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Sep 15, 2025 - World

Conviction comes as Hakainde Hichilema faces growing criticism for suppressing political oppositionTwo men have been convicted in Zambia of planning to use witchcraft to kill the president, Hakainde Hichilema.Leonard Phiri, a village chief, and Jasten Mabulesse Candunde, a Mozambican citizen, were arrested in December after a cleaner reported hearing strange noises. Authorities said they were found to be in possession of a live chameleon and other “assorted charms”, including a red cloth, an unidentified white powder and an animal’s tail. Continue reading...

Sep 15, 2025 - World

Slowing growth in factory output and retail sales prompts calls for fresh economic stimulusBusiness live – latest updatesChina’s economy showed further signs of weakness last month as it comes under strain from Donald Trump’s trade wars and domestic problems, with factory output and consumer spending rising at their slowest pace for about a year.The disappointing data adds pressure on Beijing to roll out more stimulus to fend off a sharp slowdown, with a debt crisis denting the country’s once-booming property sector and exports facing stronger headwinds. Continue reading...

Sep 14, 2025 - World

President Donald Trump tried to do damage control after the Department of Homeland Security raided a Hyundai plant in Georgia and detained hundreds of workers with legal visas."When Foreign Companies who are building extremely complex products, machines, and various other 'things,' come into the United States with massive Investments, I want them to bring their people of expertise for a period of time to teach and train our people how to make these very unique and complex products, as they phase out of our Country, and back into their land," Trump wrote Sunday on Truth Social. "If we didn't do this, all of that massive Investment will never come in the first place — Chips, Semiconductors, Computers, Ships, Trains, and so many other products that we have to learn from others how to make, or, in many cases, relearn, because we used to be great at it, but not anymore," the president acknowledged. "I don't want to frighten off or disincentivize Investment into America by outside Countries or Companies."Despite placing the South Korean employees in shackles, Trump insisted on Sunday that "we welcome" foreign workers."We are willing to proudly say we will learn from them, and do even better than them at their own 'game,' sometime into the not too distant future!" he remarked.

Sep 14, 2025 - World

Gurpreet Singh Johal wants to know if stops are linked to his efforts to find out whether UK intelligence played a role in sibling’s arrestThe brother of Jagtar Singh Johal, a British Sikh jailed in India, has written to the Home Office to ask why he is being repeatedly stopped at the airport by British border police.Gurpreet Singh Johal, a Labour councillor in Dumbarton, asked if it was linked to his legal efforts to discover whether British intelligence played a role in his brother’s arrest eight years ago. Continue reading...

Sep 14, 2025 - World

Donald Trump is sending "signals" to Putin, according to an ex-operative with deep ties to Trump and Ukraine.Soviet-born Lev Parnas, who worked closely with Rudy Giuliani during Trump's first administration, was purportedly sent to Ukraine to help Trump and Giuliani make contacts there for the purposes of digging up negative info on Hunter Biden. Parnas was later convicted of campaign finance violations, and today reports on Trump from outside the administration.Parnas late on Saturday published an article called "Trump’s NATO Letter Exposes His Deal with Putin," in which he argues that Trump's "reckless letter reveals he’ll only act against Russia if it benefits him, not democracy or freedom."In his letter, Trump wrote in part, "I am ready to do major Sanctions on Russia when all NATO Nations have agreed, and started, to do the same thing, and when all NATO Nations STOP BUYING OIL FROM RUSSIA... I believe that this, plus NATO, as a group, placing 50% to 100% TARIFFS ON CHINA, to be fully withdrawn after the WAR with Russia and Ukraine is ended, will also be of great help in ENDING this deadly, but RIDICULOUS, WAR."Trump then added, "China has a strong control, and even grip, over Russia, and these powerful Tariffs will break that grip. This is not TRUMP’S WAR (it would never have started if I was President!), it is Biden’s and Zelenskyy’s WAR. I am only here to help stop it, and save thousands of Russian and Ukrainian lives (7,118 lives lost last week, alone. CRAZY!)"For Parnas, though, the letter can be seen as "extortion" or even "blackmail.""Trump just posted a so-called 'letter' addressed to NATO and the world. And once again, it’s not just reckless—it’s dangerous," Parnas wrote. "He says NATO should slap 50% to 100% tariffs on China, but not as a long-term strategy—only until the war ends. That’s not foreign policy. That’s a shakedown. He’s treating a global war like one of his real estate deals, bargaining with tariffs as if the lives of Ukrainians are chips at his poker table."Parnas also highlighted what he says was a "tell" in the letter."And then comes the tell: Trump repeats his old line—'this is not Trump’s war, it’s Biden’s and Zelenskyy’s war.' That is the Kremlin’s narrative word-for-word," according to Parnas. "Trump is telling NATO allies that Ukraine’s survival, and Russia’s aggression, don’t matter unless they serve his personal agenda. He even throws out fake casualty figures, pretending concern for '7,118 lives lost last week alone,' while making it clear he’ll only act if NATO bends to his demands. That’s not leadership. That’s blackmail."Parnas then translated that tell into what it means:"This is what I’ve been warning you about. Trump is not serious about stopping Putin. He’s not serious about NATO. He’s not serious about saving lives. He is serious about leverage—about using this war to strengthen his power, weaken the alliance, and tie Ukraine’s survival to his trade wars with China. And while he postures about 'ending' the war, what he’s really signaling to Putin is simple: I got your back."After declaring that Putin is "listening" to the signals, Parnas writes, "I know how these backchannel games work—I was born in the Soviet Union. I grew up in this world. I know how it works because I lived it.""And later, I was sent by Donald Trump himself to put pressure on President Zelensky, to deal directly with Russian oligarchs," the ex-Trump insider added. "I saw firsthand how these oligarchs and foreign operatives operate, how they treat lives as nothing more than bargaining chips. That’s why when I read Trump’s so-called 'letter' to NATO, I don’t see diplomacy—I see extortion."Read the post here.