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Nigeria Grapples With End Of Fuel Subsidy

Tinubu kept to his campaign promise and announced an end to the long-running arrangement, which has given Nigerians access to cheap petrol
Nigerians are struggling with surging fuel prices after newly elected President Bola Tinubu declared an end to popular subsidies, a move analysts and experts said was long overdue.On his first day in office, Tinubu kept to his campaign promise and announced an end to the long-running arrangement, which has given Nigerians access to cheap petrol.
33rd anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, in Hong Kong

Tiananmen Vigils Shift Overseas As Hong Kong Falls Silent

As restrictions in Hong Kong have snuffed out what were once the largest vigils marking the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, cities like London, New York, Berlin and Taipei are left carrying the candle to commemorate the June 4 anniversary.
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A man, 59, using Kirim as a pseudonym, talks to an AFP journalist at a cafe in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa

War Disrupts Ukrainian-Russian Mafia Bond

When Moscow's troops attacked Ukraine in February 2022 it resulted in the severing of a smuggling highway that ran westward for hundreds of kilometres toward Europe from the border with Russia.Organised crime operations between the two nations -- sharing cultural, linguistic and historic links -- had flourished since the 1990s along with vast corruption.
The State Department Building is pictured in Washington

US To Stop Giving Russia Some New START Nuclear Arms Data

The United States said it will stop providing Russia some notifications required under the New START arms control treaty from Thursday, including updates on its missile and launcher locations, to retaliate for Moscow's "ongoing violations" of the accord.
A baboon yawns in his enclosure while sitting in the sun at the Hellabrunn zoo in Munich

What Makes Us Human? Primate Genome Study Offers Some Clues

The most comprehensive genomic study ever on primates - a group whose membership includes lemurs, monkeys, apes and people - has revealed pivotal genetic traits that are uniquely human while refining the timeline for our evolutionary lineage's split from our closest cousins, the chimpanzees and bonobos.

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