Earlier this week, we posted Banning Eyre’s first take on the 2025 Nuits D’Afrique festival in Montreal, with promise of more to come. Now, here’s our man Ron Deutch’s report. Ron has the advantage of living in the city, so he caught more of the action than we did. As always, we’re grateful for his…
Consumer prices rose in June as President Donald Trump’s tariffs began to slowly work their way through the U.S. economy. The consumer price index, a broad-based measure of goods and services costs, increased 0.3% on the month, putting the 12-month inflation rate at 2.7%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. The numbers were right…
HIMARS are being used in military drills aimed at boosting the island’s ability to combat threats from China. Taiwan has begun deploying its newest and most precise strike weapons, high calibre rockets from the United States, as part of its annual live-fire drills to increase the island’s ability to counter potential attacks from China. On…
Dangote group is set to expand its $2.5 billion fertiliser plant located in Lagos, which will make Africa self-sufficient in fertiliser supplies and significantly reduce import costs. Aliko Dangote said on Friday that the planned production capacity would boost supply needs of the continent in the next 40 months. If the plan is successfully completed…
