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Spain to approve BBVA bid for Sabadell, Bloomberg reports
Spain’s antitrust agency approved with conditions BBVA‘s (BBVA) bid to acquire Banco Sabadell, Jorge Zuloaga of Bloomberg reports, citing a person familiar with the matter. The approval is set...
Tanzanian priest – and government critic – brutally attacked
Fr Charles Kitima has been outspoken critic of the government [TEC]A prominent Tanzanian Catholic priest and government critic has been violently attacked amid rising political tensions ahead of elections...
Netanyahu says destroying Hamas more important than freeing hostages
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described the victory over Hamas as a more important goal in the Gaza war than the return of the hostages, according to Israeli...
Electric cars could power homes in major power cut, think tank says
Electric vehicles (EVs) could power homes in countries that suffer power outages similar to those in Spain and Portugal, a UK think tank has said.The Energy and Climate Intelligence...
DR Congo seeks to remove ex-President Kabila’s immunity
The authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are seeking to lift former President Joseph Kabila's immunity from prosecution after accusing him of backing rebels in the east.There was...
Why the trees behind shea butter beauty cream are under threat
A former biology teacher-turned-environmentalist is on a crusade in Uganda to save the once-flourishing trees from which shea butter is made - the cosmetic known as "women's gold".Mustafa Gerima...
European Defence Fund funnels money to drones, hypersonic defense, AI
PARIS — The European Union’s executive arm picked 62 defense projects for a combined €910 million ($1 billion) in financing in the latest funding round by the European Defence...
As Australia votes, a housing affordability crisis is top of voters’ minds
Sydney, Australia – When Mary votes in Australia’s national elections on Saturday, the country’s chronic shortage of affordable housing will be at the top of her mind.For two years,...
Africans say a Black pope would be nice to have. But they are not too hopeful
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic Africans think it is a long shot,...
Family of Vietnamese refugees finds the American Dream in San Diego
(FOX 5/KUSI) — In the heart of San Diego’s vibrant Little Saigon community of City Heights, along a small six-block stretch of El Cajon Boulevard, nearly every shop and business owner has...
