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Africa: Unicef Executive Director Catherine Russell’s Remarks At the United Nations Security Council Open Debate On Children and Armed Conflict

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New York — As delivered “Excellencies, “Good morning. Thank you to Colombia, and Security Council President Ambassador Leonor Zalabata, for convening this important debate. “Thank you also to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Vanessa Frazier, and to the civil society representative, for their briefings. Keep up with the latest…

Two 7+ magnitude earthquakes strike Venezuela, heavy damage reported in Caracas

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A pair of earthquakes, the first measuring a magnitude of 7.2 and the second measuring 7.5, were reported Wednesday evening in northwest Venezuela, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There was heavy damage in the Venezuelan capital and largest city of Caracas, with video and images showing collapsed buildings and search and rescue crews scouring…

SA fintech targets SME protection gap with digital risk solutions

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Anthony Miller, CEO of Simply Financial Services. Cape-based insurtech Simply Financial Services, a Hollard Group company, believes business leaders in the SME market do not adequately consider the value of providing risk benefits to their staff. The 11-year-old firm says the segment, which consists of around 14 million employees and contributes roughly 40% towards the…

Buildings collapse in Venezuelan capital after powerful earthquakes hit | Earthquakes News

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NewsFeed 7.1 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes strike Venezuela, destroying some buildings in the capital city Caracas. Tsunami warnings were issued for Venezuela and nearby Caribbean islands. Published On 25 Jun 202625 Jun 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Absa’s silence and the banking MVNO move no one has tried

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South Africa has four banking MVNOs (Capitec Connect, FNB Connect, Standard Bank Connect and Nedbank Connect), and they’re all essentially running the exact same playbook. The logic is simple enough: use a mobile product to deepen the banking relationship, gather behavioural data between transactions and create sticky switching costs as a customer’s financial life grows….

Micron (MU) earnings report Q3 2026

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Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra speaks at a groundbreaking ceremony for the company’s semiconductor manufacturing facility in Clay, New York, on Jan. 16, 2026. Heather Ainsworth | Bloomberg | Getty Images Micron‘s revenue more than quadrupled in the fiscal third quarter, the company said on Wednesday, as the memory maker continued to benefit from soaring demand…

Gig work surges as South Africa’s e-hailing sector scales up

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E-hailing platforms have enabled hundreds of thousands of drivers to earn income despite persistent unemployment and economic challenges. (Image created via Gemini) South Africa’s e-hailing sector has evolved from a convenient transport alternative into a significant contributor to the country’s digital economy, creating hundreds of thousands of income-generating opportunities. This, as the country continues to…

fiesta suiza en casa de Canadá

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IE 11 no es compatible. Para una experiencia óptima, visite nuestro sitio en otro navegador. SIGUIENTE Johan Manzambi anota el 2-0 para Suiza que toma control del liderato del Grupo B 02:28 Rubén Vargas marca el 1-0 para Suiza sobre Canadá 01:51 El capitán Hassan Alhaydos descuenta para Qatar y pone el juego 2-1 01:57…

OpenAI and Broadcom build a chip to rival Nvidia’s Blackwell

eriinfo.com1 month ago05 mins

Broadcom CEO Hock Tan OpenAI has showed off the company’s first custom AI chip, which it designed with Broadcom, as it seeks to speed its development of its infrastructure. AI labs such as OpenAI and Anthropic are struggling to obtain enough computing horsepower to run the latest, most powerful chatbots and coding apps. Some, such…

UN nuclear chief says inspectors will visit Iran sites as part of war deal

eriinfo.com1 month ago06 mins

In recent days, there has been a dispute between the US and Iran over the issue of UN nuclear inspectors visiting sites in the country. On Monday, following talks in Switzerland with Iran’s chief negotiator, US Vice-President JD Vance said Iran had “agreed to invite IAEA inspectors back into their country”. The next day, Iranian…