World
Lufthansa cuts 20,000 flights as soaring jet fuel costs hit Cork route
Lufthansa is trimming 20,000 short-haul flights from its schedule through October as the carrier moves to blunt the impact of soaring jet…
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Central-Africa
UN Peacekeeping Operations Strained by Funding Cuts, Rising Security Threats
Squeezed by budget shortfalls, shifting battlefields, and emerging security risks, the United Nations peacekeeping mission is buckling under intensifying pressure, with mounting…
Somalia
Tanzania President Cuts Motorcade, Orders Officials to Use Buses as Fuel Prices Rise
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — President Samia Suluhu Hassan has moved to sharply reduce the size of her presidential motorcade and ordered…
Southern-Africa
South African Government Cuts Fuel Levy, Bringing Relief to Motorists
South Africans face the prospect of record pump prices, even as Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana moves to trim the fuel tax by…
North-Africa
Report: U.S. cuts aid to seven African nations
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is canceling humanitarian aid programs it previously identified as lifesaving, according to an internal State Department email…
World
U.S. cuts tariffs on Indian goods as India plans to halt Russian oil imports
Trump announces U.S.-India trade deal slashing tariffs to 18%, tied to cuts in Russian oil purchases President Donald Trump said he has…
World
On the front line, aid cuts ravage the world’s largest refugee camp
‘Ground zero’ for aid cuts: Rohingya children in Cox’s Bazar face hunger, lost schooling as funding collapses At a nutrition center in…
World
UN human rights office shifts to survival mode amid steep funding cuts
UN human rights chief Volker Turk says his office is in “survival mode” after major donor funding cuts forced deep reductions in…
East-Africa
Uganda halts admission of Somali, Eritrean, Ethiopian refugees amid aid funding cuts
Kampala, Uganda — Uganda has halted the granting of refugee status to asylum seekers from Somalia, Eritrea and Ethiopia, citing an absence…
Southern-Africa
Intense storms lash South Africa, triggering widespread flooding and power cuts
Latest situation Conditions in Gauteng are expected to improve after a period of severe weather that disrupted services and response efforts. The…
World
Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, signals steady pace of further reductions
Fed pivots toward steady cuts to shield jobs, betting inflation will cool The Federal Reserve on Wednesday delivered a quarter-point interest-rate cut…
