About seven million Nigerian families will receive cash transfers before the end of 2025, as the Nigerian government has said it has disbursed N300bn to Nigerians
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France says Australia defence ties repaired after submarine row
France's defence relations with Australia have recovered after their 2021 bust-up over a major submarine contract, the country's ambassador said Sunday. "Now, the first pillar of our cooperation is defence and security, so we have a very good level of cooperation," the ambassador told AFP as French forces joined major military drills around Australia.
Trump's dealmaker name on the line in high stakes tariff talks
President Donald Trump set out early in his second term to fulfill a decades-long desire of reshaping US trade with the world, but the main outcomes so far have been discord and uncertainty.
Impact of US tariffs varies across European Union
European countries are not all equally exposed to the US market and so will not suffer the same consequences should President Donald Trump go ahead with his threats to impose 30-percent tariffs on the European Union. A 30-percent tariff would be a "catastrophe" for the French wine and spirits sector, Jerome Despey, head of the viticulture branch of the FNSEA union, said Saturday.
xAI apologizes for Grok's offensive posts
Elon Musk's startup xAI apologized Saturday for offensive published by its artificial intelligence assistant Grok this week, blaming them on a software update meant to make it function more like a human. On Wednesday, Musk unveiled a new version of the assistant, Grok 4, which was unrelated to the July 7 update. tu/md/st
Trump says Mexico, EU to face 30% tariff from Aug 1
President Donald Trump on Saturday said major US trading partners Mexico and the European Union would face a 30 percent tariff starting next month, ramping up pressure for deals in his trade wars. But his administration is coming under pressure to secure deals with trading partners after promising a flurry of agreements.
Boeing evades MAX crash trial with last-minute settlement
Boeing has reached a settlement with a man whose family died in a 737 MAX crash in 2019, a law firm told AFP on Friday, meaning the US aviation giant will avoid a federal trial slated for Monday. Until now, Boeing has succeeded in avoiding civil trials connected to the 737 MAX crashes of 2018 and 2019, reaching a series of settlements, sometimes only hours before trials were set to begin.
Fuel to Air India jet engines cut off moments before crash: probe
Fuel control switches to the engines of an Air India flight that crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 260 people, were moved from the "run" to the "cutoff" position moments before impact, a preliminary investigation report said early Saturday.
France probes X over claims algorithm enabled 'foreign interference'
French police are investigating claims that social media network X, formerly known as Twitter, skewed its algorithm to allow "foreign interference", the Paris prosecutor said Friday.
Trump's tariff threats and delays: state of play
US trading partners braced for a volley of tariff hikes this week, but a deadline for their imposition came and went as President Donald Trump delayed them again until August -- but unveiled new copper duties and increased levies on Canada and Brazil. The hike would have taken effect on July 9 but Trump postponed it, marking a second delay since their shock unveiling in April.
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