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United Kingdom union threatened by pact between Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
The leaders of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland signed a pact Monday that threatens to lead to the breakup of the United Kingdom.
The London hospital funded by donors who invested in the slave trade
St Barts is one of many UK institutions whose benefactors were involved in the trafficking of enslaved AfricansInside the Great Hall of St Bartholomew’s North Wing, alongside stately portraits of the apostle from whom London’s oldest hospital takes its name and King Henry VIII, extravagant commemorative boards adorn the walls.The Great Hall was a grand, formal space where governors weighed their philanthropic donations and drafted their wills, many while investing in the stock of companies built on the trafficking of enslaved Africans. Today, many of those donors are commemorated in acrylic gold paint on the boards. Continue reading...
Africa’s richest man aiming to make $23bn from continent’s biggest-ever IPO
Public offering of Aliko Dangote’s Nigerian oil refinery business could swell his net wealth by two-thirdsThe fortune of Africa’s richest person could swell by two thirds to nearly $60bn (£44bn) after his refinery in Nigeria listed publicly in the continent’s biggest-ever initial public offering.If Monday’s flotation of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals on the Nigerian exchange goes to plan, then Aliko Dangote will add a further $23bn (£17bn) to his $35bn net worth. Continue reading...
'Right now we're not defended': U.S. has almost no way to stop modern missiles, senator warns
The U.S. has very few options right now to protect the homeland against 21st-century missile attacks, a key senator said Monday.
U.S. announces new space weapon and strategic missile testing
Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink revealed Monday that the U.S. military now has an "on-orbit" space weapon.
Africa's biggest oil refinery opens to public ownership, sparking excitement among retail investors
Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote opened his refinery to public ownership Monday with plans to raise $1.6 billion from retail investors across the continent in Africa's biggest initial public offering, or IPO.
Pope celebrates his 71st birthday but it's Vatican employees who get the gift
Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his 71st birthday but it is Vatican employees who got the gift
Road crash involving multiple vehicles in S. Africa kills at least 21, officials say
Authorities in South Africa say a road crash involving two minibus taxis and an SUV has killed at least 21 people
Indonesian police investigate deaths of Australian man and two children in Bali as suspected murder-suicide
Police in Bali believe the two young children died as a result of violence, while a 57-year-old man is believed to have taken his own life Indonesian police are investigating the deaths of three Australians who died in Bali over the weekend, with initial reports suggesting a father killed his two young children before taking his own life.The man, 57, and his two children, seven and four, who are also Indonesian citizens, were discovered deceased in a bungalow in Kuta on Sunday morning. Continue reading...
Houthis seize 2 strategic Red Sea islands, and other Mideast developments
Yemen's Houthi rebels have seized the strategic islands of Greater and Lesser Hanish in the southern Red Sea
Sweden's next government uncertain with thin lead for left-wing opposition
Sweden faces a potentially long wait for a new government as preliminary election results show a thin and still-uncertain lead for the left-leaning opposition, while a hard-right anti-immigration party saw its support slip
Iran denounces Austria for blocking its nuclear chief from a meeting in Vienna
Iran has condemned the exclusion of its Atomic Energy Organization head from the UN nuclear agency's meeting in Vienna
