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Policing is the cornerstone of peace, said top UN officials ahead of the fifth UN Chiefs of Police Summit, which begins on Tuesday. Key takeaways Follow us on WhatsApp | LinkedIn for the latest headlines The two-day summit brings together ministers, chiefs of police and senior representatives of policing organizations to discuss how UN policing…
Rodrigo Liang, Co-founder & CEO, SambaNova Systems, on the AI Summit stage during day two of Web Summit Vancouver 2026 at Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, Canada. Shauna Clinton | Sportsfile | Getty Images An AI chip startup has raised $1 billion in financing as investors continue to pour money into companies looking to challenge…
Rolling out fibre to remote locations can take months. South Africa’s connectivity landscape is defined by contrasts. In metropolitan areas, fibre continues to expand and high-speed wireless networks are increasingly common. Yet across rural towns, remote industrial sites, farms, logistics routes and underserved peri-urban communities, reliable broadband remains inconsistent or entirely unavailable. For many organisations,…
Ghana Postpones South Africa’s Ramaphosa Visit Amid Xenophobia Row Ghana has postponed a planned August visit by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa amid rising diplomatic tensions over anti-foreigner protests in South Africa. According to Ghanaian officials, the visit was deferred because of the current climate surrounding xenophobia, following the repatriation of hundreds of Ghanaian…
The government says 78,112 Zimbabwean nationals have returned from South Africa since May amid fears of xenophobic attacks following threats by anti-migrant pressure groups. The returnees comprise 21,291 people repatriated through government-assisted arrangements and 56,832 who funded their own journeys home, Information Minister Zhemu Soda said on Tuesday. The repatriation exercise was launched on May…
A man amassed around 1,000 pounds of trash at a campsite in Arizona’s Tonto National Forest, where, he told police, he’d been living for eight years, according to court documents. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Mark Aaron Gatz pleaded guilty Monday to violating fire restrictions…
OpenAI will publicly launch its most capable model, GPT‑5.6, on Thursday, after delaying the launch last month at the US government’s request amid national security concerns that powerful AI systems could be misused. This comes on the heels of the US government lifting curbs on Anthropic’s latest Fable and Mythos AI models last week, less…
A new international coalition launched in Geneva on Tuesday is setting out to make sure children’s safety and rights are not an afterthought as artificial intelligence reshapes how they learn, play and grow up. The Coalition for Children’s Rights and Protection in the Age of Artificial Intelligence brings together governments, UN agencies, tech companies, civil…
Robinson’s defence team, led by attorney Kathy Nester, has sought to exclude much of the evidence and argued to have the death penalty taken off the table. Nester spent much of Tuesday aiming to discredit key pieces of evidence being displayed by prosecutors. Under questioning from Nester on Tuesday, Hull acknowledged that at least one…
