At least one person died in protests against the election result in Venezuela, the non-governmental organization Foro Penal said on social media platform X on Monday evening, with more protests planned for Tuesday. At least 46 people were arrested in v…
Tokyo stocks end flat as investors brace for BOJ policy meeting
Tokyo stocks ended nearly flat Tuesday, with the benchmark Nikkei reversing earlier declines, as more investors cautiously await results from the Bank of Japan’s two-day policy meeting through the next day. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended up 5…
Howrah-CSMT train accident: Bengal Governor condoles deaths, prays for speedy recovery of injured
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 30 (ANI): West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Tuesday condoled the loss of lives in the Howrah-Mumbai train accident near Jharkhand’s Chakradharpur and wished a speedy recovery for those who sustained injuries in …
Quota reform protesters hold demonstration across Bangladesh
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 30 (ANI): Quota reform protesters held protests across Bangladesh, including in Dhaka and Chattogram cities, on Monday. However, law enforcers dispersed protesters in many places and detained at least 80, Bangladesh-based The D…
FCA to extend motor finance probe amid consumer tensions
By Guy Taylor The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has annnounced it will extend its probe into the motor finance market today amid ongoing tensions between thousands of consumers and providers over commission arrangements. The FCA said it intended to…
Biden On Track To Break Trump’s Record, Says Peter Schiff, As US Debt Tops $35 Trillion And Counting
The U.S. debt reached a new record high and breached the $35 trillion mark, and economist Peter Schiff on Monday rued the political apathy toward this ticking timebomb. What Happened: The U.S. national debt now stood at $35.01 trillion and has balloone…
Placate Nigerians with persuasions not threat, inducement – Ex-SGF, Lawal tells Tinubu
A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Dr Babachir Lawal has challenged President Bola Tinubu to address the nation immediately with persuasive arguments to placate the angry and hungry citizens instead of issuing threats against …
Greggs: Bakery chain on a roll as sales up once again
By Amber Murray Greggs reported another strong set of results for the first half of the year as customers continued to head to the budget bakery. Total sales for the 26 weeks to June 29 reached £960m, up by nearly 14 per cent from £844m last year. And …
Protest: Poverty, hard times have always been with Nigerians – MURIC
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has said that poverty and hard times have always been major concern of Nigerians from time immemorial. MURIC noted that inflation was global and that hunger was common around the world. The group described the proposed…
Putin to unilaterally decide what Russians should and should not know – ISW
On July 29, the Russian State Duma’s Committee on Information Policy approved amendments to the law On Communications, which allowed Russian President Vladimir Putin to impose restrictions on access to information, according to the Institute for the St…