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U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, April 2025 and Annual Revision
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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June 5, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Trump considers expanding travel ban by 36 countries, including Syria and Egypt
The National News
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The Trump administration is considering a dramatic expansion of its travel ban to include citizens by 36 countries, including Syria and Egypt, according to a US State Department cable seen by The Washington Post. The internal cable, signed by US...
Trump mulls expanding US travel ban to 36 more countries | Full list
Hindustan Times
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June 15, 2025
US President Donald Trump's administration is reportedly contemplating extending the travel ban to citizens from an additional 36 countries. US President Donald Trump has already imposed a travel ban on 12 countries.(Bloomberg) Reuters, citing a...
Ranked: The 50 Richest Countries by GDP Per Capita in 2025
Visual Capitalist
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June 13, 2025
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization Ranked: The 50 Richest Countries by GDP Per Capita in 2025 This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible...
Biometric identity verification gets caught up in great expectations and politics
Biometric Update
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June 14, 2025
The next generation of biometric identity verification collides with the politics of digital identity in the most-read articles of the week on Biometric Update. More evidence rolls in that remote ID verification will mostly be carried out with...
US considers imposing visa ban on Nigeria, 24 other African countries
Premium Times
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June 14, 2025
About one week after imposing a travel ban on seven African countries, the Donald Trump-led US administration is considering imposing a visa ban and other travel restrictions on citizens of Nigeria and 24 other African countries. The Washington...
Protecting Tenerife's Marine Marvels
Living on Earth
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Port construction can have major environmental impacts on the ocean such as damaging the seabed and creating coastal runoff. (Photo: Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain) One of the recipients of this year’s...
Portugal and Colombia detail major marine protection plans
Oceanographic Magazine
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June 12, 2025
Colombia is one of the world’s ‘megadiverse’ countries, with a coastline 2,900km long. The country ranks first in bird and orchid species diversity and second in butterflies, freshwater fishes, and amphibians. “This new reserve will strengthen our...
UN Ocean Conference puts ‘wind in the sails’ of ocean action
WWF International
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Posted on June, 13 2025 As the third UN Ocean Conference draws to a close, WWF is encouraged by the commitments made in a number of areas, but warns that the measure of success will be in delivery NICE, France (13 June 2025): The third UN Ocean...
Colonial-era borders create conflict in Africa’s oceans – ho...
Modern Ghana
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Africa has 38 coastal and island nations. Their maritime industries – including energy, tourism, maritime transport, shipping and fishing – play a crucial role in developing these nations. Key to harnessing these resources are Africa's maritime...
Nigeria, others emerge key drivers of intra-African trade
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 6, 2025
As African countries look to improve intra-African trade, which currently stands at 15 per cent, a new report has revealed that Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, and South Africa are key drivers of intra-African trade. The five countries alone...
CMA CGM slams Nigerian shippers, others with $1,200 surcharge
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 11, 2025
Nigerian shippers using CMA CGM to transport dry cargo from Asia to ports in Apapa, Lekki and other locations across the country have been slammed with a $1,200 peak season surcharge (PSS) per twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU), effective June 15....
Colonial-era borders create conflict in Africa’s oceans – how to resolve them
The Conversation
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May 22, 2025
Africa has 38 coastal and island nations. Their maritime industries – including energy, tourism, maritime transport, shipping and fishing – play a crucial role in developing these nations. Key to harnessing these resources are Africa’s maritime...
Taiwan’s Africa gambit
The Interpreter
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June 11, 2025
In the ongoing struggle for global recognition, Taiwan has long been the underdog. Diplomatic isolation, driven by Beijing’s “One China” policy, has pushed Taipei out of most international organisations and bilateral relationships. Nowhere is this...
How the C-390 is charging ahead with Portugal’s Rhinos squadron
FlightGlobal
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When Portugal signed an almost €830 million ($1.1 billion) contract for five Embraer C/KC-390 tactical transports in July 2019, it was taking something of a gamble by becoming the first export buyer for the Brazilian-built type. But now close to...
NUPRC: Strengthening Regulatory Implementation To Broaden Nigeria’s Oil & Gas Opportunity
Leadership
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May 20, 2025
Available data shows that Nigeria’s oil and gas industry had faced a plethora of challenges, ranging from low investor confidence, dwindling crude oil production worsened by theft and pipeline sabotage, absence of Final Investment Decisions (FIDs)...
What we are operating now is not legitimate — Dr Akin Fapounda
Tribune Online
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May 21, 2025
Dr. Akin Fapohunda, who worked in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture; Raw Materials Research & Development Council, was the Director, Planning, Research, and Data Bank at the then National Agricultural Land Development Authority and later, served...
Annobon Was Free a Century Before Haiti. Can It Find Independence Again?
New Lines Magazine
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June 9, 2025
In the summer of 2024, José Segura Briones boarded a plane in Malabo, the capital of the West African nation of Equatorial Guinea, where he had lived and worked for decades. He was headed to the Spanish capital, Madrid, to join a few dozen...
Wike Prioritizes Sustainability, Says No Politician Will Control Abuja Conference Centre
Daily Independent
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June 9, 2025
1 ABUJA – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr. Nyesom Wike, has vowed that the newly completed Abuja International Conference Centre will not fall into disrepair, stressing that sustainability and professional maintenance are...
Film on 1500s Jewish deportations premieres
Ynet
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June 7, 2025
A new documentary chronicling the forced deportation of 2,000 Jewish children from Portugal in the 15th century premiered this week to an emotional audience in Porto, drawing parallels between the historical tragedy and modern-day antisemitism....