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Donald Trump’s policies are not likely to cause inflation to reignite as many analysts fear, one of the president-elect’s longtime economic advisors told AFP Tuesday, less than a week before Trump returns to the White House.
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The WHO said Tuesday that a suspected outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in Tanzania had killed eight people, warning that the risk of further spread in the country and region was “high”. The United Nations health agency said it had informed its member states on Monday of “an outbreak of suspected Marburg Virus Disease…
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Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Chief Lateef Fagbemi, on Tuesday confirmed the return of over $110 million in asset recovery from various countries. The minister, however, failed to give a breakdown of the funds, including the $52.88 million in recovered assets linked to former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke,…
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Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg will attend Donald Trump’s inauguration next week, NBC news reported Tuesday, further highlighting the tech moguls’ efforts to develop closer ties with the incoming president. The network, citing an unnamed official involved in planning the January 20 ceremony, said the three men will be seated together on…
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Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday demanded the return of stolen assets, decrying the scale of corruption under the ousted government of Sheikh Hasina, toppled by a revolution last year. Hasina, 77, fled a revolution in August 2024 to neighbouring India, where she has defied extradition requests from Bangladesh to face charges including mass…
