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Recover opens recycled cotton fibre production factory in Vietnam
Recover says the facility will commence operations by the beginning of 2025 and will mark a significant milestone in its global expansion plan. The factory is strategically located in...
Hundreds of Nigerian homes seized in huge anti-graft case
The anti-corruption agency says the homes were built with proceeds of corruption [EFCC]Nigeria's anti-graft agency has said it has made its biggest ever seizure of assets, alleged to have...
India probes three EV firms for $35m subsidy fraud
India's Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has announced an ongoing investigation into three electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers for allegedly availing government subsidies fraudulently. The total sum in question amounts...
Uni finds 350,000 African artefacts in storage
An estimated 350,000 African artefacts, from human remains and photographs to natural history specimens and manuscripts, have been found in a university's collections.Dr Eva Namusoke spent 15 months liaising...
Putin makes it official: Russia is all in on defense spending
Putin has signed off on a record defense budget for 2025 amid the ongoing Ukraine war.Defense spending will rise to 13.5 trillion rubles, making up a third of the...
Norway sends F-35s, 100 soldiers to guard Polish airport near Ukraine
Norway will assume responsibility under NATO to safeguard the airspace of Poland's Rzeszów airport and will send 100 soldiers, air defence systems and F-35 fighter jets to do so,...
German Economy Minister Habeck to open business summit in Nairobi
Robert Habeck (L), German Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, and Musalia Mudavadi, Kenyan Prime Minister, attend the evening reception of the 5th German-African Business Summit. Sebastian Christoph...
Much colder, some accumulating snow inland by midweek!
If you think it is cold now, wait until the end of this week, an Arctic Blast is on the way! Typically, we should be in the mid to...
Russian tourist dies after being swept away by massive wave while doing yoga in Thailand
A Russian tourist visiting Koh Samui, Thailand, died after she was swept away by a massive wave on Friday as she was doing yoga on a rock at a...
In pictures: 40 years since world’s deadliest gas leak killed thousands in India
Forty years ago, an Indian city became the site of one of the world's worst industrial disasters.On the night of 2 December, 1984, a poisonous gas leaked from Union...
