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The case for decolonising global south economies
Zimbabwe Independent
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Remittances refer to funds transferred by migrants to their home countrie A book excerpt from Artificial Intelligence: A Driver of Inclusive Development and Shared Prosperity for The Global South Most countries in the Global South grapple with the...
Pay Up or Stay Out! Outrage as US to Charge 'High-Risk Tourists' Up to $15,000 Just to Enter the Country
International Business Times - United Kingdom
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August 5, 2025
America is preparing to slam its doors on millions of legitimate travellers with an unprecedented 'pay-to-enter' scheme that could see tourists forced to stump up $15,000 (£11,700) simply to set foot on US soil. The controversial pilot programme,...
Disaster-Preparedness Must Replace Response-Oriented Approach, Speakers Tell Round Table on Enhancing Adaptive Capacity, Strengthening Resilience to Climate Change
News Central Asia
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August 7, 2025
“There are no natural disasters; all disasters are human-induced,” underscored an expert at the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries today. Opha Pauline Dube, Professor at the University of Botswana and Lead Author...
French-speaking citizens of these countries have a direct study to permanent residence pathway
CIC News
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August 7, 2025
The Francophone Minority Communities Student Pilot (FMCSP) provides a study to permanent residence (PR) pathway for French-speaking students who are citizens of select countries. If you’re admitted to study in Canada under the FMCSP, you can apply...
U.S. To Require Up To $15,000 Bond For Some Tourist , Business Visas In New Pilot Programme
Daily Independent
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August 8, 2025
1 The United States will begin requiring bonds of up to $15,000 for certain tourist and business visa applicants starting August 20, under a new pilot programme aimed at curbing visa overstays, according to a government notice released Monday....
Translating peace into shared prosperity in the Great Lakes region
Mail & Guardian
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August 8, 2025
In the DRC, around 74% of the population lives in extreme poverty, living on less than $2.15 per day. Photo: Alexis Huguet/AFP After more than three decades of conflict in eastern Congo, fuelled by over 100 armed groups, there is finally a glimmer...
Ethiopia’s Green Legacy in the Eyes of Foreign Officials
Ethiopian News Agency
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By Gosaye Feyisa Launched by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in June 2019, Ethiopia’s Green Legacy Initiative (GLI) has grown into one of the world’s largest reforestation efforts. With over 40 billion seedlings planted and a target of 54 billion by...
White House Brokered DRC-Rwanda “Peace Deal” Exposed as Another Foreign Policy Fraud
News Ghana
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August 7, 2025
Hundreds of civilians have been killed in three eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after the State Department staged press conferences with government officials from Kinshasa and Kigali claiming that a solution to the...
Bukhungu stadium ready for FEASSSA games, Barasa says
The Standard
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Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa during the inspection of the ongoing works at Bukhungu stadium in preparation for East African Secondary Schools Games. [Benard Lusigi, Standard] Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa has given a clean bill of...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, June 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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August 5, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
U.S. visa to attract $15,000 bond
OG TV
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August 6, 2025
The United States could require bonds of up to $15,000 for some tourist and business visas under a pilot programme to be launched in two weeks. According to a government notice, which gave this indication yesterday, the new programme is aimed to...
United States changes tune on Venezuela after denying entire team visas for Little League
Irish Star
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August 7, 2025
A Venezuelan Little League team will see its wishes come true after being granted a "national exemption" to enter the United States for the 2025 World Series. Cardenales, based in the northwestern city of Barquisimeto and the winners of last...
Economic diplomacy boosts Morocco's promotion abroad
Atalayar
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August 4, 2025
Centre of Africa Economic diplomacy Foreign policy The impetus that Morocco is giving to diplomatic action at the economic level aims to preserve its strategic interests and the country's crucial role in the economic dynamics of the African...
US to demand $15,000 visa deposit from foreign visitors in new program
The American Bazaar
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August 5, 2025
The U.S. State Department has announced a new pilot program that will require certain foreign visitors to pay a visa bond of up to $15,000. The initiative is intended to curb the number of travelers who overstay their visas “or where screening and...
PUTIN CHOOSES UAE AS THE VENUE TO MEET TRUMP.
Zambian Observer
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August 8, 2025
By CIC International Affairs. PUTIN CHOOSES UAE AS THE VENUE TO MEET TRUMP. Vladimir Putin may be traveling abroad next week for potentially pivotal talks with U.S. President Donald Trump despite the Russian leader facing an International Criminal...
Peter Gabriel’s Performance at Inaugural WOMAD Festival in 1982 to Be Released for First Time on Archival Live Album
American Songwriter
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August 7, 2025
In June 1982, Peter Gabriel headlined the first WOMAD Festival, an event he co-founded to showcase music, artists, and dancers from around the world. The three-day festival was held June 16-18 at the 240-acre Bath and West Showground in Shepton...
Putin likely to travel abroad to meet Trump. Will he be arrested?
Firstpost
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August 7, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to travel abroad next week and perhaps even meet US President Donald Trump. This despite having a warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) out for his arrest. But what do we know about the court?...
US to require $15,000 entry bond for some foreign travelers under pilot program
Hespress
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August 5, 2025
The U.S. State Department plans to launch a 12-month pilot program that would require some foreign nationals seeking tourist and business visas to post bonds of up to $15,000 before entering the country. The move revives a policy first proposed...
US could require up to €13,000 visa bonds for some tourists under pilot programme
Irish Independent
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The programme would target countries with high visa overstay rates, and could be one of the world’s most expensive The effort would aim to crack down on visitors who overstay their visas. The programme gives US consular officers the discretion to...
Round Table in Awaza Highlights Science and Technology as Key to Prosperity for Landlocked Nations
News Central Asia
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August 6, 2025
On 5 August 2025 the first interactive thematic round table was held on the sidelines of the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries. The event was themed “Structural transformation, diversification, and science, technology and...