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Oct 29
BRICS should deepen banking links to boost local currency trade: Experts

Experts urge BRICS nations to enhance banking links and local currency trade for improved economic cooperation and reduced transaction costs.

Oct 29
Relapsing fever revisited: New insights into neglected borrelial infections

Why revisit our understanding of relapsing fever and their causative spirochaetes? We have seen many existing paradigms of relapsing fever borreliosis challenged over recent years, largely facilitated through technological molecular biological improvements. C…

Oct 29
Post-Election Trading Puts Polymarket Volume Under Scrutiny

Polymarket election markets drew over $600 million, but suspicious trading and post-election contracts raise questions about volume. The post Post-Election Trading Puts Polymarket Volume Under Scrutiny appeared first on ReadWrite.

Oct 29
Voice of the Global South: Can Brics do more than vocalize a vision for the world order?

Can the group’s shared dissatisfaction with today’s world order yield institutions that actually deliver? That will depend on how well the 11 members of Brics are able to cooperate on achieving tangible outcomes.

Oct 29
Ethiopia faces renewed war as armed groups launch offensive

There are fears of a renewed war in Ethiopia after seven armed groups formed an alliance to overthrow the government.

Oct 29
Ethiopian gov’t-aligned group claims close to full control of Tigray region

Claim comes as violence flares across northern Ethiopia, deteriorating diplomatic, humanitarian situations.

Oct 29
The Great Green Wall was pitched in 2007 as an 8,000-kilometre tree barrier — but 15 years in, only about 4% of the trees are actually in the ground

The Great Green Wall was launched in 2007 as an 8,000-kilometre corridor of trees across the Sahel. Fifteen years and billions in pledges later, only about 4% of the trees are actually in the ground — and the story of what happened to the rest is a case study…

Oct 29
US to impose $20,000 visa bond on Nigeria, other African nations

The United States has finalized a plan that will compel Nigerians and other African business and tourist visa applicants to deposit up to $20,000 to guarantee they will depart America at the expiration of their stay, citing rising visa overstays and poor info…

Oct 29
How to watch Premier League 2026/27: Free Streams, TV Channels & Fixtures — Matchday 1

Here's our full guide for how to watch Premier League 2026/27 including live streams, broadcasters and TV channels around the world.

Oct 29
Symposium on Reframing Transitional Justice: Transitional Justice’s “Unit of Analysis” Problem

[Frédéric Mégret is Full Professor and Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law at McGill University, Faculty of Law.] As transitional justice as a paradigm enters an age of maturity, it is no wonder that this is prompting more reflexivity. …