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AP Business SummaryBrief at 2:25 p.m. EDT
Mankato Free Press - Minnesota
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Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged even as Trump demands cuts WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is leaving its key short-term interest rate unchanged for the fifth time this year, brushing off repeated calls from President Donald...
Lesotho and India sign digital deal
Lesotho Times
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July 24, 2025
Moroke Sekoboto IN a significant step toward bolstering its digital transformation agenda, Lesotho has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of India to collaborate on the development of Digital Public...
Lesotho makes Trump’s polo shirts. He could destroy their garment industry.
Christian Science Monitor
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July 24, 2025
Long before Donald Trump mocked Lesotho as a country “nobody has ever heard of,” and before his administration threatened a 50% tariff on its exports, some in this tiny southern African nation already knew the American president’s name for a...
Lesotho Declares State of Disaster After U.S. Tariffs. Rescissions Impact U.N.
NPR
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July 23, 2025
An overview of textile factories on July 5, 2025 in Ha Thetsane Industrial Area in Maseru, Lesotho. The tiny mountain kingdom has around 35,000 garment workers and many of them face an uncertain future. Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images hide...
EarthTalk - Which countries currently lead the world in total clean energy generation?
Kiowa County Press - Colorado
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July 26, 2025
Dear EarthTalk: Which countries currently lead the world in total clean energy generation—and is the current ranking order expected to shift anytime soon? Charles Jensen, Detroit, MI Clean energy generation—or energy generation without the output...
Mene: Afri-Caribbean markets need to combat global trade instability
CNBC Africa
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July 30, 2025
In light of the ongoing disruptions in global trade, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat's Secretary-General, Wamkele Mene, has underscored a strategic pivot towards bolstering trade ties between Africa and the Caribbean....
How tariff threats decimated Lesotho's garment industry
WVIA - Pennsylvania
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July 21, 2025
The government of Lesotho, the tiny African mountain kingdom, has declared a two-year state of disaster. Its once-thriving garment industry is unravelling in the wake of President Trump’s tariff threats. Kate Bartlett reports from the capital,...
Lesotho and India strengthen ties on digital transformation
Informative
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July 23, 2025
By: Mpho Shelile MASERU The Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho, through its Ministry of Information, Communications, Science, Technology and Innovation (MICSTI), has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of...
Lesotho Innovator Turns AI Into Job-Hunting Ally With Career Agent App
I Africa
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July 22, 2025
Thabo Maibi, a former National University of Lesotho student and current PhD candidate at Stellenbosch University, has launched Career Agent, an AI-powered app that automates the job search process for users across Southern Africa. The app...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 12:05 p.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Along with a strong second quarter rebound for the US economy, some red flags WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy expanded at a surprising 3% annual pace from April through June, bouncing back at least temporarily from a first-quarter drop that...
'Our people are denied medical care': Lesotho youth leader demands action for Basotho in South Africa
IOL
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President of the Democratic Congress Youth League in the Kingdom of Lesotho, Pheello Sehlabaka, is calling on the government in Maseru to intervene and assist Basotho based in South Africa, faced with numerous problems, including access to medical...
Kenya’s Christine Njoki is ready to defend her title at the Totalsports Women’s Race Durban
South Africa Today
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July 30, 2025
Kenya’s Christine Njoki will return to Durban this Sunday, 03 August 2025, as she sets her sights on defending her title at one of South Africa’s most iconic Women’s Month celebrations, the Totalsports Women’s Race. Christine Njoki made a...
History shows one key policy could hit Trump hardest of all
Raw Story
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July 30, 2025
Count on one thing: If Mark Twain, the famed American author of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, were alive today, he would certainly have written a novel about U.S. President Donald Trump. After all, Twain's 1873 novel, The Gilded Age: A Tale of...
RES4Africa completes executive school pilot project to localise capacity building efforts in Africa
Engineering News
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Just energy transition organisation the Renewable Energy Solutions for Africa Foundation (RES4Africa) has completed the pilot edition of the Southern Africa Executive School, which is part of its mission to localise and expand its...
Trump’s Trade War Could Kill Lesotho’s Garment Industry
Sourcing Journal - New York
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July 16, 2025
The tiny southern African nation of Lesotho is watching the days pass with a growing sense of despair—and desperation. As the White House’s “Liberation Day” tariff deadline of Aug. 1 creeps closer with no sign of a deal for the country President...
In the country that Trump claims 'nobody has ever heard of', his name evokes fear and panic
Sky News
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July 29, 2025
A blanket of thick fog covers Lesotho's capital, Maseru. Winter in the southern African country feels colder than ever. Thousands of garment workers have lost their jobs as the threat of US tariffs brings the textile industry to the edge. Hundreds...
EarthTalk: China’s Lead in Clean Energy Only Getting Bigger
The Bradenton Times - Florida
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Clean energy generation—or energy generation without the output of harmful greenhouse gases—has become an increasingly hot topic in today’s race for productivity and the growing global emphasis on eco-consciousness. Some of the most widely used...
Improved Maseru Mall traffic circle ends gridlock
Lesotho Times
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July 22, 2025
Moroke Sekoboto MOTORISTS can now enjoy significantly improved traffic flow in and out of Maseru via Kofi Annan Road (A7), following the official opening of the now wider, rehabilitated Maseru Mall traffic circle. The Roads Directorate’s Corporate...
US tariff deadline looms over African nations
Semafor
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African countries are braced for the US to impose new tariffs on imports from Aug. 1. Washington has announced a number of deals — including with the EU, Japan, and UK — but none with African nations. Most countries will face a baseline 10% tax on...
Two contrasting trade policies are being implemented worldwide
CGTN
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A train at the Lebu Railway Station in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 10, 2024. /Xinhua A train at the Lebu Railway Station in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 10, 2024. /Xinhua Editor's note: The fourth plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China...