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Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: History appears to be repeating itself in Madagascara fuel blockade leads to chaos in Maliand poverty rises in Nigeria even as GDP grows. Sign up to receive Africa Brief in your inbox every Wednesday. Sign up to receive Africa Brief in your inbox every Wednesday. Sign Up By submitting your email, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use and to receive email correspondence from us. You may opt out at any time. Enter your email Sign Up Loading… A powerful military unit has seized power in Madagascar…
Daily data from Baker, Bloom and Davis: Figure 1: EPU (blue, left scale), EPU-trade (green, right scale). Light orange is Trump 2.0 administration; darker orange shading is shutdown. Source: policyuncertainty.com. Betting on the shutdown length is now at 34 days, taking us through November 3 for postponed releases (no idea on delays). This entry was posted on October 14, 2025 by Menzie Kent.
The 2026 World Cup in USA, Mexico and Canada will, quite literally, be the biggest one yet. Forty-eight teams will compete for football’s greatest prize next summer; an expansion from the 32-team format that has been in effect since 1998. The tournament, which runs from 11 June to 19 July, will also be just the second time the men’s competition has been co-hosted – following Japan and South Korea in 2002 – and the first time three nations will share hosting duties. With qualifying for the showpiece event in full swing, and the main draw set for 5 December, we…
DaQuan Jeffries and the Sacramento Kings have agreed to a contract. Jeffries, who is represented by Erik Kabe and Bill Duffy, spent last season with the Charlotte Hornets. Jeffries averaged 6.7 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 22.8 minutes across 47 games in 2024-25 with the Hornets. Jeffries played sparingly in 17 games during the 2023-24 season with the New York Knicks. Jeffries began his NBA career in 2019-20 with the Kings.
FOX Weather is your Hurricane HQ. (FOX Weather)Updated at 9:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025A disorganized tropical disturbance is plodding across the stretch of ocean from Africa to the Caribbean. Atmospheric conditions do not look conducive for it to develop much before it reaches the islands – most likely the Windward Islands – next Sunday or Monday. Once it reaches the western Caribbean later next week, however, some computer forecasts predict the pattern will allow the system to organize and strengthen. This satellite image provides an overview of the tropical Atlantic Basin on Oct. 15, 2025. (FOX Weather)The…
by AI | 15.Oct 2025 | Europe in brief AI The Portuguese law provides for the installation in temporary centers of those who entered the country illegally, but establishes a maximum detention period of 60 days. The Government will propose, in the coming weeks, a revision of the Portuguese regime for the return of foreign citizens in illegal situations, considering that “the problem of other countries is also Portugal’s problem.”“The problem of other countries is also Portugal’s problem, but we in Portugal, in addition to the change of European rules, are committed to changing national law and in the coming…
“What’s Up With the Economy?” is a podcast by the Centre for Economic Strategy in cooperation with Hromadske Radio, supported by PrivatBank. Every week, hosts Anheina Zazadex and Maksym Samoiliuk talk with experts, entrepreneurs, analysts, and government officials about what is happening with Ukraine’s economy. While the podcast is held in Ukrainian, we decided to summarise each issue with the most important insights. In the new episode, we talk with Maksym Obrizan, a leading Ukrainian economist and Associate Professor at the Kyiv School of Economics, about the economics of health during wartime. We discuss how Ukrainians’ mental health affects productivity,…
World Cup – Qualification Europe6:45 PMOctober 14, 2025Group Stage – 8Kocaeli StadiumReferee: Radu Marian Petrescu, Romania Copy and paste this HTML code into your webpage to embed. Türkiye World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Georgia World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Turn off spoiler to view match statistics0.00Expected goals (xG)0.00Passing318 (80%)Accurate passes425 (85%) Turn off spoiler to view match events 1 G Giorgi Mamardashvili 6.2 13 D Giorgi Gocholeishvili 6.9 14 D Luka Lochoshvili 6.2 5 D Saba Goglizza 6.5 2 D Otar Kakabadze 6.9 15 M Anzor…
The Milwaukee Bucks are taking extraordinary steps to ensure Giannis Antetokounmpo feels fully supported, according to NBA insider Shams Charania. The team recently signed Giannis’s younger brother, Alex Antetokounmpo, to a two-way contract, creating the first active roster in NBA history featuring three siblings. Alex, 24, brings a mix of size and versatility at 6-foot-7, […] The post Bucks go all in to make Giannis Antetokounmpo comfortable appeared first on TalkBasket.net.
FOX Weather has you covered with the breaking forecasts and weather news headlines for your Weather in America on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Craig Herrera.Welcome to the Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather. It’s Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. Start your day with everything you need to know about today’s weather. You can also get a quick briefing of national, regional and local weather whenever you like with the FOX Weather Update podcast.Weekend severe weather threat brews for millions in Ozarks, Mississippi ValleyA brewing cross-country storm that’s expected to gather strength as it moves into…