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Manchester Airport could be transformed by 2050… an opportunity ‘any government should be jumping at’
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Trump seeks to walk back ‘bloodbath’ rant
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Customers withdraw millions after cash machine glitch
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‘Far Country’ captures allure and heartbreak of Angel Island
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Nigeria: SSANU, Nasu – UNN Joins Nationwide Warning Strike Over Withheld Salary
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SpaceX building hundreds of spy satellites for US government, report says
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China Faces New Sea Dispute With Another Neighbor
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Nigeria: Undersea Cable Cut – Nigerians’ Data Secured – NIMC
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HEADLINES: ‘P170B rehab to wipe away NAIA’s bad rep’ Mar. 19, 2024
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Nigeria: ‘Poor People Don’t Eat Eggs,’ Nigerian Governor Rejects Inclusion of Eggs in Subsidised Food Items
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Tanzania: U.S. Food Aid Imported Certified, Safe, Says TBs
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Tanzania: Anglogold Ashanti Promises Samia Continued Leadership in Women’s Empowerment in the Mining Sector
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East Africa: Is East Africa’s Currency Dream On Hold?
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Gambia: GRA Gets State-of-the-Art Scanning System
The Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced it has installed a state-of-the-art scanning system at the Port of Banjul that could detect anything...
Liberia: NPA’s MD, Board Summoned Over Employees’ Dismissal
The House of Representatives has summoned the Managing Director and Board Members of the National Port Authority (NPA) over the reported arbitrary dismissal...
NVIDIA’s H100 AI GPUs Ends Up In The Hands of Chinese Researchers Despite Harsh Regulations
Nations barred from accessing NVIDIA’s high-end AI chips seem to have discovered a workaround, as it is reported that Chinese researchers have used the H100s...
Liberia: Why Last Week Internet Blackout Is a Suspicious Occurrence
There is every reason to be to be concerned about last week's internet outage, which mainly affected some of Africa's major trading blocs:...
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Putin Got ‘Clear Signal’ of Dissent Despite Landslide ‘Victory’
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s latest installment of electoral theater delivered what was promised. The 71-year-old secured his sixth term in power in this weekend’s presidential...
China’s Coming for the Western Hemisphere and We’re Not Ready Opinion
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