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International News Briefs for Thursday, July 10, 2025
Havana Times
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July 10, 2025
HAVANA TIMES – Here are some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Thursday, July 10, 2025. Gaza’s Doctors Warn Hospitals “Will Become Graveyards” as Fuel Supplies Dwindle Jul 10, 2025 Israel’s unrelenting slaughter in...
Scientists Discover Chimps Use Stones as Long-Distance Communication
AOL
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Portrait of a common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)© KensCanning/Shutterstock.comChimpanzees are our closest living relatives, and this adds to the fascination of learning how they behave and interact with each other. We know that they, like humans,...
Again, Trump’s way or the highway
The Cable
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July 10, 2025
It’s hard not to love US President Donald Trump. He is the world’s most powerful president and wears his preeminence on his sleeve. Not for him the crooked modesty of the Chinese or the boring self-effacement of the British. Six months after his...
On a roll: Trump to host 5 African leaders this week
Responsible Statecraft - Washington D.C.
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July 8, 2025
Fresh from hosting the signing of a peace deal between the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Rwanda last month, President Donald Trump will now welcome the leaders of five African countries at the White House for a U.S.-Africa mini-summit...
Chimpanzees Follow Trends. The Newest One Is Butt Grass.
VICE
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July 10, 2025
In Zambia, a group of chimpanzees is getting attention for a bizarre and hilarious habit. They’ve started decorating themselves with blades of grass. Not by weaving them into anything—just sticking them in their ears. And sometimes, their butts....
‘Where did you learn to speak English so beautifully?’ Trump asks President of Liberia — where English is official language
The Indian Express
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July 10, 2025
At a White House meeting on Wednesday with five African leaders, US President Donald Trump praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai for his command on English. “Such good English, such beautiful… Where did you learn to speak so beautifully? Where...
Trump pushes 'Aid to trade' shift in meeting with African leaders, sparks mixed reactions
Daijiworld News
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Daijiworld Media Network – Washington Washington, Jul 10: In a significant shift in American foreign policy toward Africa, U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday told visiting leaders from five African nations that his administration was...
ECOWAS: Agenda for President Julius Maada Bio
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 10, 2025
The new chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, has his job cut out in the pursuit of peace, economic cooperation, stability, and human flourishing in the sub-region. His...
Trump Says US Shifting Africa Policy 'From Aid To Trade'
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Washington, July 10 (IANS) US President Donald Trump met with leaders from five African nations on Wednesday, noting the United States is shifting its policy toward the continent "from aid to trade".Meeting with the leaders of...
Trump Signals Africa Policy Shift from Aid to Trade
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN) U.S. President Donald Trump held a meeting Wednesday with the leaders of five African nations, signaling a significant policy shift from financial assistance to economic partnerships focused on trade. Gathering at the White House with the...
Refocusing Due Diligence on Cartel and TCOs (Part I of II)
JD Supra - California
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July 10, 2025
Companies face a dual challenge — the pressing need to unravel their supply chains, and the immediate task of recalibrating due diligence systems to examine potential presence of cartel and transnational criminal organizations (“TCOs”) in a...
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‘Where did you learn English?’: Trump’s gaffe leaves president of English-speaking Liberia bemused
Firstpost
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July 10, 2025
US President Donald Trump made a goof after he praised the Liberian President for his English-speaking skills. Netizens were left in splits since English is the official language of Liberia read more US President Donald Trump indulged in yet...
‘Aid to trade shift’ marks new US-Africa strategy
Telengana Today
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July 10, 2025
President Trump met with leaders from five African nations, announcing a strategic shift in US policy toward Africa from aid to trade, highlighting economic opportunities and growing trade between both regions. Published Date - 10 July 2025, 07:08...
Prioritising UHC, Health Equity, and Participatory Governance in the Political Declaration of the 4th High-Level Meeting on NCDs
NCD Alliance
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July 9, 2025
On 25 September 2025, global leaders will gather in New York for the fourth United Nations General Assembly High-level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs)[1] and the Promotion of Mental Health and Wellbeing...
Trump sells shift from 'aid to trade' with Africa
Otago Daily Times
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July 9, 2025
US President Donald Trump told leaders from five African nations that he was shifting the US approach to the continent from aid to trade and that the United States is a better partner for Africa than China. Trump, who has shuttered the US Agency...
How Global Fund is Saving Lives from Malaria, TB, & HIV across Africa
Inter Press Service
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July 7, 2025
Africa, Development & Aid, Featured, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Credit: UNOCHA/Giles Clarke NEW YORK, Jul 7 2025 (IPS) - In Gabú, Guinea-Bissau, a...
Trump Looks To 'Forge New Economic Opportunities’ With African Nations in White House Meeting
Breitbart
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July 9, 2025
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said that his administration is “working tirelessly” to establish new economic opportunities with many African countries during a lunch with African leaders at the White House on Wednesday. Trump, who is...
Trump says U.S. shifting Africa policy "from aid to trade"
Xinhua News Agency
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WASHINGTON, July 9 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump met with leaders from five African nations on Wednesday, noting the United States is shifting its policy toward the continent "from aid to trade." Meeting with the leaders of Gabon,...
Sites vie for UNESCO world heritage list spot
eNCA
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BRUSSELS - The United Nation's cultural organisation announces its choice of sites for inclusion in its world heritage list this week, with pre-historic caves, former centres of repression, forests, marine bio-systems and others vying for the...
“He Was Treated Very Unfairly and He Prevailed”: Trump Meets Senegal’s Faye, Four African Leaders at U.S.-Africa Summit
The Fatu Network
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July 9, 2025
- Advertisement - Written by: The Fatu Network Newsroom Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye met with U.S. President Donald J. Trump in Washington today, 9 July, during a high-level summit with four other African leaders focused on trade,...