Global leadership
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The Interior Department of President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday said it has officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and the Alaskan peak Denali to Mount McKinley. Trump ordered the name changes as part of a flurry of executive actions hours after taking office on Monday, making…
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Boris Johnson flew to Venezuela last month to meet the country’s controversial leader Nicolas Maduro. A spokesperson for the former prime minister confirmed the meeting took place after The Sunday Times reported he had flown there for “unofficial talks” with the Venezuelan president, who is an ally of Russia. Mr Johnson met Venezuelan government officials with “active support”…
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The US reiterated its full support to NATO as Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin spoke to the alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg ahead of Thursday’s NATO Defense Ministers’ Meeting in Brussels. “They discussed the positive outcomes related to today’s virtual Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting, the critical role NATO plays in ensuring Transatlantic security, and…
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Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen. It is an honour to be here with all of you today. I thank Business Day for the special invitation extended to Lagos Business School to participate in the Africa Business Convention 2023. The theme of this year’s convention has been aptly named Africa Connected. I believe that, more than ever,…
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On nothing more than the whim of one board member, a privately held company purchased a large tract of land for millions of dollars that included an abandoned shopping mall with the idea that the company would relocate to the facility after it was remodeled. The board member thought the large parking lot could be…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are both planning to attend the G20 summit in Bali in November this year, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said. In an interview with Bloomberg published Friday, the Indonesian president, commonly known as Jokowi, said: “Xi Jinping will come. President Putin has also told me he will come.” In…
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