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Trump nominee elected to head Latin American development bank Foreign

Trump nominee elected to head Latin American development bank

Newsjaunts September 13, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee was, on Saturday, elected president of the Inter-American Development Bank, the region’s main economic developm…

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Oil prices rise on falling U.S. dollar Oil & Gas

Oil prices rise on falling U.S. dollar

Newsjaunts September 01, 2020

Oil prices recover, erasing overnight losses, as investors move into risk assets and away from safe-haven U.S. dollar, which tumbled to multi-year lo…

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Sudanese gov’t signs long-awaited peace deal with armed groups war

Sudanese gov’t signs long-awaited peace deal with armed groups

Newsjaunts August 31, 2020

Sudan’s transitional government signs much-anticipated peace deal with various armed groups, raising hopes of an end to 17 years of conflict. Actors …

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Fresh corruption allegation levelled against Malaysian finance Minister Foreign

Fresh corruption allegation levelled against Malaysian finance Minister

Newsjaunts August 25, 2020

Former Malaysia Finance Minister Lim Eng demands incumbent Tengku Abdul Aziz to back up claims that Eng’s administration improperly handled governmen…

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208 Nigerians return in last evacuation flight from U.S. Foreign

208 Nigerians return in last evacuation flight from U.S.

Newsjaunts August 21, 2020

Some 208 stranded Nigerian citizens departed New Jersey for home on Thursday night in the ninth evacuation flight from the United States. Barring any…

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Senegal’s COVID-19 cases surpass 12,000 - mark Foreign

Senegal’s COVID-19 cases surpass 12,000 - mark

Newsjaunts August 15, 2020

Senegal’s COVID-19 cases surpassed the 12,000-mark, on Saturday, after 160 more cases were reported by the country’s Health Ministry. Out of 1,886 te…

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Most Nigerian girls in Lebanon entered legally, Lebanese envoy Foreign

Most Nigerian girls in Lebanon entered legally, Lebanese envoy

Newsjaunts August 14, 2020

Lebanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Houssam Diab says most Nigerians, especially ladies in Lebanon entered into the country legally. Lebanese Ambassador …

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Several dead, many missing after monsoon rains in Pakistan Natural Disaster

Several dead, many missing after monsoon rains in Pakistan

Newsjaunts August 09, 2020

At least 13 people are dead after heavy monsoon rains and flooding wreaked havoc in several parts of Pakistan, officials said on Sunday. Persistent r…

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U.S. offers $10m for information on election intruders Foreign

U.S. offers $10m for information on election intruders

Newsjaunts August 06, 2020

United States has announced a 10-million-dollar (N3.8 billion) reward for information on foreign interference in its elections. The Secretary of Stat…

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Arson suspected in major fire at French cathedral in Nantes Foreign

Arson suspected in major fire at French cathedral in Nantes

Newsjaunts July 19, 2020

Firefighters work to extinguish a major fire at a 15th-century Gothic cathedral in the western city of Nantes on Saturday. French prosecutors have la…

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Digitalisation: Journalists lose job to robots at Microsoft Foreign

Digitalisation: Journalists lose job to robots at Microsoft

Newsjaunts May 31, 2020

About 50 journalists working with Microsoft are set to lose their jobs, as the American multinational tech giant reportedly moves to replace them wit…

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