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Russia’s economy could ‘collapse completely’ in 2025 as vital oil exports hammered
Russia’s economy could “collapse completely” in 2025 as its vital oil supplies and exports are hit with sanctions and drone strikes, an expert has warned. Ukraine is known to target Russian oil refineries in its attacks, crippling the already suffering war economy as Vladimir Putin spends billions on defense. Former senior British military intelligence officer Philip Ingram said Russia’s oil…
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Afrikaner groups in South Africa decline Trump’s resettlement plan
Groups representing some of South Africa’s white minority responded Saturday to a plan by President Donald Trump to offer them refugee status and resettlement in the United States by saying: thanks, but no thanks. The plan was detailed in an executive order Trump signed Friday that stopped all aid and financial assistance to South Africa as punishment for what the…
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Health minister Andrew Gwynne sacked over messages
Health minister Andrew Gwynne has been sacked after a newspaper revealed he sent a string of offensive and abusive WhatsApp messages. The MP for Gorton and Denton was also suspended from the Labour Party after the Mail on Sunday reported the messages, which insulted constituents, fellow MPs, and councillors. A government spokesperson said Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was “determined…
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Namibia’s first elected president Sam Nujoma dies aged 95
Sam Nujoma, the activist and guerrilla leader who became Namibia’s first democratically elected president after it won its independence from apartheid South Africa, died aged 95 on Saturday, the Namibian Presidency said on Sunday. Nujoma rose to head the thinly populated southern African country on March 21, 1990 and was formally recognised as “Founding Father of the Namibian Nation” through…
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Trump rules out deporting Prince Harry: ‘He’s got enough problems with his wife’
Prince Harry can breathe freely in Montecito, because President Donald Trump has ruled out deporting the self-exiled British royal. Harry’s immigration status is the subject of litigation in Washington, D.C., with the Heritage Foundation alleging that he may have concealed past illegal drug use that should have disqualified him from obtaining a U.S. visa. But the president told The New…
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China lashes out at US ‘coercion’ as Panama declines to renew agreement
China on Friday lashed out at what it called U.S. “coercion” after Panama declined to renew a key infrastructure agreement with Beijing following Washington’s threat to take back the Panama Canal. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a briefing that China “firmly opposes the U.S. smearing and undermining the Belt and Road cooperation through means of pressure and coercion.”…
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US should support World Bank and IMF – Bank of England boss
The Governor of the Bank of England has urged continued US support for two major global economic institutions. Andrew Bailey told the BBC he was “following extremely closely” whether the Trump administration will change its support for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. Sources in Washington said the two institutions were caught by a White House executive…
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Malawi President orders troops to withdraw from DR Congo
Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered the military to begin preparing to withdraw from their peacekeeping mission in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The Malawian troops are part of the Southern African regional bloc’s military mission (SAMIDRC) deployed to DR Congo to help tackle armed groups. At least 20 peacekeepers, including 14 South Africans and three Malawians, were…
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Tshisekedi, Kagame to attend Tanzania summit for ceasefire in DRC
Tina Salama, the spokesperson for the Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi reiterated that the Central African leader will participate in a joint summit of Eastern and Southern African leaders on February 7-8 in Tanzania. The summit is focused on discussing the conflict in DRC’s eastern region where M23 rebels continue to gain territory and have seized control of…
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Badenoch proposes tougher British citizenship rules
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has proposed extending the time required for immigrants to apply for British citizenship from the current six years to 15 years. In one of her first major policy announcements since becoming leader, Badenoch also suggested that indefinite leave to remain (ILR) should not be granted to individuals with criminal records or those who have claimed benefits…
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