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Nigeria’s Lithium Mining Eldorado Sparks Concerns
February 6, 2025
At an open-cast mine, Abdullahi Ibrahim Danjija carefully chisels away at a hunk of whitish rock before stuffing a sack with the pieces which break off the walls.In the...
January Sets ‘Surprising’ Heat Record: EU Monitor
February 6, 2025
Last month was the hottest January on record, Europe's climate monitor said Thursday, despite expectations that cooler La Nina conditions might quell a streak of record-breaking global temperatures.The Copernicus...
Turkey Marks Second Anniversary Of Quake Disaster
February 6, 2025
Turkey on Thursday commemorates the second anniversary of the February 6, 2023 earthquake, which claimed nearly 60,000 lives including in neighbouring Syria and turned entire cities into ruins.Thousands of...
Asian Markets Advance After Wall St Gains, US Postal Service U-turn
February 6, 2025
Asian markets rose Thursday, tracking gains on Wall Street and following the US Postal Service's U-turn on a ban on parcels from China and Hong Kong, though trade war...
Five Ways In Which Argentina’s Milei Has Mirrored Trump
February 5, 2025
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, as the saying goes, and Argentina's President Javier Milei has made clear his admiration for Donald Trump by liberally borrowing from the...
Trump’s Plan to Send Migrants to Guantanamo Bay is ‘Frankly Insane,’ Former State Department Official Says
February 5, 2025
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump sent an initial group of migrants to Guantanamo Bay after announcing plans to begin detaining migrants at the base. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images A senior...
UN Chief Warns Against Gaza ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ After Trump Comments
February 5, 2025
The UN chief warned Wednesday against ethnic cleansing in Gaza as he rejected US President Donald Trump's bombshell proposal for the United States to take control of the Palestinian...
Professors and University Officers Sue to Block Trump’s Anti-DEI Orders: ‘In the United States, There is No King’
February 5, 2025
University officials and education organizations are suing to block President Trump's executive orders that roll back diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, arguing they exceed executive authority and violate...
Following Trump, Argentina Quits World Health Organization
February 5, 2025
Argentina said Wednesday it will quit the World Health Organization, following in the footsteps of Donald Trump's United States and citing similar complaints over the UN body's management of...
Workday Axes 8.5% Of Its Workers: ‘Realize This Is Tough News’
February 5, 2025
Carl Eschenbach, CEO of Workday Via Getty Images The American cloud-based financial management software vendor Workday announced on February 5 that the company is cutting nearly 2,000 jobs—or 8.5%...
Minds That Matter: Entrepreneurs To Follow In 2025
February 5, 2025
In recent years, the world has seen a lot of progress in fast digital evolution since the narrative around blockchain got into the limelight, and now, Artificial Intelligence. The...
USAID Employees Worldwide Will Be Ordered to Stop Working Friday, Must Return to the US
February 5, 2025
In a sweeping move to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Trump administration has ordered nearly all agency employees worldwide to stop working by Friday and...