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Bible Banned Countries List Requires Prayer, Action
A Bible banned countries list is long, unfortunately. In many nations, it’s a crime to own or read God’s Word. Are your teens aware of the Bible banned countries list? Do your youth group members realize it’s a privilege to freely own and carry a...

Nigel Farage delivers withering six-word Labour verdict after fresh migrant surge
Nigel Farage claimed the 'invasion' was 'getting bigger' (Image: Getty) Nigel Farage has launched a scathing attack on the Labour Government, branding its border control efforts a failure and declaring: "The invasion is getting even bigger.” The...

2025 Training Workshop for Horn of Africa Think-Tank Scholars Opens at Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China
On the morning of September 18, Sichuan Normal University (SCNU) in Chengdu, China, hosted the Opening Ceremony of the 2025 Training Workshop for Think-Tank Scholars from the Horn of Africa countries. This significant event saw participation from...

Africa: Understanding hidden lifeline of groundwater recharge
Groundwater recharge, the process by which rainfall infiltrates the ground and replenishes underground aquifers, is fundamental to water security. Across Africa, it is the backbone of drinking-water provision and is increasingly being sourced and...

China's development offers example for Horn of Africa
Passengers sit on a train at the Nagad station along the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway in Djibouti on Sept 19, 2022. DONG JIANGHUI/XINHUA The Horn of Africa, a rhinoceros horn-shaped peninsula in the easternmost part of the African continent,...

Djibouti engages Visa, Tech5 for national digital wallet rollout
The Djiboutian government has taken a major step towards enhancing digital inclusion with a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with U.S. payments giant Visa for the development of national digital wallet. The Dibouti government authorities signed...

More than 1,000 people cross Channel in one day
LONDON - More than 1,000 people crossed the English Channel in small boats on Friday, on the same day the government confirmed two men had been deported as part of its deal to return migrants to France. Ministers are hoping their “one-in-one-out”...

Strategic Investment In Water, Irrigation Infrastructure Critical To Transforming Agric Sector – Minister
1 Chibuzor Emejor Senator Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security,has said that strategic investment in water and irrigation infrastructure is critical enabler to transforming subsistence farming into a thriving business –...

Refugee Women of Bristol: Bridging Cultures
Every Tuesday, the Easton Christian Family Centre hosts a drop-in session by local charity Refugee Women of Bristol. By 11 am, the building buzzes with greetings, children heading to the crèche or tearing through corridors on tricycles. Reporting...

I'm an Uber and Lyft driver who tried a robotaxi for the first time. I'm not impressed.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jason Munderloh, a part-time ride-hailing driver of 10 years and lifelong San Francisco resident. It has been edited for length and clarity. Business Insider paid for Munderloh's rides in a...

IIT ROPAR, HITS CHENNAI LAUNCH SOUTHERN INDIA’S FIRST CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS LAB
Face2News/Ropar/Chandigarh The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, with support from the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, proudly...

How China Called America’s Bluff
In Foreign Policy’s Fall 2025 print issue, economic historian Adam Tooze makes the case that with hindsight, the global development agenda of the last few decades seems like “an effort to craft a world organized around a spreadsheet of universal...

UK must deport 2,000 a week to stop small boats, says smuggler
A people smuggler has said the UK would need to deport 2,000 migrants a week back to France to make their business unprofitable. Only three migrants were deported to France in the first week of the one in, one out scheme, despite at least ten...

UK Would Need to Deport 2,000 Migrants a Week to Stop Smugglers
The UK government’s new “one in, one out” migrant deportation scheme is facing criticism after only three migrants were returned to France in its first week, despite plans to remove at least ten. Legal challenges frustrated the Home Office’s...

Wednesday briefing: Trump arrives in the UK – and his playbook is reshaping the British right
Good morning. Donald Trump arrived in Britain last night, landing with his wife, Melania, at Stansted airport and then taking a helicopter to central London. But he had an advance party: the mass of Maga political messages that have been picked up...

Three out and 1,072 in: Another insane day in Labour's small boats farce as 'one in, one out' deal fails to act as border deterrent
More than 1,000 illegal migrants crossed the Channel to Britain in small boats on the day Labour ministers hailed deporting a third asylum seeker to France under the 'one in, one out' deal. The Home Office released figures yesterday showing that...

More than 1,000 people arrive in UK in small boats in one day
More than 1,000 people crossed the Channel in small boats on Friday, according to Home Office figures, ending a spell of more than a week with no new arrivals. Thirteen boats carrying 1,072 individuals made the crossing on Friday, which averages...

Beauty In Value Chain: The Shea Butter Story
1 There is growing investment in processing facilities in Nigeria. This is expected to have an effect on the trade dynamics of shea products in West Africa. There is a general trend of moving from export of raw materials to processing in most West...