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Nigeria’s economy grows by 4.23 pct in Q2 2025
ABUJA, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) — Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 4.23 percent year-on-year in real terms in the second quarter (Q2) of 2025, the National Bureau of Statistics […]
Charities end links with ‘Fergie’, UK’s Duchess of York, over Epstein email
LONDON (Reuters) -Several charities said on Monday they had cut their links with Sarah Ferguson, Britain’s Duchess of York, after media reports that she had described the late sex offender […]
Airport chaos highlights rise in high-profile ransomware attacks, cyber experts say
LONDON (Reuters) -Cybercriminals are taking greater risks by hitting high-profile targets to get bigger payoffs and boost their online reputational clout, cybersecurity experts said, after a weekend hack crippled airport […]
Exclusive-US to revoke visas for Brazilian solicitor-general, other officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government is revoking the visas of Brazilian Solicitor-General Jorge Messias and five other former and current Brazilian judicial officials, a senior Trump administration official told Reuters […]
Europe had over 62,700 heat-related deaths in 2024, report finds
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -More than 62,700 people died in Europe from heat-related causes in 2024, according to research published in Nature Medicine on Monday, with women and the elderly representing the […]
Russia actions risk direct confrontation with NATO, Britain says
(Corrects media tag from UKRAINE-CRISIS/ESTONIA-UNILEVER) Read full story Date: 23 September, 2025 12:02 am Source: thestar.com.my
US targets wife of Brazilian Supreme Court justice with sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. on Monday imposed sanctions on the wife of the Brazilian judge who presided over the criminal case of right-wing former President Jair Bolsonaro, as a months-long […]
Ecuador prison riot leaves 14 dead, 14 wounded
QUITO (Reuters) -A prison riot caused by gang fighting in southern Ecuador on Monday left 14 people dead and another 14 wounded, according to a local police chief. Read full […]
Russia revives Soviet-era tactics to quash dissent, says UN expert
GENEVA (Reuters) -Russia is reviving Soviet-era tactics such as forced psychiatric treatment to silence dissenters and anti-war voices in an increasingly repressive environment, a U.N. expert said on Monday. Read […]
Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the jailed Egyptian-British dissident pardoned by Sisi
(Reuters) -Egyptian-British blogger and activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah rose to prominence as an impassioned voice in the Arab Spring uprising that toppled Egypt’s veteran autocrat and has since become a […]