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Ukraine updates: Trump warns Russia of 'very severe tariffs'
The US president said he was "very unhappy" with Russia and warned that there would be "very severe tariffs" if there was no deal to end the war in Ukraine in 50 days. DW has more.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:
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Financial institutions should prepare for subsea cable sabotage
Attacks on the infrastructure that moves money could be a bigger threat than cyber hacks
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Israel stopped this doctor bringing baby formula into Gaza
An American doctor has told Al Jazeera that Israeli troops confiscated formula for starving babies.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Senegal joins growing list of countries that have eliminated trachoma
WHO has validated Senegal as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Senegal becomes the ninth country in WHO’s African Region to have achieved this feat.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Somalia: Tensions Flare Up in Gedo Region As Federal Troops Turned Back From Dolow Airport
[Shabelle] Mogadishu, July 14 -- A new wave of political and military tension is unfolding in Somalia's Gedo region after a plane carrying federal troops was denied landing at Doolow airport, which is under the control of the semi-autonomous Jubaland administration, officials and local sources said Monday.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: 4 Killed, Many Trapped in Kano Building Collapse
[Daily Trust] Many are still trapped while four persons have been confirmed dead from the ruins of a three-storey uncompleted building that collapsed at Abedi Street in the Sabon Gari area of Kano state on Sunday evening.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Recall Campaigns Reach Fever Pitch in Taiwan
With less than two weeks until voting, both the KMT and DPP are ramping up outreach to their supporters.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:German Chancellor Merz goes into summer in crisis mode
Just over two months in power — and already facing a political crisis. Recently, Friedrich Merz's coalition has been thrown into turmoil. What does the chancellor intend to do about it?
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:India orders airlines to check fuel switches on Boeing jets
India's aviation regulator gives airlines that operate in the country a week to comply with the order.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Zelenskyy nominates Yulia Svyrydenko as new Ukraine PM in cabinet shake-up
President Zelenskyy taps economy minister to lead gov't in most significant reshuffle since Russian full-scale invasion.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:How magical thinking came for net zero critics
Badenoch shows the temptation of just putting all this climate unpleasantness behind us
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Trump to slam Russia with 'severe' 100% tariffs if no Ukraine deal is made in 50 days
Trump has publicly expressed irritation with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s reluctance to reach a peace deal in Ukraine, accusing the Russian leader of throwing "bulls**t" at Washington.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:South Africa: Ramaphosa's New Police Inquiry - - While Sitting On Two Previous Reports
[Daily Maverick] The President's inaction on both previous reports raises questions about how effective he will allow this third commission into the same topic to be.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Zimbabwe: Speaker of Parliament Calls for Pro-Poor Budgeting to Promote Equity, Alleviate Poverty and Hunger
[New Zimbabwe] LEGISLATORS must ensure that public resources are equitably channelled towards programmes designed to improve the livelihoods of the citizenry, Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Mudenda, has said.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Time for France to ‘rearm’, interior minister says on Bastille Day
France's interior minister says it is time for the country to “rearm” as the world becomes more dangerous.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Kenya: Most Lucrative Job? Hundreds Apply for Gor Mahia Head Coach Position
[Capital FM] Over 140 people have applied for the vacant head coach position at record Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Premier League champions Gor Mahia.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Divided UK police response to Palestine Action protests exposes 'chaos' of ban
Divided UK police response to Palestine Action protests exposes 'chaos' of ban Activists who staged nationwide protests insolidarity with direct action group Palestine Actionover the weekend said that widely differing police responses “exposed a stark divide” and are “indicative of the chaos” unleashed by the British government's order to proscribe the group. On Saturday,86 people were arrested under the Terrorism Act...
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:South Africa: Entrepreneur's Mission to Bring Clean Water to SA Schools Is Powered By Science, Grounded in Struggle
[Daily Maverick] In South Africa, millions of people face daily life without clean water, especially in schools. For Murendeni Mafumo it's personal, and he is helping to restore safe and sustainable access.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Uganda: Police Intensify Measures for Peaceful Electoral Process Ahead of 2026 Elections
[Nile Post] The Uganda Police Force has stepped up efforts to ensure a peaceful electoral environment as the country gears up for the 2026 general elections.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Germany's Constitutional Court becomes political football
The Bundestag was supposed to elect three new judges to Germany's highest court. But the vote was canceled due to a dispute over one of the candidates. It is unclear what will happen next.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Namibia: Semenya Ruling Brings Hope for Mboma, Masilingi
[New Era] Christine Mboma's coach, Henk Botha, has welcomed the recent European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling in favour of South African middle-distance runner Caster Semenya. He described it as a positive step in the ongoing battle over World Athletics' controversial testosterone regulations and a possible opening for Namibia's own side-lined sprinters.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Hamas says Netanyahu 'unwilling' to reach Gaza ceasefire deal
Hamas says Netanyahu 'unwilling' to reach Gaza ceasefire deal Hamas has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of not wanting to reach a deal to end the war on Gaza, as talks in Qatar entered a second week. "Netanyahu is skilled at thwarting one round of negotiations after another, and is unwilling to reach any agreement," the Palestinian group said on its Telegram channel. Mediators have been attempting to...
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:What are Patriot missiles and how will they help Ukraine?
The United States is planning to send more Patriot surface-to-air missile defense system to Ukraine, via an EU payment deal, just weeks after other shipments were halted.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Jim Chalmers on uncertainty and ambition - podcast
Treasurer Jim Chalmers tells Guardian Australia chief political correspondent Tom McIlroy one of his key measures of success in the future is making Australia’s budget more sustainable. They discuss the challenge of meeting housing targets, how the morning news affects his plans and what he hopes can come out of his meeting with the G20 finance ministers this weekChalmers urges opposition not to treat productivity...
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:‘Neoliberalism lite’ is no solution to Australia’s cost-of-living and productivity crises. We must curb wealth concentration | Jo-An Occhipinti, Ante Prodan, John Buchanan
The upcoming productivity roundtable must accept this as a systemic risk, and confront it directlyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWith a national productivity roundtable on the horizon, Anthony Albanese is seeking answers to flagging economic performance, cost-of-living pressures and growing economic anxiety. But productivity debates rarely confront the elephant in the room: four decades of...
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Namibia: End of Famine ... Namibia Removed From Hunger List
[New Era] The Namibian government has officially concluded its nationwide drought relief programme for the 2024/25 period.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Ethiopia: Tigray Court Hands Life Sentences in Public Killing of Zewdu Haftu, but Justice System Faces Continued Scrutiny
[Addis Standard] Mekelle -- Nearly two years after the brutal public killing of 32-year-old Zewdu Haftu in Mekelle, a court in Tigray has sentenced two men to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole -- a landmark decision in a case that ignited widespread public outrage, galvanized women's rights advocates, and laid bare systemic failures within the region's justice system.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Africa: Three Years of 'Total War' - How Mogadishu's Al-Shabaab Offensive Unraveled
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In August 2022, President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud announced that his administration would launch a "total war" against the Al-Qaida-linked militant group Al-Shabaab. The declaration came in the aftermath of a deadly hotel siege in Mogadishu, which left at least 21 people dead and more than 100 wounded. In his address, the president acknowledged the nation's collective grief,...
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Ghana: Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Manso Opuni Takes Over As New FDA Boss
[Ghanaian Times] The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has announced the appointment of Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Manso Opuni as its new Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective Monday, July 14, 2025.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:World's oldest president to seek eighth term
Cameroon's Paul Biya, 92, has been power since 1982 and could govern until he is nearly 100.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Rwanda: Proof That Gender Policies Work? Look At Rwanda's Schools
[New Times] In 2008, Rwanda adopted the Girls' Education Policy with the goal of closing the gender gap in education. Seventeen years later, the results are striking: girls are not just catching up; they are leading. Today, more Rwandan girls are completing primary and secondary school than boys, a reversal of trends seen in many parts of the world.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Lesotho: Lesotho Dams Authority Fights Back in 'Legally Baseless' Court Case
[GroundUp] Court applicants say the LHDA has failed to compensate them adequately after they were displaced
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:‘Murky’ Air India crash report deepens uncertainty for owner Tata
Preliminary findings spark debate over actions of pilots ahead of loss of Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that killed 260 people
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:South Africa: Delays in Grant Payments - Here Is What Sassa Is Doing to Fix the Problem
[GroundUp] Steps taken to improve service as the agency ramps up its review on beneficiaries suspected of having undisclosed incomes
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Aerial footage shows aftermath of plane crash at Southend Airport
At least four people have been killed after a small plane crashed shortly after take-off at London Southend Airport on Sunday.
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