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Africa’s Hidden Motherlode: Trillions in Minerals Still Waiting to Be Tapped

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Africa is sitting on one of the richest mineral endowments on the planet — and much of it remains untouched. A new study by Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) estimates that the continent holds about $29.5 trillion in mine-site mineral value, roughly one-fifth of global mineral wealth. Yet a staggering $8.6 trillion worth of these resources …

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Hotels Booked, Lobbies Buzzing: UAE Hospitality Closes 2025 at Full Tilt

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The UAE’s hotel industry wrapped up 2025 in confident stride, riding a tourism wave that barely showed signs of slowing. Visitor numbers climbed across key emirates, room rates strengthened, and occupancies hovered at levels most markets can only envy. Dubai remained the engine of the surge, drawing 17.5 million international visitors in the first eleven …

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UAE Property Plays a Long Game as Non-Oil Engines Keep the Momentum Alive

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The UAE’s real estate story closed the year with confidence, powered less by oil barrels and more by people, capital and conviction. Across homes, offices, malls, hotels and warehouses, activity stayed brisk through the final quarter, underscoring how deeply diversified the market has become. According to a new market assessment, steady non-oil expansion, population growth …

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Saudi Arabia’s Sovereign Wealth Giant Rewrites the Playbook as Mega-Projects Lose Centre Stage

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Saudi Arabia’s $925 billion Public Investment Fund is preparing to unveil a fresh five-year strategy this week, signaling its most decisive pivot yet in the kingdom’s economic overhaul under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to people familiar with the plans. The new roadmap, covering 2026 to 2030, has already been quietly introduced to select …

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UAE Lenders Swell to Record Size as 2025 Delivers a Balance-Sheet Boom

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The UAE’s banking sector wrapped up 2025 on a high note, adding more than AED780 billion in assets over the year and pushing the system’s total size to roughly AED5.34 trillion by December, up from about AED4.56 trillion a year earlier. Figures released by the Central Bank of the UAE show momentum carrying through to …

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Appeals Cut Short: White House Plan Reroutes Fired Federal Workers’ Challenges

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A new proposal from Washington could dramatically narrow how dismissed federal employees fight their way back into government service. Under the plan, workers who lose their jobs would no longer take their cases to an independent body that traditionally settles disputes between agencies and employees. Instead, appeals would be handled by the federal government’s own …

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Appeals Court Clears Path for White House to Roll Back Migrant Protections

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A U.S. appeals court has handed the Trump administration a key legal win, allowing it—at least for now—to move ahead with ending deportation protections for tens of thousands of migrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua. On Monday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals paused a lower court order that had blocked the rollback of …

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Judge Halts Deportation Bid Against Tufts Scholar After Visa Revoked Over Gaza Op-Ed

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A U.S. immigration judge has shut down the Trump administration’s attempt to deport Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University doctoral student whose student visa was pulled after she co-wrote a campus editorial critical of the university’s response to the war in Gaza. According to court filings, the judge found that the Department of Homeland Security failed …

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Hudson Tunnel Funds in Limbo as Judge Pauses Order Against White House Freeze

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A federal judge in New York has hit pause—again—on the battle over billions meant for a critical rail link beneath the Hudson River, temporarily suspending her own order that would have forced the Trump administration to release long-frozen funding. The ruling puts the spotlight back on the $16 billion Hudson River Tunnel Project, a centerpiece …

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Press Watchdogs Seek Action After Federal Official Sought Warrant to Search Reporter’s Home

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A clash between press freedom advocates and the U.S. Justice Department has erupted after a federal official requested a warrant to search the home of a Washington Post reporter during a leak investigation. A media rights group has asked Virginia’s attorney-licensing authority to discipline Gordon D. Kromberg, a Justice Department official who sought judicial approval …

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