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U.S. To Terminate Deportation Protection For Thousands Of Hondurans, Nicaraguans

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will terminate deportation protections for thousands of Hondurans and Nicaraguans in the U.S., according to U.S. government notices posted on Monday. The development is part of a broad effort by President Donald Trump to strip legal status from migrants. The terminations, effective September 6, would end Temporary Protected Status…

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South African Rand Slumps After Trump’s Tariff Threat On BRICS-aligned Countries

South Africa’s rand fell on Monday as markets reacted to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose additional tariffs on BRICS-aligned countries, while also awaiting updates on country-specific levies ahead of Washington’s looming July 9 deadline. Trump said on Sunday in a post on Truth Social that countries aligning themselves with what he called the…

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IPA Bill, Major Step In Strengthening Institutional Independence – Abbas

The Speaker, House of Representatives, Rep. Abbas Tajudeen, says the National Assembly Infrastructure and Property Agency Bill (IPA), is a major step in strengthening institutional independence of the National Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the agency when established would help manage every aspect of National Assembly buildings and precincts. This includes…

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Pakistan Army Chief Rejects India’s Allegation Of Chinese Help In May Conflict

Pakistan’s army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir on Monday rejected New Delhi’s allegation that his military received active support from longtime ally China in its conflict with India in May. Indian army’s deputy chief Lieutenant General Rahul Singh said last week that China gave Islamabad “live inputs” on key Indian positions. The “insinuations regarding external…

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Russia’s Overnight Bombardment Of Ukraine Leaves 2 Dead, Several Injured

Russia bombarded Ukraine with airstrikes overnight, killing at least two people, local authorities said on Monday. A strike on the Black Sea port city of Odessa killed one man and damaged civilian infrastructure, the regional military governor, Oleh Kiper, said. The military governor of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, Oleksandr Prokudin, said a 35-year-old man was…

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Coalition Lauds N19.5bn Disbursement To Smallholder Farmers

The National Farmers Coalition and Grassroots Agricultural Groups have commended the disbursement of N19.5 billion to 50,000 farmers across Nigeria by the National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF). The coalition made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja, applauding the initiative under NADF’s Strategic Grant Programme, which it said has empowered smallholder farmers nationwide….

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