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That left Jake Sullivan, the president’s national security adviser, in the awkward position of declining to say whether Mr. Orban is a dictator. “I’m not going to speak on behalf of the Biden campaign,” he told reporters at a briefing. “You should direct those questions to the campaign.” He did …

The Palestinian Flag in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Credit: UN News Opinion by Ramzy Baroud (seattle, washington) Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Inter Press Service SEATTLE, Washington, Apr 24 (IPS) – The vote and the American veto at the United Nations Security Council on April 18 was predictable. Though European …

The Senate on Tuesday was moving toward approving a $95.3 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan that has been stalled for months. The legislation, a version of which passed the Senate in February with bipartisan support, scaled a critical procedural hurdle earlier Tuesday by a vote of …

Nigeria’s Foreign portfolio investment, FPI, into the stock market rose by 167.8 percent, Year-on-Year (YoY), to N118.92 billion in February 2024 from N44.52 billion in the corresponding period in 2023 buoyed by improved liquidity in the foreign exchange (FX) market following reforms by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.   …

Screenshot: Wikimedia Commons Credit: U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons House Speaker Mike Johnson is forging ahead with a House vote this weekend to send tens of billions overseas. The $95 billion bill provides aid to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and other American allies. Johnson (R-LA) posted on …

The ruling party suddenly reintroduced the bill earlier this month, after mass protests forced its withdrawal last year. The Georgian parliament has advanced a controversial “foreign influence” bill through its first reading, as thousands joined a third day of anti-government protests. The bill, first presented early in 2023 and withdrawn …

President of the Association of Foreign Airlines and Representatives in Nigeria, AFARN, Mr Kingsley Nwokeoma, has asked the federal government to show evidence that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has indeed cleared all valid foreign exchange backlogs they owe foreign airlines.    Nwokeoma told Vanguard that although foreign airlines …

The proposal initially sparked an uproar. In October 2022, then-Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry and 18 top officials called on the international community to send a “specialised armed force” to help combat the spread of gang violence in Haiti. But Haiti has struggled with a long, fraught history of foreign …

Unemployment in the UK has gone higher as growth in wages falls further, according to official data published Tuesday, March 12 that supports analyst expectations of an upcoming cut to the United Kingdom (UK) interest rates. The unemployment rate rose to 3.9 percent in the three months to the end …

The Senior Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, says former President, Muhammad Buhari was not aware of the depletion of Nigeria’s foreign reserves under the watch of former Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele.   In a recent interview with TVC, Ngelale said Buhari did not …