Semafor • Oct 8, 2025
As Jeffries makes a shutdown play, Trump asks: Who?
It’s no accident that the president has yet to publicly say the House Democratic leader’s name during the standoff.
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Semafor • Oct 8, 2025
Abu Dhabi to Dubai corridor slated for major development
Today, highway E11 crosses arid farm plots, industrial sites, and little else.
Semafor • Oct 8, 2025
World Bank improves sub-Saharan Africa growth forecast
Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, and Nigeria are among 30 countries on the continent whose growth forecasts were increased.
Semafor • Oct 8, 2025
Angola raises $1.75B in eurobond sale
Several African countries are considering debt offers, as the region's improving economic outlook is likely to lower perceptions of risk.
Semafor • Oct 8, 2025
Madagascar appoints army general as new PM amid protests
The appointment comes days after President Andry Rajoelina expressed fears of a coup.
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.
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.
Semafor • Oct 8, 2025
AI fintech Optasia eyes South Africa IPO
Optasia plans to raise $365 million by selling shares in South Africa and using the proceeds to acquire new companies.
Mother Jones • Oct 8, 2025
One Woman’s Quest to Reclaim the Ugly History of Black Maternal Health
A decade or so ago, to help pay the bills, the artist-activist Michelle Browder started giving human-rights tours of Montgomery, Alabama, the city where her family has deep roots. Riding around in a red-and-white trolley, she would delve into the uncomfortable historical truths that many people she encountered either didn’t know about or preferred to […]
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Iran’s Protesters Are Caught Between State Repression and Foreign Intervention
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Global power struggles over the ocean’s finite resources call for creative diplomacy
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ACLU Sues Federal Government to End ICE, CBP’s Practice of Suspicionless Stops, Warrantless Arrests, and Racial Profiling of Minnesotans
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Appeals Court in Mahmoud Khalil’s Case Decides Federal Court Lacks Jurisdiction Until Immigration Court Proceedings Complete
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China’s new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country’s declining fertility rate
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ACLU Statement on President Trump’s Threat to Invoke the Insurrection Act and Deploy Military Troops to Minneapolis
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‘Israeli Society Has Become Completely Genocidal' - B'Tselem Head on Israel's Growing Extremism
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Crypto Bill Markup Delayed Following Coinbase CEO’s Opposition
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Voters Think Trump Is a Pro-War President, See Venezuela Invasion as Mostly for Oil
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