Month: February 2025

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - COINDESK DAILY: Bitcoin Steady as Trump Set to Impose 25% Steel Tariffs

Host Christine Lee breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as U.S. President Donald Trump is due to impose 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports.

Bitcoin is holding steady Monday as U.S. President Donald Trump is due to impose 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports. Plus, crypto was absent from the Super Bowl and did the Central African Republic launch a memecoin? CoinDesk's Christine Lee presents "CoinDesk Daily."

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Focus on Africa - Will DR Congo ceasefire calls be heeded ?

After a recent summit, leaders from east and southern Africa called for an immediate ceasefire to end the fighting in eastern DR Congo. Willing the warring parties listen?

After a fire kills 16 children in Zamfara state, north western Nigeria, how can schools there be made safer?

How will Sam Nujoma the first president of Namibia be remembered?

Presenter: Charles Gitonga Producers: Victor Sylver, Patricia Whitehorne, and Nyasha Michelle in London with Frenny Jowi in Nairobi. Technical Producer: Frank McWeeny Senior Producer: Paul Bakibinga Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

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CBS News Roundup - 02/10/2025 | World News Roundup

Eagles fans celebrate after Super Bowl blowout. New steel tariffs. Treasury Department told to stop minting new pennies. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - A Winter Escape At Chicago Botanic Garden’s Orchid Show

As Chicagoans hunker down for what feels like the coldest stretch of a long Midwest winter, local indoor gardens are providing an escape and a taste of warmer days to come. Reset checks in with the Chicago Botanic Garden’s associate vice president Jodi Zombolo and their orchid flori-culturist Johanna Hutchins for what’s on the docket for February. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
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Up First from NPR - Trump At The Superbowl, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Turmoil, Air Aid To Gaza

In a pre-Superbowl interview on Fox News, President Trump talked about his plans for the Department of Education and Gaza, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been targeted for closure, and details from an NPR reporter's flight into Gaza with one of Jordan's humanitarian flights into the territory.

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Native America Calling - Monday, February 10, 2025 – 2025 State of Indian Nations

The National Congress of American Indians annual winter conference comes as the federal government is actively dismantling the diversity initiatives that help establish Native representation in the workplace and in the public sphere. The nation’s oldest and largest Native advocacy group is shaping its strategy for carrying a unified voice to a fractured government and public on issues that matter most: sovereignty, consultation, environmental sustainability, the Trust Responsibility, and economic development. We’ll hear NCAI President Mark Macarro’s 2025 State of Indian Nations address and get perspectives on the organization’s coming year.
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The Intelligence from The Economist - I’ll be jammed: electronic warfare in Ukraine

Some of the most frenetic innovation of Ukraine’s war happens in the electromagnetic spectrum: detecting and denying signals to and from materiel. This invisible battle will play out elsewhere. Cycling is notorious for doping scandals, but the latest way to gain an edge will be hard to spot (7:40). And why speeches in Britain’s Parliament are getting shorter and less important (15:00).


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