The U.S. strike on Venezuela has renewed focus on the country’s oil sector, which includes some of the richest crude reserves in the world. “We’re going to rebuild the oil infrastructure, which will cost billions of dollars, it will be paid for by the oil companies directly. And we’re going to get the oil flowing…
ITWeb contributor Phillip de Wet. 2026 is going to be quite something. The good old CES in Las Vegas is going to show just how much artificial intelligence (AI) we now have at the edge. Memory shortages are going to bite everywhere. We’re going to see new chip approaches allowing cool new systems. There will…
Egypt international Emam Ashour has hailed the rising technical standards of African football, noting that the presence of professional players and experienced coaches across the continent has elevated the competitiveness of the game. According to the Al Ahly midfielder, this evolution has made every fixture at the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Morocco 2025…
Until Sunday, December 28, 2025, Mozambique had never tasted victory at the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations. Sixteen matches, spread across decades, had passed without a single celebratory dance. That long wait finally came to an end at the Grand Stade d’Agadir, where the Mambas stunned Gabon 3-2 to write one of the most emotional…
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Today, 5 January 2026, South Africa marks 50 years since television was launched in 1976 – a milestone that invites a hard look at what television has been in this country: late to arrive, tightly controlled, briefly reimagined, then captured again, and now increasingly sidelined by streaming and smartphones. This is the first in a…
President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores hold hands and pose for photos after the swear-in ceremony at Palacio Federal Legislativo on January 10, 2025 in Caracas, Venezuela. Jesus Vargas | Getty Images News | Getty Images A federal indictment charging Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, his wife and four other people with…
Oil prices rose Sunday as investors and traders weighed the market forces that could be unleashed by President Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela and his comments about what could be next for the country and its massive oil reserves. U.S. crude oil, known by traders as West Texas Intermediate, fell initially before it rose around…
The past weekend marked not merely another date in the diplomatic calendar, but a genuine historic milestone in the annals of Russian-African relations. For the first time, the Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum (RAPF) took place on the continent’s soil, gathering 60 delegations in the Egyptian capital, half of which were led by…
Getty Images A national day of mourning has been announced in Switzerland for 9 January The bodies of the 40 victims of a bar fire in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana on New Year’s Eve have been identified by police. The victims range in age from 14 to 39 years old, with 15 aged…
