Afreximbank launches ATDC to aid SMEs, and partners with companies in DR Congo, Zimbabwe, and Angola to support Their economies.…
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Parents face an increasingly difficult decision: embrace technology in children’s education or protect their developing brains. New research from cognitive neuroscientists provides a clear answer. The evidence overwhelmingly supports limiting—or eliminating—screen time for children, with striking data showing that kids with minimal…
The “Free America Walkout” on January 20, 2026, represented a watershed moment in coordinated protest organization—with simultaneous demonstrations unfolding across all 50 states and multiple strategic locations throughout Washington, DC. The movement demonstrated how digital organizing tools and decentralized leadership enable synchronized…
Montgomery County Council introduced two significant bills on January 20, 2026, designed to limit U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations on county property and restrict federal immigration enforcement tactics. The measures—the County Values Act and the Unmask ICE Act—represent an escalation in local resistance to…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the Trump administration’s pursuit of Greenland and its use of tariffs as strategic tools at the World Economic Forum, pushing back against international criticism while outlining the economic rationale behind contested policies. In an interview with…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a pointed speech at the World Economic Forum 2026 in Davos, declaring that decades of reliance on the rules-based international order have become untenable. The geopolitical rupture, he said, demands a new strategy grounded in pragmatism,…
How Trump’s Tariffs Accelerated Global Realignment Europe absorbed Trump’s tariff shock without retaliation. Canada pivoted to Beijing. China’s trade surplus surged to $1.2 trillion. What appears to be American economic strength masks a deepening strategic failure: the world is no longer organizing…
Let me be very clear: what President Trump is doing in Venezuela is not a foreign policy decision. It is a constitutional crisis. It is an act of imperialism. And it demands an immediate response from Congress. On January 3rd, the Trump…
In a world where a wealthy, industrialized nation can, without consequence, seize the leader of a developing country, one must ask: under what conditions are we now living? This is no longer about Maduro or Venezuela; it is about the structural skew…
Gary Tan, CEO of Y Combinator—the world’s largest startup accelerator—was direct in his September 2025 assessment of Trump’s new H-1B visa policy: “This won’t bother big tech,” he told Fortune. “But it will kneecap startups.” For mid-market manufacturers and emerging tech companies,…
Heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua survived a fatal car crash in Ogun State, Nigeria on December 28. Two confirmed dead; Joshua sustained minor injuries. The incident comes 9 days after his knockout victory over Jake Paul in Miami.…
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