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Indian nurse Nimisha Priya to be executed in Yemen on July 16
The Siasat Daily
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July 8, 2025
Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse from Kerala, convicted of murdering a Yemeni citizen in 2017, is set to be executed in Yemen on July 16. The Save Nimisha Priya Action Council said that Yemen’s director general of prosecution has informed the prison...
Markets Await Trade Deals as Trump Makes New Tariff Threats
Investing
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July 7, 2025
Dollar edges higher, gold slips despite confusion and renewed trade tensions Trump delays tariff deadline to August 1, says trade deals are close Wall Street hits record after Congress passes Big Beautiful Bill Oil recovers from lows after OPEC+...
The D Brief: Marines deploy to Florida; Big Beautiful spending details; Israel strikes Yemen; New tactics in Ukraine; And a bit more.
Defense One
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Anti-immigration spending soars as 200 Marines have been sent to support ICE in Florida. The new troops will provide “strictly non-law enforcement duties within [Immigrations and Customs Enforcement] facilities,” according to a July 3 U.S....
Nimisha Priya to be executed in Yemen on July 16
Onmanorama
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July 8, 2025
Nimisha Priya, a nurse from Palakkad who was jailed for murdering a Yemeni national, will be executed on July 16, according to Samuel Jerome, a human rights activist, who holds the power of attorney of Nimisha Priya's mother, Prema Kumari. Jerome...
Attack on bulk carrier off Yemen coast leaves two dead
TASS
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July 8, 2025
LONDON, July 8. /TASS/. Two crew members were killed in an attack on the Greek-operated bulk carrier ‘Eternity C’ near Yemen’s coast, Liberia Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization Robert Wilmot Kpadeh reported. "We...
The World Bank’s alert on rapid growth of poverty in Nigeria
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 8, 2025
One of the cheerleader-organisations of Nigeria’s recent economic reforms—The World Bank—seems to have turned a turncoat, and raised a worrisome alarm on the rapid growth of extreme poverty in the country. The Bank warned that extreme poverty is...
Two Missing, two injured after ship attacked off Yemen
Al Bawaba
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ALBAWABA- At least two crew members were injured and two remain missing after a Liberia-flagged commercial vessel was attacked near the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah, Reuters reported, citing a maritime security source. The incident occurred...
Houthis say they sank Greek bulk carrier off Yemen
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 7, 2025
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi militants claimed responsibility on Monday for a drone and missile attack on a Greek-operated bulk carrier in the Red Sea, saying the ship had sunk. Sunday’s attack off southwest Yemen was the first such incident...
Israel bombs Huthis in Yemen after rebels attack commercial ship for first time in months
Egypt Independent
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July 8, 2025
Israel has carried out its first strikes against Huthi targets in Yemen since the Israel-Iran ceasefire, attacking ports and a power plant around midnight local time Sunday night into Monday morning. The strikes come after at least three Huthi...
Two killed in Red Sea attack on Greek-owned ship, blamed on Yemen’s Houthis
The Times of Israel
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July 8, 2025
Two crew members of the Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned bulk carrier ship Eternity C were killed in an attack by sea drones and speedboats off Yemen on Monday night, Liberia’s delegation told a meeting of the UN’s International Maritime Organization...
Second Ship Attacked Near Yemen Within Days, Sailors Killed
SouthFront
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July 8, 2025
Illustrative image. Two sailors of the Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned bulk carrier ship Eternity C were killed late on July 7 when the vessel came under attack in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen, Liberia’s delegation told a meeting of the United...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 12:02 p.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Trump sets 25% tariffs on Japan and South Korea, and new import taxes on 12 other nations WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday set a 25% tax on goods imported from Japan and South Korea, as well as new tariff rates on a dozen other...
As Israel strikes Yemen, it will need to look back at its security architecture after conflict with Iran
The Indian Express
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July 8, 2025
Israel’s ongoing air strikes targeting the Houthis in Yemen, the ports of Hodeidah, Ras Isa and Salif, and the Ras Khatib power station, could be construed as its commitment to consistently degrade the operational capabilities of any adversaries...
World Bank’s Alert On Extreme Poverty In Nigeria
Daily Independent
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July 8, 2025
1 One of the cheerleader-organizations of Nigeria’s recent economic reforms— The World Bank—seems to have turned a turncoat, and raised a worrisome alarm on the rapid growth of extreme poverty in the country. The Bank warned that extreme poverty...
World Bank Classifies Nigeria as Lower-Middle Income Economy, Below Libya and Gabon
TechEconomy
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July 7, 2025
Advertisements The World Bank has reaffirmed Nigeria’s status as a Lower-Middle Income Economy (LMIE) in its 2025/2026 country income classification, placing it below conflict-affected Libya and resource-rich Gabon. While Nigeria remains in the...
Terror financing investigations have 'significant holes' globally, report says
The National News
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A majority of countries have significant holes in how they investigate terrorism financing cases, a report has found. The report from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global money laundering watchdog, said that 69 per cent of the 194...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 10:44 a.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Trump sets 25% tariffs on Japan and South Korea, and new import taxes on 12 other nations WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday set a 25% tax on goods imported from Japan and South Korea, as well as new tariff rates on a dozen other...
Three crew dead in attack on ship off Yemen as Red Sea crisis reignites
The National News
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Three crew members of a Greek-operated bulk carrier have been killed in an attack by sea drones and speedboats off Yemen, an EU mission and a delegation from Liberia told a meeting of the UN shipping agency IMO on Tuesday. The Eternity C, a...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 8:50 a.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Trump sets 25% tariffs on Japan and South Korea, and new import taxes on 12 other nations WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday set a 25% tax on goods imported from Japan and South Korea, as well as new tariff rates on a dozen other...
America, meet the Trump-Mamdani voter
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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“Trump and Zohran specifically? Gosh, I can’t think of a specific person,” says Alexa Avilés, a New York City Council member from Brooklyn, who is, like Mamdani, a democratic socialist. “I haven’t seen any data on that,” says Lis Smith, a...