2024 started with a market-wide sell-off. The tech sector—2023’s undisputed winner and credited for restoring confidence and pulling other sectors to bullish territories—saw droves of investors pocketing profits last week, wiping out about $500 billion…
US-Africa Trade Council announces new identity to boost investment
The United States Africa Trade Council has transitioned to the US-Africa Trade Commission. On Monday, Titus Olowokere, Executive Director/CEO of the Commission, disclosed this in a statement to DAILY POST. According to him, the development reflects its…
“There are big criminals and scamsters here…,” Dilip Ghosh on TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan
Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal) [India], January 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Dilip Ghosh on Monday asserted that there are “big criminals and scamsters” in West Bengal and claimed that Sheikh Shahjahan is hiding in some TMC leader’s house …
Germany’s Baerbock urges end to cycle of Mideast violence
Visiting German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock met her new Israeli counterpart Israel Katz in Jerusalem on Sunday. Katz thanked her for Germany’s support for Israel and the commitment to the release of hostages in the Gaza Strip, his office said on…
WHO unable to deliver medical supplies to northern Gaza for 12 days
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it has not been able to reach the north of the Gaza Strip for nearly two weeks during the ongoing war between Israel and the Islamist Hamas. A planned mission to Al-Awda hospital and four others in Northern Gaza…
Beirut airport screens hacked with anti-Hezbollah message
Beirut airport on Sunday came under a cyberattack, Lebanon’s state news agency said, with footage shared by local media showing anti-Hezbollah messages had replaced screen displays at its terminal. Hezbollah has exchanged near-daily cross-border fire w…
German farmers launch week of protests against planned subsidy cuts
German farmers kick off a week of protests on Monday over the Berlin government’s planned subsidy cuts in the agricultural sector. Commuters can expect disruptions in road traffic. In addition to rallies, numerous state farmers’ associations plan event…
Four arrested illegally smuggling millions of lizards from Australia
Australian authorities uncovered a large-scale illegal trade in endemic reptiles across Sydney. The animals – mostly lizards – were destined for Hong Kong, the Australian Associated Press (AAP) news agency reported on Monday, citing the police. In the …
Australian ban on Nazi salute and Nazi memorabilia comes into force
A new national law came into force in Australia on Monday, banning the Nazi salute and the sale of Nazi paraphernalia. “It is now unlawful to perform the Nazi salute in public or to publicly display, or trade in, Nazi hate symbols,” said a statement on…
Ecuador’s ‘most-wanted’ criminal disappears from prison
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s “most-wanted prisoner”, the leader of the Los Choneros criminal group, disappeared from the jail where he was being held, authorities said on Sunday and launched an operation to locate him. General Cesa…