US President Donald Trump has again commented on his earlier allegation of Christian genocide in Nigeria, a claimed fact-checked to be made without data.
Garri prices have dropped sharply nationwide as abundant cassava harvest boosts supply, easing consumer pressure while Nigeria’s inflation continues to fall.
Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order laying out a proposed deal for a US version of TikTok that would see Chinese ownership reduced to 20 percent and put control in the hands of the president's allies. When asked if the Chinese authorities had signed off on the deal, Trump said that President Xi Jinping gave his green light in a phone call last week.
A US judge on Thursday endorsed Anthropic's deal to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class action lawsuit over amassing a library of pirated books to train its artificial intelligence.
Amazon agreed Thursday to pay $2.5 billion to settle allegations from a US regulator that it used deceptive practices to enroll consumers in Amazon Prime and made it difficult to cancel subscriptions. - 'Drop in the bucket' - Under the settlement, made on what would have been the third day of testimony in front of a jury, Amazon must reform its Prime enrollment and cancellation processes.
German auto giant Volkswagen said Thursday it intended to appeal to the country's Federal Constitutional Court after losing a legal case linked to the "Dieselgate" scandal. Volkswagen said in a statement sent to AFP that the decision was "not final" and that it would "take legal action at the Federal Constitutional Court".
US sanctions on Serbia's largest oil producer, which is majority Russian-owned, will finally come into force on October 1, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Thursday. So, from October 1, we will have sanctions imposed on the Serbian oil industry," Vucic said in a statement.
Commercial banks have increased their deposits with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) via the Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) after interest rate cuts by CBN.
The United States has opened investigations into imports of medical equipment such as surgical masks, and industrial machinery, in moves that could lead to new tariffs. The medical equipment probe considers the effects on national security of imports of personal protective equipment (PPE), medical consumables and medical equipment including devices.
German industrial giant Bosch said Thursday it would cut 13,000 jobs, mostly in its auto unit, in the latest blow for the country's ailing car sector. - 'Social devastation' - While agreeing that the situation in the German automotive industry was "very tense", Frank Sell, head of the Bosch Mobility works council, vowed to fight the cuts.
The European Commission launched an antitrust probe into German software giant SAP Thursday over fears the company's practices may have distorted competition. "We are concerned that SAP may have restricted competition... by making it harder for rivals to compete, leaving European customers with fewer choices and higher costs," EU antitrust chief Teresa Ribera said in a statement.
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