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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...
ADC mocks Tinubu over Trump snub
Daily Trust
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July 9, 2025
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has expressed concern over the decision of the United States administration of Donald Trump to host the Presidents of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal for high-level commercial talks at...
ADC blasts Tinubu as Trump excludes Nigeria, hosts five African leaders
Point Blank News
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July 9, 2025
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has expressed grave concern over the decision of the United States government to host the Presidents of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal for high-level commercial talks at the White House...
Trump sends tariff letters to seven more countries
Yahoo Finance
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July 9, 2025
A group of African countries have said they will cut their tariffs on US goods, Donald Trump has claimed. He told reporters: “We treat Africa great in many different ways, including with tariffs. “Parts of Africa charge us tremendous tariffs, as...
ADC: Tinubu’s economic failure behind Nigeria’s exclusion from White House trade talks
Eagle Online
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July 8, 2025
The African Democratic Congress has expressed grave concern over the decision of the United States government to host the Presidents of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal for high-level commercial talks at the White House on...
AFRAA describes member airlines’ tax concerns
Times Aerospace
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The continent has long been known for high ticket prices, with observers noting a significant part of the problem is the additional costs imposed by governments, which often regard air travellers as being, by definition, well-off and thus able to...
Your Economic Failure Behind Our Exclusion From U.S. Trade Talks – ADC Fires Tinubu
Naija News
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July 8, 2025
The ADC expressed grave concern over the decision of the United States government to host the Presidents of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal for high-level commercial talks at the White House on Wednesday, without extending...
African governments need to consider harmonising tax structures
Times Aerospace
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High taxes, inconsistent policies, and reliance on aviation revenues can stifle the development of a competitive and sustainable aviation sector. To foster greater air connectivity, economic growth, and regional integration, it is critical for...
Why ancient organisms stored arsenic inside their cells
Earth.com
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Earth’s earliest complex organisms endured harsh environments, and a new study reveals how these ancient life forms used arsenic to survive. Researchers studied 2.1-billion-year-old fossils from Gabon’s Francevillian Basin. These fossils belong to...
Liberia: As Five African Heads of State Prepare for High-stakes White House talks, President Trump Pushes Trade over Aid in Renewed African policy framework
Front Page Africa
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July 7, 2025
Washington, D.C. – President Donald Trump is set to host the heads of state from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal at the White House next week for a luncheon aimed at strengthening commercial and security ties between the...
Nagy: Why President Trump is focusing on Africa
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal - Texas
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On July 9 President Trump hosted five West African leaders to a White House lunch. This closely follows the June 27 signing in Washington of an accord between the foreign ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), witnessed by...
Trump tariffs goods from Brazil at 50%, citing trial against Bolsonaro
The Marietta Times - Ohio
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President Donald Trump speaks during a lunch with African leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import...
17 Out-Of-Place Artifacts That Suggest High-Tech Civilizations Existed Thousands (Or Millions) Of Years Ago
Zero Hedge
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Authored by Tara MacIsaac via The Epoch Times, According to our conventional view of history, humans have only walked the Earth in our present form for some 200,000 years. Much of the mechanical ingenuity we know of in modern times began to...
Africans accuse Trump of chasing minerals and mocking their presidents
Modern Ghana
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People across Africa have hit out at this week's high-profile summit between Donald Trump and five African leaders, saying the US president showed little respect during a White House lunch and is only chasing the continent's minerals. Five heads...
Commentary: Why Trump’s Africa summit matters more than you think
Orlando Sentinel - Florida
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July 10, 2025
As five African heads of state meet with President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., this week, it’s not just the summit’s agenda that deserves attention — but what it reveals about a reshaped American foreign policy. Beneath the headlines,...
Trump hails Africa’s mineral wealth
Kuwait Times
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July 10, 2025
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump hailed West Africa’s rich natural resources as he hosted five of its leaders Wednesday for a White House summit aimed at fostering trade to counter the growing influence of Russia and China. Trump’s...
Brazil, Japan, Sri Lanka — 22 countries hit with Donald Trump’s ‘common sense’ tariffs up to 50% | Complete list
Mint
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July 10, 2025
US President Donald Trump explained that the new tariff rates were based on “common sense” and trade imbalances, although this was inconsistent with what he wrote in his letter to Brazil, according to an AP report. He also admitted that he hadn’t...
Will Nigeria bow to Trump to further complicate its security?, By Olanrewaju Adigun
Premium Times
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July 11, 2025
President Bola Tinubu and President Donald Trump According to sources, the security threats being experienced in the country, which could be worsened by the Venezuelan deportees, if accepted, will not only undermine national stability and the rule...
U.S. Ambassador to Liberia Retires Early, Calls It “a Personal Choice,” Denies U.S. Pressure on Deportees
Front Page Africa
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July 11, 2025
Mark Toner, U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, retires early citing “a personal choice” Toner also denies U.S. news media that the reason for President Trump’s meeting with President Boakai and four African leaders was to pressure them to take third...
Nigeria rejects US pressure to accept Venezuelan deportees — Tuggar
Premium Times
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July 11, 2025
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has said Nigeria and other African countries have been increasingly pressured by the US to accept Venezuelan deportees. According to the minister, the recent 10 per cent tariff imposed on Nigeria by...