A stock broker at the Prudential Brokerage office follows the Hang Seng Index results in Hong Kong in March 2020. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed Wednesday as investors continue to grapple with volatile oil prices, while uncertainty over negotiations between Iran and the U.S. to end…
An illustration showing magnetic activity in an exoplanet that is a gas giant like Jupiter but orbits very close to its host star and is tidally locked. ESO/M Kornmesser, L Calcada Based on the behaviour of winds on seven large and hot gas exoplanets, astronomers have obtained the strongest evidence to date that planets beyond…
The Young Political Leadership School Africa (YPLS Africa), a flagship program of Naymote Partners for Democratic Development, is pleased to announce the convening of its 13th Cohort and 10th Anniversary Edition, scheduled to take place from June 8-13, 2026, at the Royal Ambassador Hotel, Robertsfield Highway, Margibi County, Liberia. Held under the theme, “Empowering the…
In late 2014, I watched the Zaire strain of Ebola overwhelm Liberia and Sierra Leone following its emergence from Patient Zero, a two-year-old toddler in Southern Guinea. The international community was frozen in bureaucratic inertia. I remember a frantic 48 hours spent coordinating emergency lines between Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and U.S. congressional leaders…
Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan’s re-election campaign is accusing one of his opponents in Alaska and Democrats in Washington of recruiting a candidate with the same first and last name: Dan Sullivan. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “Mary Peltola and D.C. Democrats know they can’t win…
Joe Tidy, dedicated cyber correspondent at BBC (Photo: Strike a Pose Studios) Teenage hackers pose an increasingly serious threat to organisations around the world, as they cross traditional lines in their behaviour, and they are motivated by chaos and a desire for infamy as much as they are driven by money. This is according to…
Vatican City — The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Nkayi, Republic of the Congo, presented by Bishop Daniel Mizonzo. He is succeeded by Bishop François Halyday Mbouangui, until now coadjutor bishop of the same diocese. (Fides News Agency, 1/6/2026)
Discover moreAfrica Travel GuideCyber Security ServicesZimbabwe News SubscriptionIOL South Africa’s Employment and Labour Minister Nomakhosazana Meth has moved to tighten control over the employment of foreign nationals in the country through proposed amendments to the Employment Services Act. The draft Employment Services Amendment Bill, which has been gazetted for introduction in Parliament, will allow the…
Prime Minister Mark Carney has said that he wants sector-specific tariffs imposed on Canadian steel, aluminium, automobiles and lumber by the Trump administration removed or lowered, while Greer has indicated that Canada may have to accept some form of US levies.
Telkom Group CEO Serame Taukobong Telkom customers who want to buy fibre, mobile and a fixed-wireless product in a single purchase still can’t do so easily – a shortcoming group CEO Serame Taukobong has acknowledged is the central problem a multi-year overhaul of the operator’s back-office systems is meant to solve. “If you walked into…
