AfroBasket Roundup: Hosts Angola survive Guinea's scare to top Group C

NAIROBI, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Hosts and 11-time champions Angola defeated Guinea 84-68 on Thursday to top Group C at the 2025 FIBA AfroBasket men's tournament. Guinea, buoyed by an 88-80 upset of Africa's top-ranked South Sudan, carried their...

NYC is the nation’s capital of immigration courthouse arrests, new data analysis shows

Overview: New York City has become the epicenter of immigration courthouse arrests, with nearly half of such detentions nationwide happening in Manhattan this summer. The tactic marks a sharp break from past ICE practices, raising concerns about...

Capesize owners score as Brazilian iron ore exports climb

Brazil is second only to Australia in iron ore exports but still accounts for close to a quarter of global shipments. This year, its exports are expected to rise by 4%. China is the world’s largest iron ore market by far, consuming 73% of the...

Emilokan, Propaganda Economics And The Gathering Storm, By Ifeanyi Izeze

It is easier to talk if you don’t think, but if you think you will think thoroughly before talking, and when you talk, you will work. By now, if they have been thinking, it should be clear to President Bola Tinubu and operators of his government...

How a Christian Commune Inspired Kate Riley’s Novel

Photo: Courtesy of the author The day would begin at 5:30 or six. As a single woman living with an unrelated family, Kate Riley, a 25-year-old New Yorker who gave up city life for communal Christian living, would wake up and help get breakfast...

Lufthansa Cargo strengthens connectivity with new winter schedule

Lufthansa Cargo has released its winter 2025/2026 schedule, maintaining a strong focus on stable global connections to provide freight customers with reliable transport solutions. This is achieved not only with flexible transport solutions via its...

He asked Tiffany Trump to marry him. Then the deals started coming.

The second arrangement involved something less tangible: access to the Trumps. Boulos’ cousin promised to get a Saudi businessperson invited to the Boulos-Trump wedding so the businessperson could pose for photographs with the Trumps and project a...

Foreign Affairs Ministry Mourns Ambassador Coker, Nigeria’s Consul-General In Cameroon

0 ABUJA – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced with deep sorrow the sudden demise of Ambassador Taofik Obasanjo Coker, the Consul-General of Nigeria in Buea, Republic of Cameroon, who unfortunately passed on after a brief illness on...

Vivek Agnihotri's Bengal Files: What did Gopal ‘Paantha’ Mukherjee do on Direct Action Day?

Agnihotri’s film is about the communal riots that raged in Kolkata for four days beginning August 16, 1946, the date designated by the Muslim League as “Direct Action Day” to create Pakistan. Between 5,000 and 10,000 people are believed to have...

'Beating Guinea was a must' - says Angola coach Claros

MOÇÂMEDES (Angola) - Angola was wary of Guinea's threat, but the 2025 AfroBasket host patiently pulled out a win that they later described as essential. The last time Angola and Guinea faced off was on February 21, 2025, during the qualifiers in...

Guinea name Duarte as new national coach

CONAKRY :Well-travelled Portuguese coach Paulo Duarte has been named as Guinea’s new coach, less than a month before their next round of World Cup qualifiers. Duarte, 56, has twice previously coached Burkina Faso and taken charge of Gabon and...

Angola returns to the field to face Guinea in the second game of Afrobasket 2025

This match, part of Group C, is seen by coach Pep Clarós as decisive, as a victory for Guinea will see them take the lead in the group. The national team coach considered it a tough match, considering Guinea's competitive level, which boasts four...

Kaleta Hydropower Station mirrors China, Guinea energy collaboration

(MENAFN) Reports describe the Kaleta Hydropower Station on the Konkoure River in central Guinea as a symbol of successful energy cooperation between China and Guinea. The station, visible from the Fouta Djallon highlands, now supplies reliable...

Uganda set to host Somalia's FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier against Guinea

Uganda will host the Group G FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifying match between Somalia and Guinea at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Namboole, APA reports citing Reuters. The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) confirmed it accepted a...

Rally planned in NYC as student from Guinea detained by ICE

Russia’s 28,000-Ton Warship ‘Resurfaces’ After 25+ Years! Recalling Admiral Nakhimov’s Tumultuous Voyage

After more than twenty-five years in limbo, the nuclear-powered battle cruiser Admiral Nakhimov is back in service. The 28,000-ton ship has started sea trials in the White Sea, a moment many in Russia have been waiting for since the late 1990s. It...

Immigrant from Guinea is at least 3rd NYC public school student detained by ICE

City leaders are expected to rally Thursday in Lower Manhattan to demand the release of another New York City public school student who was detained by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The student, a 20-year-old immigrant from...

6 PSU stocks offer dividend yields of up to 5-7%; should you buy?

Coal India, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC), National Aluminium Co Ltd (Nalco), REC Ltd (REC) and Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC) are among six PSU stocks offering healthy dividend yields of 5-7 per cent. Coal India and NMDC...

Kutumela the catalyst in SA’s thrilling win over stubborn Guinea

KAMPALA: SOUTH Africa’s Thabiso Kutumela delivered a performance of pure class in Bafana Bafana’s hard-fought 2-1 victory over Guinea — a match that reaffirmed his place as the heartbeat of this CHAN campaign. The Richards Bay FC midfielder was...

Immigrant from Guinea is at least 3rd NYC student detained by ICE