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September 26, 2025

Trump’s 100% tariffs on medicines ‘severe setback,’ German pharmaceuticals warn

In 2024, goods worth €27 billion ($31.5 billion), or around 25 per cent of German pharmaceutical exports, went to the U.S.

Donald Trump
September 26, 2025

Nigeria, 100 others unveil NDCs climate plan at UNGA80

Leaders from Nigeria and 100 other countries have announced new national climate action plans at a summit on the sidelines of UNGA80.

UN General Assembly
September 26, 2025

Abbas rejects Hamas attack, urges world to recognise Palestinian statehood

More than 80 per cent of Gaza’s homes, schools, hospitals, churches, mosques, and infrastructure had been destroyed, he added.

Abbas Mahmoud
September 26, 2025

UNGA80: Shettima meets Guterres, Nigeria’s security council bid tops agenda

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has met with UN secretary-general António Guterres at the UN headquarters in New York to discuss key issues.

VP Kashim Shettima and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
September 26, 2025

Netanyahu to address UN General Assembly as Gaza war rages

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to address the UN General Assembly on Friday, days after several Western countries recognised a Palestinian state.

Benjamin Netanyahu
September 26, 2025

UN investigates Trump’s sabotage claims over alleged malfunctioning escalator, teleprompter

Mr Guterres has ordered a probe into allegations by President Donald Trump that the glitches he suffered at the UN HQ were acts of sabotage.

Trump at UN
September 25, 2025

China urges U.S. to remove unreasonable tariffs for trade expansion

He said the two countries shared broad common interests and vast space for cooperation.

President Xi Jinping of China (Credit: BBC)
September 25, 2025

Tobacco, unhealthy diet account for 42% cancer deaths: The Lancet Report

Of the 18.5 million new cancer cases discovered as of 2023, 42 per cent of 10.4 million cancer deaths were preventable.

People smoking credit { BBC}
September 25, 2025

Global cancer toll to rise by 61% in 2050: Report 

The study analysed 47 cancer types across 204 countries from 1990 to 2023.

Cancer patient
September 25, 2025

Reform or risk irrelevance, Tinubu warns UN, world leaders

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday advocated for reforming the United Nations’ policies to align with new global realities.

World leaders at UNGA