Swedish party blocs tied after Sunday vote, projections say
But partial results suggest the party was losing support for the first time since 2010 when it entered parliament. Sweden has two major political blocs featuring four parties on the right and four on the left – meaning coalition and minority governments are relatively common. On Sunday night, Andersson urged supporters to wait for the…
AI decentralising corporate training as demand for workplace learning surges
Mduduzi Sibisi, Product Head at New Leaf Technologies. The global corporate e-learning market is forecast to more than triple in size this decade as employers face growing pressure to continuously reskill their workforces – but the surge in demand is also exposing a fundamental problem: organisations need to create and update training content faster than…
Alexander Zverev wins U.S. Open, beating Ben Shelton to secure second major title
Alexander Zverev dispatched Ben Shelton in four sets to win the U.S. Open men’s singles title on Sunday, the second Grand Slam win for the German after he finally broke through at the French Open earlier this year. The No. 1 seed in a Grand Slam for the first time, Zverev capitalized on Shelton’s shaky…
Swedes vote in election that could see far-right in government | Elections
Voting is under way in Sweden in a closely fought election that could see the far-right Sweden Democrats enter government for the first time, or centre-left leader Magdalena Andersson return to power. Published On 13 Sep 202613 Sep 2026 Share Swedes vote in election that could see far-right in government on social media share-nodes Share…
Faranani DocTec wins OpenText Africa Partner of the Year 2026
Faranani DocTec Chairman Naweed Hassan, Chief Executive Officer Niël van der Merwe and Sales Director Sam Selepe with the OpenText Africa Partner of the Year 2026 award at OpenText Summit Africa 2026. Faranani DocTec, an OpenText Platinum Partner, has been named OpenText Africa Partner of the Year 2026, awarded for overall partner contribution. The award…
China is the ‘toughest dilemma’ for proposed AI slowdown, Amodei says
Dario Amodei, chief executive officer of Anthropic, at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Ruhani Kaur | Bloomberg | Getty Images Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Sunday that the “toughest dilemma” about his proposal to slow the advancement of artificial intelligence is what happens if adversarial nations, namely…
Kimi Antonelli wins Formula 1 race in Madrid to establish a dominant championship lead
Norris, the reigning Formula 1 world champion, controlled the race at the start as Antonelli and Verstappen had excursions off track and had to give up positions. They settled back into second and third place after Lewis Hamilton retired with what a Ferrari official called a brake system issue. But in a twist of bad…
Africa: New World Map Makes Africa Look Bigger – What’s the Fuss About? Cartographers Explain
The UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth Projection, a map which more fairly represents the true size of the Earth’s landmasses. The current commonly used projection, called the Mercator Projection, greatly exaggerates land towards the north and south poles, which makes Africa look much smaller. In the Mercator projection, countries…
Cape Town pilots ‘cashless’ driving licence centres
Cape Town will begin a cashless transactions pilot at three driving licence testing centres. (Image source: iStock) The City of Cape Town is shifting its cashless payments initiative to three of its driving licence testing centres (DLTCs). Come 1 October, the city will pilot cashless transactions at the DLTCs located at Brackenfell, Fish Hoek and…
Turkish police detain dozens in raids on gay bars and homes of LGBTQ+ activists
Police in Turkey have detained 47 people in a series of raids on gay bars and the homes of LGBTQ+ activists, officials say. Raids took place in 12 provinces over the weekend as part of a campaign dubbed “My Family is Safe” that the Turkish government says has been designed to protect family values. One…
