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  • The Fed is worried about a trade war

    Can the US win a trade war with China? Intensifying trade frictions between the United States and its trading partners have most Federal Reserve officials increasingly troubled. Central bankers still see the US economy building steam under Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, and plan to stay on course in gradually lifting interest rates this year as […]
  • Virtual look inside what the cave rescue could look like

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  • A former Thai navy diver dies during cave rescue effort

    Former Sgt. Saman Kunan, an ex-SEAL, died at 2:00 a.m. Friday local time (2 p.m. Thursday ET) due to a lack of air while attempting to return to a command center deep underground, Chiang Rai Deputy Governor Passakorn Boonyalak said. The command center is located two kilometers (1.2 miles) inside the cave, where the young […]
  • Plateau Killings: Femi Adesina and other Presidential Morticians

    Since the unfortunate continued killings of fellow citizens by suspected Fulani herdsmen terrorists over the weekend in Plateau State, there has been outrage by men and women of goodwill from all walks of life especially as it concerns the federal government lackadaisical attitude towards apprehending the killers who have not only owned up to the […]
  • 9 killed in Lagos tanker fire, 54 vehicles burnt

    Nine persons have been confirmed dead in the petrol tanker fire around Otedola Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday. after it caught fire and spread the inferno to the vehicles behind, the Federal Road Safety Corps said. The FRSC also said in its update that the victims were burnt beyond recognition. There were four […]