World
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United States stocks extend bullish run ahead of Tesla and Netflix data
Extending gains ahead of earnings later in the day from Netflix and Tesla, Wall Street stocks on Wednesday opened higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.4% at 35,076.44 about 15 minutes in…
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Amazon and Apple fined $218m for crowding out small retailers
Spain’s antitrust agency, Comision Nacional De Los Mercados Y La Competencia (CNMC), has fined Apple and Amazon a total of $218 million for their consolidation of third-party iPhone, Mac, and iPad re…
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At least 13 killed in building collapse in Cairo
At least 13 people were killed on Monday when a five-storey building in the Egyptian capital Cairo collapsed, state newspaper Al-Ahram said. The building in the Hadayek el Kobba neighbourhood north o…
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IMF board signs off on $1bn in funds for Kenya
The International Monetary Fund’s executive board on Monday signed off on nearly $1 billion in new funding for Kenya that could ease pressure on government finances in East Africa’s largest economy, …
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IMF board approves $271m loan facility for Burundi
The International Monetary Fund’s executive board has approved a $271 million Extended Credit Facility for Burundi, with an immediate disbursement of over $62 million, the IMF said in a statement lat…
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UK to spend $3bn on munitions, stockpiles as Ukraine war drains reserves
Britain will announce on Tuesday plans to improve the combat readiness of its military, including spending 2.5 billion pounds ($3.3 billion) on replenishing munitions and stockpiles that have been de…
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Building collapse in Egypt claims nine lives, death toll feared to increase
At least nine people succumbed to the heavy rubble of a five-story apartment building as it collapsed in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, according to the rescue workers who dug through the rubble. Accor…
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Woman who ‘married’ ghost of a soldier reveals she’s divorced him for haunting her with the sound of a shrieking baby
A woman who ‘married’ the ghost of a Victorian soldier last year has revealed that they have now divorced. According to Brocarde, 40, a singer from Oxfordshire, she met soldier Edwardo after the gh…
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Throwing me out over failure to meet election requirements may lead to anarchy – Nigeria’s President Tinubu cries out
President Bola Tinubu has allegedly warned members of the presidential elections tribunal that removing him as president could lead to a breakdown of law and order in Nigeria. Peoples Gazzette report…
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Senior doctors in England announce more strikes, throw out pay deal
Senior doctors in England will hold two days of strikes in August, their union the British Medical Association (BMA) said on Monday, dismissing a 6% pay rise announced by government last week as a “s…