All 21 Adamawa local government chairmen and 226 councillors have defected from PDP to APC, citing loyalty to Governor Ahmadu Fintiri and a progressive vision.
Onafriq is closing Baxi PoS operations as inflation, naira depreciation and competition bite. Agents are given 30 days to move funds; the firm stays in Nigeria too.
Smartphone buyers were cheered by shopkeepers in Jakarta on Friday after Apple's latest smartphone went on sale following a monthslong ban in Indonesia. Indonesia has also banned the sale of Google Pixel phones for failing to meet the 40 percent local parts requirement. mrc/ebe/tc
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Sweden's recycling centres are overflowing with clothes after an EU-wide ban this year on throwing away textiles, leaving overwhelmed municipalities eager to have fast fashion giants take responsibility.
Washington's 90-day pause on higher tariffs is of little comfort to southern African economies facing the collapse of a preferential trade deal and a 25-percent hike on car imports, analysts say.
Stocks and the dollar tumbled while gold hit a fresh record high as panic gripped markets again Friday after Donald Trump admitted that his global tariff blitz could see "a transition cost". The weaker dollar and the rush for safety has also sent gold to a fresh record high above $3,200, while fears of a possible global recession have battered oil prices, which extended losses Friday.
Jitters about US tariffs hammered Asian stocks again early Friday as President Donald Trump acknowledged a "cost" to his surging trade offensive against superpower rival China. Trump acknowledged "a transition cost and transition problems," but dismissed global market turmoil.
US President Donald Trump's delay of steeper tariffs may have won brief respite on Wall Street, but analysts say his actions -- which hit China especially hard -- already bring the average US effective tariff rate to its highest in over a century.
US troops will be able to deploy to a string of bases along the Panama Canal under a joint deal seen by AFP Thursday, a major concession to President Donald Trump as he seeks to reestablish influence over the vital waterway. Trump vow to take back the canal, and his claim of Chinese influence have prompted mass demonstrations.
The head of the US auto workers union endorsed car tariffs Thursday as a way to address the "free trade disaster" while rejecting use of the levies for "political games." "We don't support the use of tariffs for political games about immigration or fentanyl.
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