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Nigeria: Forex – Lagos Assembly Urges Tinubu to Reduce Foreign Trips, Pilgrimages

[ad_1] The Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday, called on the President Bola Tinubu-led federal government to reduce foreign trips for seminars and conferences by ministries and agencies as well as regulate religious pilgrimages as part of measures to halt the continued downward slide in the value of the naira against the US dollar. While the dollar closed at N1,534.39 at the official market on Monday, according to the FMDQ […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

Japan

Europe’s race against time to rebuild militaries in uncertain world

[ad_1] Europe’s in a race against time to arm itself.Senior officials know they shouldn’t be counting on the U.S. for Europe’s defense, but building up their own military capabilities requires a determination they’ve yet to prove. The continent’s efforts leave it at least a decade away from being able to defend itself unaided, according to officials familiar with these preparations.Amid fears that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may represent just the […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

Japan

Shintaro Fujinami signs one-year deal with Mets

[ad_1] New York – The New York Mets on Wednesday officially announced the signing of flamethrower Shintaro Fujinami, who joins fellow Japanese right-hander Kodai Senga at Citi Field in the second big-league season for both. The 29-year-old Fujinami was a free agent after his debut year in MLB, which started with the Oakland Athletics before he was traded to the Baltimore Orioles. He went 7-8 with a 7.18 ERA in […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

Japan

TSMC soars most since 2020, lifting Taiwan on AI optimism

[ad_1] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) gained its most in more than three years after Morgan Stanley lifted its price target on Nvidia’s chipmaker by about 9%, citing its growing AI business.Taiwan’s largest company soared 9.8% after resuming trade following the weeklong Lunar New Year break, the biggest intraday climb since July 2020.The company’s surge propelled Taiwan’s benchmark index to a record high, as expectations of booming demand for artificial […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

Africa

Africa: World News in Brief – DR Congo Clashes, Invest in Ending Polio, Say #idont to Child Marriage

[ad_1] Tensions remain high in North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), particularly in the town of Sake, as clashes persist between M23 rebels and Government forces, the UN mission in the country, MONUSCO, reported on Wednesday. Violence last week forced thousands to flee, and fighting occurred on Tuesday in the outskirts of Sake, which is located some 20 kilometres northwest of the provincial capital, […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

Japan

Haneda plane collision prompts discussion about pets on flights

[ad_1] There is growing interest in Japan about how pets are carried on airplanes, after the deaths of pets in the collision of a Japan Airlines passenger jet and a Japan Coast Guard aircraft at Tokyo's Haneda Airport earlier this year.Most Japanese airlines require pets to be stored as cargo, and Star Flyer is the only domestic airline allowing passengers to take pets with them into aircraft cabins.Discussions on the […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

Japan

Dogs help Tokyo police fight crime for over a century

[ad_1] Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department has been accompanied by police dogs since the organization became the first in Japan to introduce them in police activities back in 1912.While the role of police dogs has since changed due to the availability of DNA testing, security cameras and other tools of technology, the loyal companions have remained beside the MPD, which celebrated the 150th anniversary of its establishment last month.The police dog […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

Japan

Biden pushes Republicans on Ukraine aid bill amid Trump opposition

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden and top officials are pushing House Speaker Mike Johnson for a vote on what the White House says is a critically needed funding bill for Ukraine's war against Russia that is opposed by former President Donald Trump.Trump's opposition to the Senate-approved $95.34 billion military aid package for Ukraine and Israel means that it may never be voted on in the Republican-controlled House of […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

Japan

Israel-Hezbollah tensions rise with strikes from Lebanon

[ad_1] Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah intensified on Wednesday when Israeli towns and an army base came under what appeared to be the fiercest attacks from Lebanon since the confrontation began four months ago.The assault, presumed to be carried out by Hezbollah, prompted Israeli fighter jets to launch extensive strikes on the Iran-backed group’s positions.The barrage of missiles from Lebanon hit the town of Safed, about 13 kilometers from the […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

Japan

Israel vows to press ahead with ‘powerful’ Rafah operation

[ad_1] Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories – Israel vowed on Wednesday to press on with a "powerful" operation in war-torn Gaza's Rafah, even as calls mounted for it to hold off sending troops into the territory's overcrowded far-southern city.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week ordered the Israeli army to prepare for an incursion into Rafah, where more than 1 million displaced Palestinians are trapped.Netanyahu has come under growing pressure to refrain […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

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