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Russia turns to trucks, big wages to woo volunteer soldiers
The Russian army, seeking contract soldiers for what it calls the “special military operation” in Ukraine, is using mobile recruiting trucks to attract volunteers, offering nearly $2,700 a month as an incentive. A special unit stationed one such truck in a central park in the southern Russian city of Rostov on Saturday and removed the sides to reveal a mobile…
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Queen Elizabeth was monarch for all seasons, says Osinbajo
The late Queen Elizabeth II was a monarch for all seasons who brought people together from all over the world, according to Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Sunday in a short tribute at the Lancaster House. The Vice President also joined other world leaders to pay their last respect to the late British monarch at the…
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Indian PM Modi tells Russia’s Putin now ‘is not an era of war’
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday told Russian President Vladimir Putin that now is not a time for war, with food, fertiliser and fuel security among the major concerns of the world at present. “I know that today’s era is not an era of war, and I have spoken to you on the phone about this,” Modi told Putin…
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Zimbabwean bakers’ profits crumble amid Russia-Ukraine crisis
Four months ago, Simba Muchingami was a very happy man. Customers were queueing outside his modest bakery in Kuwadzana, a high-density residential suburb west of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, to get freshly baked sugar buns, doughnuts and other confectioneries. But these days, his medium-sized electric industrial oven is often cold even by mid-morning, unlike times before when things were already rowdy…
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Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt possess over 50% of Africa’s total wealth
More than half of Africa’s total wealth is controlled by only three nations according to this year’s Africa Wealth Report (pdf) published by UK investment consultancy firm Henley & Partners in partnership with South African wealth intelligence firm New World Wealth. South Africa, Egypt, and Nigeria which respectively command $651 billion, $307 billion, and $228 billion in private wealth make up $1.18 trillion,…
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William Ruto: New Kenya president’s bold move to scrap subsidies
While leaders around the world are introducing subsidies to protect people from the rising cost of living, in his first major policy announcement, Kenya’s President William Ruto has surprised the nation by scrapping a subsidy on petrol which has increased the retail price to an all-time high. This has led to something of a backlash on social media, while analysts…
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Russia’s budget surplus tanked in August amid sanctions and slowing natural-gas supplies to Europe
Russia’s budget surplus likely fell sharply in August on the back of sweeping sanctions and slowing energy exports. In the first eight months of 2022, Russia’s budget surplus declined to 137 billion rubles, or $2.1 billion down more than two-thirds from 481 billion rubles in the first seven months of the year, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing preliminary data from…
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Queen Elizabeth saw 15 Prime Ministers, signed over 4000 bills into law-British Parliament
‘Parliament has survived as an unshakeable cornerstone of our constitution and our way of life. History links monarchs and Parliament, a connecting thread from one period to the next … The happy relationship I have enjoyed with Parliament has extended well beyond the more than three and a half thousand Bills I have signed into law.’* The Queen’s famous red…
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Russian soldiers are dropping their rifles and fleeing in disguise to escape Ukraine’s counteroffensive, reports say
Russian soldiers tried to flee in any way they could, The Washington Post and Financial Times said.Some Russian soldiers stole bicycles, while others disguised themselves as locals, the reports said. Russian soldiers dropped their rifles and fled villages disguised as locals after Ukraine recaptured hundreds of square miles of territory in the Kharkiv region, multiple reports said Sunday. Ukrainian forces,…
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Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels say ready for AU-led peace talks
Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels say they are ready to take part in peace talks led by the African Union (AU), removing an obstacle to potential negotiations with the government to end the almost two years of fighting. The announcement was made amid a flurry of international diplomacy after fighting flared last month for the first time in months in northern Ethiopia,…
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