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Russia to continue to strengthen armed forces – Putin

Combat capability of Russian armed forces is “increasing day-by-day” and Russia will step-up this process, President Vladimir Putin has said. “Today, our goal is to implement the entire scope of necessary measures. ”This is aimed at achieving a qualitative renewal and improvement of the armed forces,” Putin said. He made the remarks at an expanded […]

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UN Women decries onslaught on Afghan women’s rights

The UN Under-Secretary-General and UN-Women Executive Director, Sima Bahous, has decreed the comprehensive onslaught on women’s rights in Afghanistan. Bahous said in a statement e-mailed to The NewsZenith on Thursday, that the onslaught “is unmatched in the world today”. “The Taliban’s latest announcement of the closure of universities for women, effectively banning them from higher […]

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Russian Central Bank welcomes step to unblock Russians’ assets

The Bank of Russia, on Wednesday, said it welcomes any steps to solve the problems with the blocked assets of Russians. The Bank added that the Luxembourg license was issued to the Russian National Settlement Depository (NSD). NDS is part of the Moscow Exchange (MOEX) group, which requires study. “We welcome any steps to solve […]

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Chinese Govt. cautions EU to treat Taiwan issue cautiously

China strongly opposes any official interaction between the European Union and Taiwan, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Mao Ning, said on Tuesday. It, therefore, calls on the bloc to treat the Taiwan issue cautiously and respect the One China policy, “The European Parliament as the EU’s official body should respect the One China principle. “China strongly […]

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EIB approves $233m loan for Tunisia’s food security, electricity

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved 220 million euro ($233 million) loans for Tunisia to boost its food security and electricity supply. The Tunisian Ministry of Economy and Planning said this in a statement late on Sunday. Samir Saied, Tunisian Minister of Economy and Planning and Lionel Rapaille, Director for Lending Operations at the […]

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Niger’s President honours on 4 Nigerian governors

President Mohamed Bazoum of Niger Republic has honoured Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State with one of the country’s highest national awards. The governor’s media aide, Malam Yahaya Sarki, stated in Birnin-Kebbi, on Monday, that the neighbouring country bestowed the ‘Award of Excellence’ on Bagudu in Niamey on Saturday. Sarki added that the award was in […]

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Astronomers find 2 potentially habitable exoplanets

Since the beginning of space exploration, humanity has wondered whether there is life beyond earth or if there are any other planets suitable for life. Recently, explorers have found a couple more planets that may answer that question. An international team of astronomers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, led by Alejandro Suárez Mascareño, […]

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Twitter users vote for Musk to step down as CEO

Billionaire entrepreneur, Elon Musk, has launched a Twitter poll asking users whether he should resign as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the social media platform. The results of the poll turned out to be against him, More than half of the 17.5 million users, who responded to Elon Musk’s poll on his potential resignation […]

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S/Korea’s corporate retirement pension grows 15.5% in 2021

South Korea’s corporate retirement pension grew in double digits last year with an increasing number of companies adopting the pension scheme, statistical office data showed on Monday. Corporate retirement pension funds under management amounted to 295 trillion won ($226.6 billion) in 2021. This showed an upward trend of $30.7 billion, or 15.7 per cent, from […]

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Pantami meets Space X, others to strengthen Nigeria’s digital economy

By Our Correspondent Prof. Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy has met with world-leading communication technology stakeholders in Washington, in a bid to strengthen partnerships for the development of Nigeria’s economy. This is contained in a statement issued by Reuben Muoka, Director of Public Affairs at the Nigerian Communications Commission and e-mailed […]

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