President of Tanzania set for election win after rival candidates barred
Samia Suluhu Hassa likely victorious after rival disqualifications led to protests
Day: October 29, 2025
Iranian deputy FM urges use of cross-border provincial capacities in talks with Herat governor
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, Kazem Gharibabadi, met with Herat Governor Mawlawi Noor Ahmad Islamjar on Wednesday, emphasizing the need to utilize provincial capacities on both sides of the Iran-Afghanistan border…
Shadow supply chain could rise in China as US pushes ahead with sanctions crackdown
Hundreds of ships are already sanctioned and two Chinese terminals were backlisted in August
Belgian defence minister: If Putin attacks NATO, Moscow will be wiped off the map
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“Sudanese feel forgotten” as Darfur crisis escalates
“Sudanese feel they have been forgotten by the international community,” Mathilde Vu, Sudan Advocacy Manager with the Norwegian Refugee Council, tells Oliver Farry, as the humanitarian crisis in El-Fasher escalates. The capture of this city, the histo…
S Korea announces lowering of tariffs as part of new US trade deal
Seoul will also invest $350bn in the US as part of the deal, which Donald Trump says is “pretty much finalised”.
Jamaica’s government is appealing for overseas aid after the most powerful
Jamaica’s government is appealing for overseas aid after the most powerful hurricane to ever hit the Caribbean island.
Big Tech’s EU lobbying hit €151M in 2025, up from €113M in 2023 and €97M in 2021; between January and June 2025, Big Tech had 146 meetings with EU officials (Corporate Europe Observatory)
Corporate Europe Observatory:
Big Tech’s EU lobbying hit €151M in 2025, up from €113M in 2023 and €97M in 2021; between January and June 2025, Big Tech had 146 meetings with EU officials — The EU’s digital rulebook is…
Profit upgrade at Next raises hopes UK shoppers still keen to spend
Sales benefited from warm summer, M&S online shutdown after cyber-attack and supply improvementsNext has raised hopes that UK consumers are still willing to spend despite pressures on household budgets, as it revealed sales and profit growth “mater…
Message in a bottle penned by ‘happy as Larry’ WW1 soldiers 109yrs ago washes up on Oz beach – & it’s still readable
TWO messages in a bottle written by World War One soldiers more than a century ago have washed up on a beach in Australia. Debra Brown and her daughter Felicity made the remarkable discovery while collecting litter on Wharton Beach. Inside a glass bott…