Thirty-six new programs and projects from the GEF family of funds will benefit 59 countries, including 21 Small Islands Developing States and 21 Least Developed Countries. PHOTO/GEF. By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT [email protected] The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has announced the approval of more than $372 million in new funding to implement 36 innovative programs and projects…
“These peace negotiations are a farce.”
Sad female worker carrying her belongings while leaving the office after being fired Isbjorn | Istock | Getty Images Layoffs have been a defining feature of the job market in 2025, with several major companies announcing thousands of job cuts driven by artificial intelligence. In fact, AI was responsible for almost 55,000 layoffs in the…
Junaid Hussain, head of digital services support at Ricoh South Africa. South African companies are accelerating their digital transformation. For medium to large businesses, digital transformation offers huge gains in efficiency and competitiveness, but it also brings new risks. Every move to the cloud, automation rollout or AI deployment expands the attack surface for cyber…
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Yolande KnellMiddle East correspondent, Jerusalem BBC Itzik Gvili demands the return of his son Ran, the last dead hostage in Gaza, in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square In central Tel Aviv, the main stage has now been dismantled in Hostages Square, the focal point for the campaign over the past two years to bring back Israelis…
A constant refrain in the security sector is that everything is an endpoint. If it’s connected to the internet, it’s an endpoint. Endpoints need protection and they’re often neglected. While the criminals who broke into the Louvre in broad daylight in October used prosaic methods, it turns out that the museum’s cyber policies were also…
The U.S. seized a second vessel in international waters, authorities announced, days after President Trump announced a “blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem shared a video of the seizure in a post on X on Saturday. The video shows helicopters surrounding the vessel. “In a pre-dawn action…
Here is where things stand on Sunday, December 21: Fighting The death toll from a Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s port city of Odesa rose from seven to eight, with at least 30 others wounded, according to Ukrainian authorities. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the situation in Odesa as “harsh” and accused Russia of trying…
The Mojaloop Foundation and the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL), in collaboration with Singapore-based ThitsaWorks and The AfricaNenda Foundation, today announces the launch of the Liberian Inclusive Instant Payments System (IIPS), a modern real-time interoperable payments platform powered by Mojaloop, the open-source payments infrastructure built to advance digital financial inclusion. IIPS will principally enable mobile…
