Weekly Market Wrap: Customs Street records best week yet as heavyweight stocks power 5,436-point surge in All-Share Index 

The Nigerian stock market continued its impressive upward momentum in the week ended July 18, 2025, as the All-Share Index soared by a remarkable 5,436.07 points to close at 131,585.66. This performance... Read more »

Retail investors win big as Nairobi bourse drops 100 minimum shares

From left: Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) CEO Frank Mwiti, NSE EmpowerHER Lead Demi Murila, Chief of Staff in the Office of the First Lady Mary Muinde and NSE Chairman Kiprono Kittony... Read more »

Supreme Scheffler a class apart as he romps to first Open title

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland :A relentless Scottie Scheffler sealed his first British Open triumph by four shots as he turned the final day of the tournament into a procession at Royal Portrush on... Read more »

Interstate investors swarm NT homes, shutting out local buyers and raising rent prices

Interstate investors are targeting properties across the Northern Territory and buying them up hours before they hit the market, as Darwin’s rental market firms as the tightest in the country. Local doctor... Read more »

France’s eight weeks of summer holidays, or England’s six? I’ve done both and know which one I prefer | Gillian Harvey

Remember the summer holidays of your childhood – the seemingly endless, sunny days many of us look back on fondly? Those six “precious” weeks look very different when you’re a parent. Having... Read more »

The 2026 Senate map is tough for Democrats, but Republicans have their own headaches

WASHINGTON — Republicans are encountering early headaches in Senate races viewed as pivotal to maintaining the party’s majority in next year’s midterm elections, with recruitment failures, open primaries, infighting and a president... Read more »

How Germany manages extreme heat and climate change – DW – 07/20/2025

This summer has seen some hot days in Germany. Very hot. In early July, temperatures in Hamburg and Cologne soared to 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 F). Some areas recorded temperatures close to... Read more »

We found a literal hole in the wall in Tokyo for great coffee at amazing prices

We’d have fallen in love with this Harajuku spot even if they didn’t give you free dessert (but they do). Harajuku is one of the most fashionable neighborhoods in Tokyo, and also... Read more »

Nothing Phone 3 Gets OS 3.5 Update With New Glyph Features, Camera Enhancements: All Details

Nothing Phone 3 has started receiving the OS 3.5 update with new Glyph Interface features and camera enhancements. The new update adds the Caller ID feature to the Glyph Interface of the... Read more »

Deadly Iraq’s Kut fire: Wasit Governor faces dismissal

2025-07-20T17:49:22+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Wasit A devastating fire at a hypermarket in Iraq’s Kut province claimed the lives of at least 70 people, including men,... Read more »