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Attackers killed a nurse responding to an Ebola alert in eastern Congo, the WHO says. Nigeria's first case was flown to Switzerland.

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Police in Nigeria's Taraba State say 58 people died in Friday's four-hour attack on the community of Binnari, up from the 10 first confirmed. No group has claimed responsibility.

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Congo vaccinated the first participant in a Bundibugyo Ebola trial on Friday. On Sunday, Uganda ordered a 21-day quarantine for citizens returning from Congo.

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At least 40 civilians were killed in southeastern Nigeria, human rights activists told Premium Times, according to TASS. Politika reports that the attackers arrived on motorcycles just after midday prayers and burned the village, while search and rescue operations continue.

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Gunmen on motorcycles attacked Binnari village in Nigeria's Taraba State on Friday. Police counted 10 dead, while Amnesty International says the toll is 40.

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Kenya's Health Ministry announced a second Ebola death on Friday. In Congo, the first person received an experimental Bundibugyo vaccine.

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Nigeria's Dangote refinery is listing on the stock exchange, with the offer ending on Tuesday and oversubscription anticipated, Le Monde reports. The Lagos mega-refinery is posting sharply higher profits amid rising fuel prices.

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Switzerland says Nigeria's first Ebola patient in over a decade never travelled to Congo and was probably infected in Uganda. Kenya reported a second death.

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Nigeria confirmed its first Ebola case on Tuesday, the fourth African country hit this year by the Bundibugyo strain. WHO's Africa director says the outbreak is now more complex.

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Nigeria has confirmed its first Ebola case, a woman who arrived from Uganda, bringing the outbreak to West Africa.

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Independent MP Helen Haines is in stable condition after both her legs were amputated following an alleged vehicle attack, her husband says. A suspect has been charged with three offences and appeared in court, according to Al Jazeera.

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Nigeria confirmed its first Ebola case on Tuesday, a woman who arrived from Uganda, and ordered maximum alert. Kenya reported a ninth case the same day.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday that the ramming of Helen Haines outside the MP's office was a deliberate act, not an accident. A 43-year-old man is in police custody, and police say it was an isolated incident. Haines was operated on overnight and remains in critical condition according to the government, while FAZ reports that the MP apparently has only one leg left.

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Independent MP Helen Haines was in critical condition after being deliberately struck by a car outside her office in Wangaratta on Monday, police and the prime minister said. The driver was arrested at the scene, and an anti-terror team is investigating, according to Handelsblatt.

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Worries about debt-funded AI spending hit CoreWeave shares and bonds and data-centre debt. Big US bank shares are on course for their worst weekly losing streak since 2008.

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A petrol tanker overturned and exploded at Oluku market in Benin City, southern Nigeria, and a fire engulfed the market, according to Al Jazeera. Premium Times reports that many are feared dead and that ten injured people were taken to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital.

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Fighters attacked a military base in Borno State in northeast Nigeria. Reuters reports 10 soldiers killed, while Premium Times, citing sources, puts the toll at 15 soldiers and five members of the Civilian Joint Task Force; separately, Premium Times reports that suspected bandits killed five farmers and abducted 18 people in Niger State.

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Emirati investigators say the co-pilot accused of attacking the captain on a flydubai flight to Israel drifted toward extremism while a student in Australia, the New York Times reports. Samir Mohtadi, whose Melbourne Islamic community centre UAE prosecutors have linked to the co-pilot, rejects what he calls false accusations.

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Germany, the EU and Australia say they will not buy Russian diesel after the Trump-Putin deal. Analysts expect little effect on prices.

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The UAE attorney general said on Friday that the Omani co-pilot who tried to seize a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight meant to crash it into a Ben Gurion airport terminal. The suspect says he acted alone.

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Australian data-centre operator Firmus abandoned its plan to list in Sydney, blaming "recent market volatility and prevailing market conditions", the Financial Times reports. Bloomberg reports that the Nvidia-backed company is exploring raising $3 billion after shelving the IPO.

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OpenAI chief strategy officer Jason Kwon appeared in person before an Australian parliamentary inquiry and admitted a misstep in handling interactions of its AI agents with government websites, according to The Guardian. Le Monde reports that an autonomous OpenAI agent accessed the site of Australia's health statistics service in June, while Anthropic told the hearing its agents did not breach government sites.

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A Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 crashed in Ondo state on Monday with 32 people aboard. All are believed dead.

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OpenAI agents reportedly hit SEC, Commerce Department and UN websites. CEO Sam Altman says the world should accept some harms from AI.

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An Omani co-pilot attacked the captain of a flydubai flight to Tel Aviv, and Israeli passengers overpowered him. Israeli agencies now dispute who should have vetted him.

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At least 20 people were killed in clashes between Kambari and Fulani communities in central Nigeria, The Hindu reported on Saturday. The report gave no further detail on where the fighting took place or what triggered it.

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Reuters reported on Saturday that a funeral was held for the Australian Indigenous girl whose death sparked riots in the outback. The available report gives no further detail on the circumstances of her death or on the unrest.

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A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off Indonesia's Flores island early on Saturday, collapsing buildings and killing at least five people. A tsunami warning that sent thousands to higher ground was later lifted.

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France's Constitutional Council struck down the ban on social media for under-15s on Friday, citing freedom of expression and privacy. It is a setback for Macron, who championed it.

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Meta said on Thursday it had taken down more than 750,000 accounts it suspected were held by Australians under 16 since the world-first ban took effect. Daily Sabah puts the number at 756,000, the first indication of how the law is being enforced.

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The Africa Finance Corporation is leading an investment in a $2.5 billion private placement for the Dangote refinery in Nigeria, Premium Times reported on Thursday. The AFC described the deal as a continuation of its long-term partnership with the Dangote Group and of its commitment to financing industrial projects across Africa.

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Case numbers of the H5N1 bird flu virus are growing in Australia, The Telegraph reported on Thursday. Tasmanian devils, platypus and dingoes are among the species at risk of contracting it.

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Nigeria's state oil company NNPC said on Thursday that the new incentive order establishes a transparent, predictable and globally competitive fiscal framework for qualifying greenfield deep offshore developments. Premium Times reports that the company expects the order to accelerate investment and production growth.

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President Bola Tinubu has approved a tax incentive framework for deep offshore oil and gas projects intended to attract up to $50 billion and accelerate stalled developments, Premium Times reported on Wednesday. The regulator NUPRC said the same day that crude output fell 4 per cent month-on-month in July while staying above Nigeria's OPEC quota for a third consecutive month.

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Bloomberg reports that the Australian government is putting support worth about $1.8bn behind a Rio Tinto aluminium smelter. The package ties public money to keeping domestic aluminium capacity running.

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Meta goes on trial in Oakland on Wednesday over claims it designed Facebook and Instagram to addict minors. Four US states seek up to $1.4 trillion.

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Nvidia and Wall Street firms are assembling at least $500bn for AI infrastructure. The push was announced on Monday, alongside further data-centre deals.

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The world's seas outside the polar regions were hotter last month than in any July on record, the EU's Copernicus service said on Monday. Scientists link part of the spike to a strengthening El Niño.

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Bloomberg reported on Monday that Australia has widened orders restricting Chinese investors in a rare-earths company. Shares in an Australian miner rose by as much as 29 percent after an investment by the US War Department.

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A central Chinese province is targeting 12 billion dollars in trade with Africa by 2028, focused on mining and modern agriculture, according to Global Times. Near Abuja, rice seeds supplied by a Chinese-backed company are transforming the fortunes of Nigerian farmers, the South China Morning Post reports.

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Nigerian security forces rescued 308 people who had been abducted in separate attacks in Niger and Kwara states, Al Jazeera reported on Friday. The Guardian reported that the captives were held in the forests of Kainji Lake National Park and that the president hailed what officials called the largest single-day recovery of hostages in the country.

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Nigerian authorities announced the rescue of 308 kidnapped citizens held in the forest of Kainji Lake National Park. Kidnapping for ransom by armed groups and bandits has become a major crisis in the country, Al Jazeera reported on Thursday.

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Gunmen killed 12 people and abducted women and children during a raid on a Nigerian village, Reuters reported on Sunday. In a separate attack the same morning, armed men entered St Joseph Catholic Church in Inoyi, Affa, in the Udi district of Enugu State and abducted three worshippers, witnesses told Premium Times.

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A data centre planned for outer Melbourne would be six times larger than a large shopping centre, the Guardian reports. More than 3,600 people have signed a petition calling for careful assessment of the proposed AI hub, which has become a flashpoint in the national debate over the data centre boom.

Technology

Washington imposed new duties of 10% to 12.5% on more than 60 economies at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, 24 July 2026, the moment its previous universal 10% tariff expired. The White House based the measures on Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 and on allegations that the targeted countries fail to enforce bans on goods made with forced labour. Trading partners from the EU to China, Brazil and Australia objected, and US small businesses filed suit the same day.

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