Semafor • Oct 8, 2025
Tanzanian gold exports surge to $4.3B
The price of gold topped $4,000 per ounce for the first time, 50% higher than last year.
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Semafor • Oct 8, 2025
Africa should better mobilize government revenues as aid dwindles, report says
The continent has the lowest tax-to-GDP ratio in the world.
Mother Jones • Oct 8, 2025
How the Border Patrol Uses Rodeos to Recruit
The young man sitting on the compact metal bullpen at the rodeo in Uvalde, Texas, hardly looks old enough to drive. But in the saddle, he appears confident; the boy growls and beats his chest. At the sound of the buzzer, the 1,500-pound bull explodes into the arena, the crowd cheers, and he holds on […]
Semafor • Oct 8, 2025
What history and game theory tell us about defense pacts
There are lessons for Gulf states as they consider defense pacts in a transformed region.
Semafor • Oct 8, 2025
Russia shares battlefield lessons with China, Iran, NKorea
The moves comes amid mounting evidence of cooperation between what analysts have dubbed the 'Axis of upheaval.'
Semafor • Oct 8, 2025
British PM Starmer visits India to boost business ties
Britain has in recent months been hit by US tariffs targeting key export sectors and now faces the prospect of its steel sales to the EU being curbed.
Semafor • Oct 8, 2025
Protesters attack car carrying Ecuador president
A minister said around 500 people threw rocks at Noboa’s motorcade, while reports suggested bullets may also have been fired.
Semafor • Oct 8, 2025
China mounts fresh crackdown on online dissent
Authorities have punished numerous bloggers, including one who observed that China still lags far behind the West in terms of quality of life.
Semafor • Oct 8, 2025
Momentum grows for new country of Somaliland
DP World, the biggest investor in Somaliland, is lobbying to get the self-governing territory recognized.
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An epic border: Finland’s poetic masterpiece, the Kalevala, has roots in 2 cultures and 2 countries
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The new era of Israeli expansionism and the war economy that fuels it
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NASA’s Artemis II plans to send a crew around the Moon to test equipment and lay the groundwork for a future landing
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How Human Rights Watch Shattered Yugoslavia
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Kidnapping a President: Leonardo Flores on Trump’s War Against Venezuela
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The Grammys Actually Acknowledged What’s Going on in the World
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Europe in Panic: Trump’s Power Play Shakes the World Order
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Ignoring China’s Poverty Alleviation Success Is Costing Us All
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