets reeled on Wednesday under intense selling pressure, with the Volatility Index (VIX) — often dubbed the “fear index” — surging to its
America’s first national online community college founded by a Nigerian has raised $100m to offer affordable higher education
Tade Oyerinde launched Campus in 2022. Photo: TechCrunch By Face2Face Africa Tade Oyerinde, founder and chancellor of Campus, has always believed that top-tier education shouldn’t come with
China moves swiftly to stabilize markets amid global financial turbulence
This photo taken on Oct. 8, 2024 shows the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province. Photographer Liang Xu By Xinhua News Agency In the face of global financial
Kremlin says Russia is ready to do all it can to help resolve US-Iran nuclear tensions
A 3D-printed miniature model of Donald Trump and the U.S. and Iran flags are seen in this illustration taken January 15, 2025. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Reuters The Kremlin
Trump calls tariffs ‘medicine’ amid market turmoil
By Anadolu Agency US President Donald Trump described tariffs as “medicine” for addressing the country’s trade deficit with many countries. “I don’t want anything to go down,
US revokes all South Sudan visas over failure to repatriate citizens
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio boards a plane after attending the NATO meeting in Brussels, Belgium, April 4, 2025. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via Reuters/ File Photo By Reuters The U.S. said on
Somalia President meets Ugandan dictator Yoweri Museveni for advice
File Photo/Somali Times Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power since 1986, is turning into an dictator, bent on silencing the opposition and suppressing the media in
Farmajo says arrest of the chairman of the people’s political organization is a reflection of the political direction taken by Hassan Sheikh
File Photo/Somali Times Former Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has strongly condemned the arrest in Mogadishu of the chairman of the People’s political organization Abdirahman
Russian official says Moscow, Washington made ‘3 steps forward’ in mending ties
By Anadolu Agency Russia and the US made “three steps forward” on a large number of issues over the past two days, Kirill Dmitriev, Russia’s special envoy for foreign investment and
Oil retreats as US-China trade war escalates
The crude oil tanker Pink Stars is moored to a single point mooring (SPM) at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s Marine Terminal in Yuzhnaya Ozereevka near the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk,
Global markets tumble as VIX hits 5-year high, gold surges on safe-haven demand
By Anadolu Agency Global markets reeled on Wednesday under intense selling pressure, with the Volatility Index (VIX) — often dubbed the “fear index” — surging to its
America’s first national online community college founded by a Nigerian has raised $100m to offer affordable higher education
Tade Oyerinde launched Campus in 2022. Photo: TechCrunch By Face2Face Africa Tade Oyerinde, founder and chancellor of Campus, has always believed that top-tier education shouldn’t come with
China moves swiftly to stabilize markets amid global financial turbulence
This photo taken on Oct. 8, 2024 shows the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province. Photographer Liang Xu By Xinhua News Agency In the face of global financial
Kremlin says Russia is ready to do all it can to help resolve US-Iran nuclear tensions
A 3D-printed miniature model of Donald Trump and the U.S. and Iran flags are seen in this illustration taken January 15, 2025. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Reuters The Kremlin
Trump calls tariffs ‘medicine’ amid market turmoil
By Anadolu Agency US President Donald Trump described tariffs as “medicine” for addressing the country’s trade deficit with many countries. “I don’t want anything to go down,
US revokes all South Sudan visas over failure to repatriate citizens
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio boards a plane after attending the NATO meeting in Brussels, Belgium, April 4, 2025. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via Reuters/ File Photo By Reuters The U.S. said on
Somalia President meets Ugandan dictator Yoweri Museveni for advice
File Photo/Somali Times Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power since 1986, is turning into an dictator, bent on silencing the opposition and suppressing the media in
Farmajo says arrest of the chairman of the people’s political organization is a reflection of the political direction taken by Hassan Sheikh
File Photo/Somali Times Former Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has strongly condemned the arrest in Mogadishu of the chairman of the People’s political organization Abdirahman
Russian official says Moscow, Washington made ‘3 steps forward’ in mending ties
By Anadolu Agency Russia and the US made “three steps forward” on a large number of issues over the past two days, Kirill Dmitriev, Russia’s special envoy for foreign investment and