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U.S. pushes peace talks to avert ‘point of no return’ in Sudan
The United States hopes for a relaunch of talks toward ending the conflict in Sudan and opening up humanitarian access soon after Ramadan ends in mid-April, Washington’s newly appointed envoy said on Thursday. Saudi Arabia and the United States led talks in Jeddah last year to try to reach a truce between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces…
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Business
Saudi Export-Import Bank Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Export–Import Bank of the United States
Saudi EXIM Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with US EXIM, focusing on fostering comprehensive collaboration, strengthening economic ties, and advancing trade relations between the two nations. This MoU was signed on the sidelines of the 2024 Future Minerals Forum held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from January 9 to 11. The MoU additionally seeks to foster bilateral trade…
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Africa
Nigerian Citizen Arrested in Ghana for $7.5 Million Fraud
Accra, Ghana – Olusegun Samson Adejorin, a Nigerian citizen, has been apprehended in Ghana for his alleged involvement in a Business Email Compromise (BEC) fraud amounting to $7.5 million. The announcement of Adejorin’s indictment was made by Erek L. Barron, the United States (US) Attorney for the District of Maryland, and Acting Special Agent in Charge R. Joseph Rothrock of…
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Featured
U.S. surgeons transplant pig’s heart into adult human for first time
United States (U.S.) surgeons have successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig’s heart into a human patient for the first time. A 57-year-old man with terminal heart disease received the organ in Baltimore, Maryland, on Friday, the University of Maryland School of Medicine said in a statement. “This organ transplant demonstrated for the first time that a genetically-modified animal heart can…
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Defence
Armenians genocide: Biden risks friction with Turkey
President Joe Biden has become the first US president to officially acknowledge that the massacre of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire during World War I was a genocide. Biden who made the declaration in a speech on Saturday risks a potential fracture with Turkey, but his comments have signaled US commitment to global human rights. In a statement marking the…
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NEWS
US lawmaker calls for ban on Chinese business interests
A top senator is preparing a bill to ban Chinese companies from U.S. capital markets if they engage in spying, human rights abuse or support China’s military, threatening a financial blow as tensions mount over COVID-19 and Beijing’s crackdown on Hong Kong. Republican Marco Rubio, a prominent China hardliner, said he plans to unveil the legislation in the coming weeks…
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NEWS
US warns COVID-19 cases could hit 100,000 daily
New U.S. coronavirus cases could more than double to 100,000 per day if the current surge spirals further out of control, the government’s top infectious disease expert warned on Tuesday, although he was “cautiously optimistic” a vaccine would be available early next year. California, Texas and Arizona have emerged as new epicenters of the pandemic, each reporting record increases in…
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NEWS
US curbing visas for Chinese officials over Hong Kong approach
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States was imposing visa restrictions on Chinese Communist Party officials responsible for restricting freedoms in Hong Kong. The move comes ahead of a three-day meeting of China’s parliament from Sunday expected to enact new national security legislation for Hong Kong that has alarmed foreign governments and democracy activists in…
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Trump moves to quash Obamacare
President Donald Trump’s administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate the Obamacare law introduced by his predecessor that added millions to the healthcare safety net but has been a major political controversy. Government advocate Noel Francisco argued in a filing late on Thursday that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – one of former President Barack Obama’s signature achievements…
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France, Italy suggest phased approach to global tax
Britain, France, Italy and Spain suggested a “phased approach” to global digital taxation talks in a joint letter to the U.S. treasury secretary last week, which they said could open the way for a deal this year. The four countries sent the letter to Secretary Steven Mnuchin after he called for a pause in negotiations to update cross-border tax rules…
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NEWS
Aircraft row: US to review tariff on EU goods
The United States is weighing its tariffs on European products and is considering changing rates for various products as part of the trading partners’ aircraft dispute, according to a notice by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. “In connection with this review, the U.S. Trade Representative is considering modifying the list of products of certain current or former EU…
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United States
U.S. labels 4 more China media outlets as foreign missions
The United States has designated an additional four China-owned media organisations on its soil as foreign missions. In a statement on Monday, the Department of State identified them as China Central Television, China News Service, the People’s Daily and the Global Times. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that these bring to nine the number of Chinese media entities…
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NEWS
South Korea faults memoirs on Trump-Kim meeting
Accounts by former U.S. National Security Adviser, John Bolton, of discussions between leaders of the United States and the two Koreas, in his upcoming book, are inaccurate and distorted, South Korea said on Monday. Bolton gives details in the book of conversations before and after three meetings between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, including…
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United States
Tom Petty family tells Trump not to use late rock star’s songs for ‘campaign of hate’
Tom Petty’s family slammed President Donald Trump for using the late rock star’s hit “I Won’t Back Down” at his sparsely attended rally in Tulsa, sending the campaign a cease and desist warning. “Trump was in no way authorised to use this song to further a campaign that leaves too many Americans and common sense behind,” the late rocker’s family…
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United States
Trump moves rally date ‘out of respect’ for black folks
US President Donald Trump is postponing his first post-coronavirus lockdown election rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma so it does not fall on a holiday commemorating the end of US slavery. He tweeted that the 19 June rally would be held a day later out of respect for the occasion, known as Juneteenth. The choice of date had drawn criticism amid nationwide…
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Law
Floyd: Sacked cops faces 4 new charges
New charges have been announced against all of the sacked police officers present at the death of African American George Floyd in Minneapolis. The charge against Derek Chauvin has been elevated to second-degree murder, court documents show. The other three officers, previously uncharged, face counts of aiding and abetting murder. Floyd’s death has sparked huge protests across the US against…
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Africa
Gambia demands probe after US police shoot dead diplomat’s son
The Gambian government, on Wednesday, demanded a “credible” investigation after the son of a diplomat was shot dead by US police. Thirty-nine-year-old Momodou Lamin Sisay was shot after a car chase in Georgia on Friday morning, according to the preliminary investigation by Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). He was pronounced dead on the scene. The police said he had produced…
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