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2024-04-25 16:52:01 Big deal: BHP proposes a takeover of Anglo American that values the smaller miner at $38.9 billion, a deal that would create the world’s top copper producer and spark the industry’s biggest shakeup in over a decade. https://bloom.bg/4b5lvYN

Tech matters: Lawyers hired by the Democratic Republic of Congo have questioned Apple about the use of conflict minerals in their supply chain sourced from the country. https://bloom.bg/3JzOYh6

First fall: Zimbabwe’s gold-backed currency the ZiG weakens for the first time since its debut earlier this month. https://bloom.bg/49NmHOZ

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2024-04-24 16:45:38 Naira drops: Nigeria’s currency plunged, heading for its worst four-day losing streak since the naira was devalued in January as domestic dollar liquidity evaporated. https://bloom.bg/3vX9LrX

Green insurance: The World Bank is advising South Africa’s National Treasury on a climate risk strategy after floods in recent years caused billions of dollars of damage. https://bloom.bg/4aR7IF4

Chocolate crisis: Cocoa resumed gains in New York, with prices the most volatile in almost five decades amid uncertainty over a historic supply crunch. https://bloom.bg/4d5ATpr

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2024-04-24 06:33:20 BREAKING: The US Senate has voted to ban TikTok’s ownership by Chinese parent ByteDance. This now sets the stage for a constitutional clash over whether the prohibition deprives US users of their First Amendment free speech rights. https://bloom.bg/44h4ybc

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2024-04-24 05:40:01 BREAKING: The Senate passed a long-delayed $95 billion emergency aid package for Ukraine and other besieged US allies, clearing the way for resumed arms shipments to Kyiv within days. https://bloom.bg/49WnDjP

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2024-04-23 14:45:19 Index rally erased: Zimbabwe’s new currency, the ZiG, has wiped out a gain of more than 330% on the nation's main stock market this year, leaving investors dealing with the fallout. https://bloom.bg/4b8oxLa

Surprise tax: A high-stakes standoff between Congo and the country’s biggest telecom operators ended with the companies paying an extra $5.8 million a month to the government. https://bloom.bg/4d3nLB7

Set sail: An Egyptian wheat ship has been allowed to sail after waiting three weeks for the correct paperwork, as a dispute between one of Russia’s top grain traders and a local regulator continues to disrupt exports. https://bloom.bg/3WgVzVv

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2024-04-22 15:20:52 Change of plans: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak acknowledges his longstanding promise to send deportation flights to Rwanda by the spring has fallen by the wayside, and now the first flight is set to take off in July. https://bloom.bg/49OWRKq

Weight-loss drugs: Africa’s biggest drugmaker could potentially help ease a growing supply crunch for the world’s hottest obesity medications. https://bloom.bg/4aZJIQd

Oil findings: Galp’s shares jump after the Portuguese oil company says a well test “potentially” indicates Mopane could be an important commercial find in Namibia. https://bloom.bg/4aItPxn

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2024-04-19 18:22:33 South Africa coalitions: Polls show that the country — which votes on May 29 — could enter uncharted political terrain. https://bloom.bg/3UoAcjy

Rwandan meddling: Conflict in eastern Congo has reached a peak not seen in at least a decade, spurred allegedly by Rwandan support for a brutal rebel group. https://bloom.bg/3UowUwG

Cholera vaccine: An oral vaccine for cholera that is more simple to make than existing versions has been approved by the World Health Organization. https://bloom.bg/3Q8lISv

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2024-04-19 07:10:10 Israel launched a retaliatory strike on Iran less than a week after Tehran’s rocket and drone barrage, according to two US officials, raising fears of a widening conflict across the Middle East.

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2024-04-19 05:50:37 DEVELOPING: An explosion was heard early Friday in Iran’s central city of Isfahan, a news agency reported, citing local sources https://bloom.bg/3JsA8Jn Open / Comment

2024-04-19 05:24:46 LIVE: India begins voting in the world's biggest election, with Prime Minister Modi aiming for a historic third term.

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