Fiery explosion kills 10 people near capital of Dominican Republic, 11 others missing
The death toll from a powerful explosion near the Dominican Republic’s capital rose Tuesday to 10 with dozens injured, as firefighters searched through smouldering rubble and people cried outside hospitals looking for missing loved ones. President Luis Abinader visited San Cristobal, located just west of Sango Domingo, to meet with...
Russian central bank jacks up rates to 12pc to support rouble, battered by Ukraine war and sanctions
President Vladimir Putin’s economic adviser Maxim Oreshkin on Monday rebuked the central bank, blaming what he called its soft monetary policy for weakening the rouble. Hours after Oreshkin’s words, the bank announced the emergency meeting, throwing the currency a lifeline.
Russia’s jumbo rate hike leaves Putin in hot water as the rouble plunges against the dollar
Last year was marked by bumper export revenue due to higher energy prices, while sanctions reduced imports. This year, exports have fallen because of European oil and gas embargoes and lower energy prices while imports are picking up as Russian businesses buy from Asian countries that have not imposed sanctions.
Armed with strong evidence wildlife protection agency raises red flag over South Africa’s cruel lion farming industry
Although the commercial captive breeding and canned hunting of lions remains legal, although poorly regulated in South Africa, the export of lion skeletons – including claws and teeth – was declared unconstitutional by the South African High Court in 2019.
Swathes of Central African Republic forests under threat from Chinese, French and Lebanese loggers
The illicit trade is exacerbated by weak law enforcement, porous borders and increasing transnational demand for the country’s timber products. Timber trafficking has also been enabled by the CAR’s protracted political instability and has played a major role in funding the conflict that has decimated the country. Illegal timber exports have attracted militias and armed groups seeking funds to buy weapons in a power struggle that has collapsed the state and claimed the lives of thousands of citizens.
Trump hit with another indictment by a Georgia grand jury for trying to overturn 2020 election loss
The indictment cites a number of crimes that Trump or his associates allegedly committed from before the November 3, 2020, election until September 2022, including falsely testifying to lawmakers that election fraud had occurred and urging state officials to alter the results.
Homosexuality: It’s time Africa, other developing countries gave World Bank and IMF a wide berth
African leaders who become rich only after they have become leaders through primitive accumulation of wealth are victims. The loot the make, if they do not encourage domestic production, will be foreign loans-based.
