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  • Trump Orders Increase In Migrant Deportations

    Trump Orders Increase In Migrant Deportations
    2025/06/21
    US President Donald Trump has ordered an expansion of the detention and deportation of migrants across the country as protests against his policies continue. Trump called on federal agencies to "do all in their power" to deliver "the single largest mass deportation programme in history", naming Los Angeles, Chicago and New York as specific targets. These cities are among the many where large-scale protests have broken out against raids on undocumented migrants since 6 June. Trump has faced legal challenges and criticism for his response to the protests - particularly his deployment of the military to quell the demonstrations.

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  • New York Passes A Bill To Prevent Ai-fueled Disasters

    New York Passes A Bill To Prevent Ai-fueled Disasters
    2025/06/21
    New York state lawmakers passed a bill that aims to prevent frontier AI models from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic from contributing to disaster scenarios, including the death or injury of more than 100 people, or more than $1 billion in damages. The passage of the RAISE Act represents a win for the AI safety movement, which has lost ground in recent years as Silicon Valley and the Trump administration have prioritized speed and innovation. Safety advocates including Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton and AI research pioneer Yoshua Bengio have championed the RAISE Act. If passed into law, the bill would establish America’s first set of legally mandated transparency standards for frontier AI labs.

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  • Congolese Rebels Want Peaceful Solution To Crisis

    Congolese Rebels Want Peaceful Solution To Crisis
    2025/06/21
    The head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has held talks with Rwanda-backed rebels about protecting civilians in areas under their control in the east. Bintou Keita, the UN secretary general's special representative, says the rebels spoke of wanting a peaceful solution to the crisis, which escalated in January with their capture of the major city of Goma. Ms Kieta says it formed part of ongoing "joint efforts begun several months ago for the benefit of the population", and that it came at a critical moment.

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  • FCCPC summons Air Peace over flight cancellations, unpaid refunds

    FCCPC summons Air Peace over flight cancellations, unpaid refunds
    2025/06/21
    The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has summoned the management of Air Peace Limited following multiple complaints from passengers regarding non-refunded ticket fares, even in cases where the airline cancelled scheduled flights. The Director of Corporate Affairs, Ondaje Ijagwu, stated that the airline’s actions contravene Sections 130(1)(a) and (b), and 130(2)(b) of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2018, which guarantee consumers the right to prompt refunds when bookings or reservations are not honoured due to a service provider’s failure. He explained that the summons was issued pursuant to Sections 32 and 33 of the Act, requiring Air Peace to provide specific documentary evidence. This includes a complaint log of refund-related issues over the past 12 months, records of all processed refunds to date, a list of all cancelled flights on all routes within the same period, and measures taken to alleviate hardship caused to affected passengers.

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  • UN Launches $29b Appeal Amid Uncertain Economic Outlook

    UN Launches $29b Appeal Amid Uncertain Economic Outlook
    2025/06/21
    The United Nations’ humanitarian agency says that it was seeking $29 billion in funding compared to $44 billion requested in December, in a “hyper-prioritised” appeal. Areport says the UN was drastically scaling back its global humanitarian aid plans due to the “deepest funding cuts ever”. Tom Fletcher, the head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), says Brutal funding cuts leaves themwith brutal choices. The UN says it has received only $5.6 billion out of the $44 billion, a mere 13 per cent, that it had requested while facing surging crises in Sudan, Gaza, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Myanmar, among others.

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  • Nigerian Court Grants Emefiele ₦2bn Bail

    Nigerian Court Grants Emefiele ₦2bn Bail
    2025/06/21
    Justice Yusuf granted the bail after Emefiele was arraigned on an eight-count charge in which he is accused of among others, unlawfully acquiring a housing estate comprising 753 units, allegedly stealing and taking control of billions of naira in proxy accounts. Justice Yusuf in the ruling, noted that Emefiele had been granted bail in three other criminal cases pending against him and that there was no evidence that he had jumped bail. He then proceeded to admit him to bail on the condition that he must produce two sureties, who must own property worth ₦ 2 billion in either Asokoro, Maitama or Wuse 2 within the jurisdiction of the court. Justice Yusuf ordered Emefiele to submit his travel documents to the court and directed that he must perfect the bail by Wednesday, failing which he would be remanded in custody.

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  • Dangote Refinery Offers Marketers Free Delivery Of Petrol, Diesel

    Dangote Refinery Offers Marketers Free Delivery Of Petrol, Diesel
    2025/06/21
    Dangote petroleum refinery has announced the free distribution of petrol and diesel to marketers, dealers, and other large users across the country. The Refinery says the initiative would commence on august 15, 2025. The refinery also says it has procured 4,000 brand-new compressed natural gas (cng)-powered tankers for take-off of the initiative. The refinery says it has also invested in compressed natural gas (CNG) stations, commonly referred to as daughter booster stations, supported by a fleet of over 100 CNG tankers across the country to ensure seamless product distribution.

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  • US-China Talks End With Plan For Trump And Xi To Approve

    US-China Talks End With Plan For Trump And Xi To Approve
    2025/06/12
    The US and China say they have agreed in principle to a framework for de-escalating trade tensions between the world's two biggest economies. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says the deal should result in restrictions on rare earth minerals and magnets being resolved. Both sides say they would now take the plan to their presidents - Donald Trump and Xi Jinping - for approval. The US says China has been slow to release exports of rare earth metals and magnets which are essential for manufacturing everything from smartphones to electric vehicles. The new round of negotiations followed a phone call between Donald Trump and China's leader Xi Jinping last week which the US President described as a very good talk.

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