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OPEC+ to boost crude oil production in August
United Press International (UPI)
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A gas flame is seen in the desert at Khurais oil field, about 100 miles from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. File photo by Ali Haider/EPA July 5 (UPI) -- Eight OPEC+ nations on Saturday agreed to increase their crude oil production by 548,000 barrels per...
New archpriest of St. Mary Major has inspiring background
Aleteia
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July 5, 2025
The Lithuanian has served in various roles, from Vatican diplomacy to the Secretariat of State, and has effectively been running St. Mary Major since 2021. Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas has succeeded Cardinal Stanisław Ryłko as archpriest of the...
Trump Announces Summit with Five African Nations
News Central TV
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July 3, 2025
President Donald Trump will welcome the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal for meetings from July 9 to 11. This gathering might seem like a surprise, but some analysts view it as a clear sign of America’s...
Trump Invites Boakai to Key U.S.-Africa Summit
Liberian Observer
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President Joseph Nyuma Boakai is among five African heads of state invited to a high-level summit in Washington, D.C., hosted by U.S. President Donald J. Trump, aimed at strengthening U.S.-Africa relations through targeted economic and security...
First summit: Trump to meet with five African presidents next week
Africanews
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July 3, 2025
US president Donald Trump will meet with the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal from 9 to 11 July. The meeting comes as a surprise, although some analysts have taken it as a continuation of intensifying American...
Must-watch shows this week: Lionesses, Weekend Kitchen and sharks
OK!
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July 5, 2025
The Lionesses are preparing for their eagerly awaited clash with France this Saturday as the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 enters its third day. To celebrate the tournament's return to our screens, Jill Scott joins a host of familiar faces - including...
Trump to host five African leaders next week
SABC News
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July 3, 2025
US President Donald Trump will host leaders from five African nations in Washington next week to discuss “commercial opportunities,” a White House official said on Wednesday. Trump will host leaders from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania...
First Trump-Africa summit to hold next week
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 2, 2025
The first African leaders’ summit of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term will be held next week in Washington, with heads of state from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal. The news was first reported by African...
5 African leaders are set to meet with Trump - report claims
Business Insider Africa
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July 2, 2025
According to media sources confirmed by Semafor and first reported by Africa Intelligence, the summit will bring together heads of state from various Western and Central African countries for high-level discussions on trade, regional security, and...
Debt, deficits and dilemmas
Weekly Cutting Edge
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July 1, 2025
Pakistan’s fiscal position reveals a precarious blend of mounting debt, dwindling export capacity, and deep-rooted structural flaws. With external debt servicing consuming nearly half of its export earnings and economic reforms hanging by a...
Trump to host first African leaders’ summit of his second term
BusinessLIVE
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Bengaluru — The first African leaders’ summit of US President Donald Trump’s second term will be held next week in Washington, with heads of state from Guinea-Bissau, Gabon, Mauritania, Senegal and Liberia, Semafor reported on Wednesday. The...
A primer for the White House visit by West and Central African countries
Mail & Guardian
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July 4, 2025
President Cyril Ramaphosa with US President Donald Trump at the White House earlier this year. (X) A few months ago, the chairman of the Africa and Global Health Policy Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Ted Cruz,...
First Trump-Africa summit to be held next week
Semafor
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The first African leaders’ summit of US President Donald Trump’s second term will be held next week in Washington, with heads of state from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal. The news was first reported by African Intelligence...
Trump to meet 5 African leaders in Washington next week: report
The Peninsula
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July 2, 2025
Houston: US President Donald Trump is expected to meet with the heads of state from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal in Washington, D.C. next week, Semafor reported on Wednesday. If confirmed, the gathering will mark the first...
ICMA unveils new guidance for nature-themed bonds
Eco-Business
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June 27, 2025
The new guidance by the standard setter details how issuers can tap on the global US$6 trillion labelled bond market – the largest source of market-based sustainable financing – to close the US$700 billion annual funding shortfall to meet the...
Pakistan June inflation rises 3.2% y/y, in line with forecast
Gulf Today
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July 1, 2025
Pakistan’s consumer price inflation rose 3.2 per cent year-on-year in June, the statistics bureau said on Tuesday, broadly in line with the finance ministry’s projection of 3 per cent to 4 per cent issued a day earlier. On a month-on-month basis,...
EU, UN push digitalization initiatives in Caribbean, Africa
Coingeek
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July 1, 2025
Homepage > News > Business > EU, UN push digitalization initiatives in Caribbean, Africa As the global digital economy skyrockets, more governments are stepping up digital transformation efforts to transition into the new era. In the Caribbean,...
Nigeria has lost global relevance under Tinubu, says Phrank Shaibu
The Cable
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July 4, 2025
Phrank Shaibu, special assistant on public communication to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, says Nigeria has lost its global relevance under President Bola Tinubu. In a statement on Friday, Shaibu said Nigeria’s exclusion from a forthcoming...
Africa must help steer the world away from deep-sea mining
Institute for Security Studies
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Africa must help steer the world away from deep-sea mining Unilateral deep-sea mining, such as that planned by the Trump administration, could have grave impacts on Africa. Under President Donald Trump, the United States’ (US) rush for critical...
Merck Foundation Chairman, CEO, And 14 First Ladies Inaugurate The 7Th Edition Of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiati...
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN- AETOSWire) (BUSINESS WIRE ) -- Merck Foundation , the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, conducted the 7th Edition of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative - MFFLI Summit 2025 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was inaugurated by...