Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1658 EAT on Monday 22 September 2025 Paris, France – Mayors across France have raised Palestinian flags in defiance of a government directive ordering their removal, as France edges closer to joining other European nations in recognizing a Palestinian state. As of Monday morning, the Ministry of the…
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Iran Condemns Proposed UN Nuclear Sanctions Before Key Vote
Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1325 EAT on Friday 19 September 2025 Tehran – Iran has sharply criticized European countries that have threatened to reimpose international sanctions over concerns about the monitoring of its nuclear programme. In a statement on Friday, Iranian officials accused the European states of “political bias,” responding to warnings…
Trump Unveils Plan to Limit Public Access to Key Economic Data
Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1348 EAT on Tuesday 16 September 2025 In a whirlwind day for markets and investors, President Donald Trump added a fresh jolt to the news cycle with a social media post casually proposing the dismantling of a decades-old pillar of corporate financial transparency. On Monday morning, Trump revived…
Malawi’s Presidential Race: Key Candidates and What’s at Stake
Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1318 EAT on Tuesday 16 September 2025 Malawians are heading to the polls to elect their next president amid a deepening economic crisis in one of Africa’s poorest and most climate-vulnerable countries. The small Southeast African nation has been grappling with double-digit inflation, driving food prices to unprecedented…
U.S.–China Trade Talks Shadowed by Disputes Over Russian Oil and TikTok Ban
Updated by Faith Barbara N at 1352 EAT on 1358 EAT on Monday 15 September 2025 The United States and China are set to hold a second day of trade talks in Spain, as both sides seek to ease tensions between the world’s two largest economies. Officials from both countries will convene at the historic…
Pope Leo Slams Soaring CEO Salaries in Debut Interview as Church Leader
Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1329 EAT on Monday 15 September 2025 Pope Leo XIV has sharply criticized the growing gap between executive and worker pay, singling out Tesla’s trillion-dollar compensation package for CEO Elon Musk as emblematic of deepening economic inequality. In his first sit-down media interview since becoming the leader of…
“Childhood Obesity Surpasses Underweight for the First Time Globally”
Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1353 EAT on Friday 12 September 2025 Obesity has now overtaken underweight as the most prevalent form of malnutrition among children and adolescents, affecting 1 in 10 school-aged children — or 188 million globally — according to a new report from UNICEF. The report, Feeding Profit: How Food…
Massive Jobs Revisions Cast a Shadow Over Biden’s Economic Legacy
Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1427 EAT on Wednesday 10 September 2025 Recent job reports and a wave of employment data over the past two months have made one thing clear: America’s labor market has significantly weakened. Critics of former President Donald Trump have pointed to these numbers as evidence that his policies…
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