Africa: Who Was Late Country Music Icon Dolly Parton?
Dolly Parton, the American singer, songwriter, actress and philanthropist whose career spanned more than six decades, died on Tuesday, August 25, at the age of 80. Parton died in Nashville, Tennessee, after a brief battle with cancer, according to her family and representatives. Her nephew, Bryan Seaver, announced her death in a video posted to…
Blu Label says MTN is coming for its Capitec business
Blu Label co-CEO Brett Levy MTN’s stated intention to deal directly with South Africa’s banks on airtime sales comes down, for Blu Label Unlimited Group, to one account: Capitec. MTN South Africa CEO Ferdi Moolman said at a media briefing on Tuesday – the same one at which he disclosed that the industry pushes up…
Africa: GERD Offers Blueprint for Africa’s Self-Reliance, Says Hailemariam
Addis Ababa — Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said Ethiopia’s experience in financing and building the he Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) demonstrates how African countries can drive their own development through self-reliance and greater ownership. Speaking at the Africa Mindset Reset Forum in Kigali, Hailemariam said Africa must increasingly shape its development through…
Qatar’s prime minister to visit Tehran, seeking to revive US-Iran talks | US-Israel war on Iran News
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani is due to visit Tehran on Thursday for talks on de-escalating tensions and reviving dialogue between Iran and the United States. A spokesman for Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the visit in a statement on X on Wednesday. Recommended Stories list of 4…
Streamer files class action lawsuit against Twitch for using streams to train AI models
Connecticut-based streamer Warren Pandiscia has filed a class-action lawsuit against Twitch and its parent company Amazon, accusing the platforms of using creator content without permission to train artificial intelligence models. First reported by Courthouse News, the complaint alleges that the tech giants harvested live streams and recorded videos without licensing or compensation, utilizing them as…
China’s industrial profits growth slumps to seven-month low
Employees work on the assembly line of an intelligent factory of SERES Automobile Co., Ltd in Chongqing, China on July 19, 2022. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images China’s industrial profits growth in July slowed to its weakest pace this year, expanding 11.2% from a year earlier, according to National Bureau of Statistics…
AI helps SASRIA forecast national risks
AI can help identify potential unrest weeks ahead by triangulating social media information with other data sources. (Image created via Gemini) The South African Special Risks Insurance Association (SASRIA) is using artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse social and behavioural signals in an effort to forecast potentially destructive events. This was revealed by Muzi Dladla, executive…
‘Blood moon’ lunar eclipse will cross U.S. weeks after solar eclipse — here’s when to watch
Two weeks after a total solar eclipse wowed skywatchers in southern Europe, a near-total lunar eclipse is set to put on a show Thursday night for people across North and South America. Lunar eclipses occur when Earth slips between the sun and the moon and casts a shadow on the lunar surface. During this week’s…
The hole in the law above the Karoo
The legal shield around South Africa’s most valuable scientific instrument does not reach the objects most likely to interfere with it. The Karoo Central Astronomy Advantage Area (KCAAA), established under the country’s Astronomy Geographic Advantage Act, protects MeerKAT and the Square Kilometre Array-Mid (SKA-Mid) telescope now under construction from ground-based interference. Satellites sit outside it….
Parrot eggs hatch in South Africa after suspected Thai smuggler arrested at OR Tambo airport
Fifty eggs suspected to be those of endangered parrots were intercepted at South Africa’s main airport in Johannesburg last Thursday – and some of them have now hatched. A 50-year-old Thai national was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle them in a “homemade incubator bag” carried as hand luggage, according to the Department of Forestry,…
