Quectel Expands LTE Portfolio with Direct-to-Cell (D2C) Capabilities Enabling 100 Percent Global Reach for IoT Developers

Quectel Expands LTE Portfolio with Direct-to-Cell (D2C) Capabilities Enabling 100 Percent Global Reach for IoT Developers

Quectel expands LTE portfolio with Direct-to-Cell (D2C) capabilities enabling 100 percent global reach for IoT developers Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global end-to-end IoT solutions provider, today announced that several of its LTE modules are now available with Direct-to-Cell (D2C) functionality, enabling devices to seamlessly connect to satellite networks. This press release features multimedia. View the…

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Africa: 60 Percent of Africans Don’t Believe Democracy Is Working in Their Interests – How Parliaments Can Fix the Problem

Africa: 60 Percent of Africans Don’t Believe Democracy Is Working in Their Interests – How Parliaments Can Fix the Problem

Across Africa, democracy is being tested – by rising authoritarianism and military coups as well as a growing disconnect between citizens and the institutions meant to represent them. The latest flagship report from Afrobarometer, a pan African research network, delivers a powerful warning. Citizen Engagement, Citizen Power, released in July 2025, reports that over 60%…

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Africa: 60 Percent of Africans Don’t Believe Democracy Is Working in Their Interests – How Parliaments Can Fix the Problem

Africa-Singapore Trade Surges 50 Percent in Five Years

Trade between Africa and Singapore has grown significantly over the past five years, rising by more than 50 per cent and highlighting the strengthening ties between the two regions. Bilateral trade increased from $9.2 billion in 2020 to $13.7 billion in 2024, while Singaporean companies have invested over $20 billion across the continent, Enterprise Singapore,…

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Africa: 60 Percent of Africans Don’t Believe Democracy Is Working in Their Interests – How Parliaments Can Fix the Problem

Africa: Emergency Vaccine Response Has Cut Infectious Disease Deaths By Nearly 60 Percent Since 2000

Geneva — Researchers at Burnet Institute, in collaboration with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, have provided the world’s first ever look at the historical impact of emergency vaccination efforts on public health and global health security, with a comprehensive study of 210 outbreaks of five infectious diseases – cholera, Ebola, measles, meningitis and yellow fever –…

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What’s behind Trump’s 50 percent tariff for Brazil despite trade surplus? | Donald Trump News

What’s behind Trump’s 50 percent tariff for Brazil despite trade surplus? | Donald Trump News

United States President Donald Trump has threatened Brazil with a 50 percent tariff, citing the criminal charges against its former president and his political ally Jair Bolsonaro, who is accused of plotting a coup. In a letter to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s current president, Trump said on Wednesday that the treatment of Bolsonaro, who…

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