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AP News Summary at 10:25 a.m. EDT
A school shooting in the Austrian city of Graz leaves at least 9 people and suspected gunman dead GRAZ, Austria (AP) — Authorities in the Austrian city of Graz say a former student opened fire at a school on Tuesday, killing nine people and...

BDEAC Secures CFAF65B Afreximbank Credit for CEMAC Projects
(Business in Cameroon) - The Development Bank of Central African States (BDEAC) and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) signed a 65 billion CFA franc financing agreement on June 5, 2025, in Abuja, Nigeria. This new credit line will allow...

Stoke City defender steps up close season rehab
Junior Tchamadeu is stepping up his close season rehabilitation work as he tries to make sure he doesn't miss too much of pre-season with Stoke City. The right-back missed Stoke's important final game of the season, away at Derby County, after...

AP News Summary at 11:04 a.m. EDT
A former student opens fire at an Austrian school, killing 9 before taking his own life GRAZ, Austria (AP) — Authorities in the Austrian city of Graz say a former student opened fire at a school on Tuesday, killing nine people and wounding at...

The end of AGOA
On Wednesday, April 2, 2025, when President Donald Trump issued an executive order introducing reciprocal tariffs to all countries, my article analyzing the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and the possibility for its renewal before its...

Freedom of Movement and Global Apartheid
In an aphorism sometimes attributed to Leo Tolstoy, sometimes to John Gardner, all literature relies on one of two plots: a person goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town. Let me offer my own version. We might summarize the entire history of...
Trump’s travel ban takes effect – Ockham Observer weekly news diary
Sunday, 08 June 2025 08/06/25 iSERVICE Trump’s travel ban takes effect – Ockham Observer weekly news diary Ockham Communications | 08 June 2025 US ban on nationals from 12 countries begins while Mashatile faces questions on VIP bodyguards. Monday...

‘I have peace here’: Dancing, history and culture celebrated at inaugural Peace region Igbo Day
In the traditional Isiagu outfit and a red cap, Obinna Amaefule emceed Igbo Day celebrations on June 6th. (Ed Hitchins, Energeticcity.ca) FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Vibrant sounds, colourful attire and history welcomed patrons of the Radisson Hotel on...

International News Briefs for Monday, June 9, 2025
HAVANA TIMES – Here are some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Monday, June 9, 2025. Trump Deploys National Guard to L.A. as Protests Continue over Militarized ICE Raids Jun 09, 2025 In defiance of local officials,...

UPSC Key: India’s Defence Sector, United Nations Security Council and Brahmaputra
Made-in-India Rafale fuselage from 2027-28: Tata, Dassault ink pact for Hyderabad facility Syllabus: Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance Mains Examination: General Studies II: Government policies and...

The Latest: RFK Jr. removes entire CDC vaccine advisory committee
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., once a leading anti-vaccine activist, has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines and pledged to replace them with...
What to know about the new Trump travel ban now in effect
US President Donald Trump's new travel ban went into effect on Monday, to far less mobilisation and criticism than the first time around, in 2017. With a bigger mandate this time, and relatively high approval ratings for his immigration policy,...

EU updates airspace "blacklist". European skies remain inaccessible to Armenian airlines
ArmInfo.EU has updated its airspace "blacklist". Along with air carriers from Afghanistan, Tanzania, Suriname, European skies remain "closed" for Armenian airlines, AeroTime reports. According to the source, on June 3, 2025, the European...

Beltway Buzz - June 2025 #2
Senate Republicans Want Legislative Priorities Passed in June. All eyes are on the U.S. Congress this week as Republicans in the U.S. Senate roll up their sleeves and get down to working on their version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act....
Chaotic scenes as police clash with protesters in LA after Trump deploys marines
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has stated the shooting of Channel Nine journalist Lauren Tomasi by US law enforcement whilst covering the chaotic Los Angeles protests was “not acceptable” and confirmed he had spoken to her to communicate his...

Worrisome challenge of r*pe incidents
For more than a decade now, I have waged what can easily pass as an attritional war against rape and rapists, using this column as a battleground. The fight even stretched beyond our shores. I have taken the battle to such places like India, Kenya...

Nigeria And Brazil’s $1bn Deal: Can Mechanisation Boost Food Security?
A few days ago, Nigeria and Brazil signed a $1 billion agreement at the State House in Abuja, aiming to transform Nigeria’s agricultural sector through the Green Imperative initiative. The deal, formalised during the 2nd Nigeria–Brazil Strategic...

Which country has the most visitors impacted by Trump's travel restrictions?
Reaction to President Donald Trump's new travel bans was swift in South Florida, home to what are believed to be the largest Venezuelan, Haitian and Cuban communities in the United States. "I am deeply concerned by this decision which further...

The Latest: RFK Jr. removes entire CDC vaccine advisory committee
President Donald Trump has signaled he would support the arrest of California Gov. Gavin Newsom over his handling of immigration… President Donald Trump has signaled he would support the arrest of California Gov. Gavin Newsom over his handling of...

California Asian, Muslim and Jewish groups decry Trump’s travel ban
A protest at San Diego International Airport against the first travel ban in 2017. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) President Trump’s new ban on travelers from 12 countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East has come under harsh...