Semafor • Dec 1, 2025
UAE opens up to online gambling
The country quietly launched its first sports betting site and a poker, roulette, and slots platform.
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Semafor • Dec 1, 2025
South Africa manufacturing mood drops to weakest level since COVID
Sentiment dropped sharply in November due to weak export sales, an influential survey showed.
Semafor • Dec 1, 2025
Shell buys TotalEnergies' stake in Nigerian oil field
Shell’s Nigeria subsidiary now owns 65% of the deepwater Bonga field in southern Nigeria.
Semafor • Dec 1, 2025
African nations push to recognize crimes of colonialism
At least 12.5 million people were enslaved and forcibly transported from Africa between the 15th and 19th centuries.
Semafor • Dec 1, 2025
Africa’s instant payments worth almost $2 trillion, report finds
The number of instant payment systems in Africa rose to 36 across 25 countries between July 2024 and June this year
Semafor • Dec 1, 2025
EU sells banned pesticides to Africa
Agriculture employs more than half of the continent’s population and contributes around 35% of its GDP.
Democracy Now • Dec 1, 2025
"Imperial Blowback": Suspect in D.C. Shooting Was Part of CIA Death Squad in Afghanistan
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the man who authorities say shot two National Guardsmen outside the White House, had previously worked in a CIA-backed “Zero Unit” in Afghanistan, often called “death squads” by human rights groups. “The United States made this person into a child soldier, and now is experiencing what I think is one of the most horrifically bright-line cases of imperial blowback that we’ve seen throughout the 'war on terror,'” says Spencer Ackerman, journalist and author focused on U.S. military and foreign policy.
Democracy Now • Dec 1, 2025
Trump Vows to Pause Migration from "Third World Countries" After Fatal National Guard Shooting
We look at President Trump’s call to pause all asylum decisions after an Afghan man who once worked for the CIA opened fire near the White House last Wednesday, shooting two National Guard members, killing one. Rahmanullah Lakanwal entered the United States in 2021 through Operation Allies Welcome, a program that saw the U.S. evacuate thousands of Afghans who faced reprisals from the Taliban over their work with the U.S. and the former U.S.-backed government. Trump has since said that he will “permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries.” Afghan refugees have “been stuck in limbo in the United States, and now they’re being targeted by President Trump’s political stunts,” says Shawn VanDiver, founder and president of #AfghanEvac. Laila Ayub, executive director of Project ANAR, says the Trump administration is using the tragedy to “scapegoat and collectively punish an entire community.”
Semafor • Dec 1, 2025
Dignitas founder dies by assisted suicide
Euthanasia has been legal in Switzerland since 1942, but Ludwig Minelli argued the existing regime was too restrictive.
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In Minneapolis, Calls Grow for Local Officials to Prosecute ICE Agent Jonathan Ross for Killing Renee Good
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Hakeem Jeffries Says No to Funding ICE. Democrats Still Aren’t United.
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Meet the Minneapolis Neighbors Standing Up to ICE by the Thousands
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The US-Israeli Agenda in Iran
Drop Site News •
Grok’s Leering Pictures Are the Newest Version of an Old Problem
Mother Jones •
Trump Abruptly Drops His Threat of Economic Warfare Over Greenland
Mother Jones •
Trump Rules Out Force. But His Greenland Demands Are Only Escalating.
Mother Jones •
Trump Administration’s Efforts to Strip Shareholder Rights Makes the Miserable Citizens United Impacts Even Worse
Common Dreams •
Citizen’s United Paved the Way for Trump’s Corporate Grift
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