At least six people have died and several others have been injured in a fire that broke out in a 10-storey block of flats in Antwerp, Belgian police say. Thick smoke was seen billowing from the eighth floor of the building in the Linkeroever district, after the fire broke out just before 10:00 (08:00 GMT)…
In the modern private spaceflight sector, launching rockets is no longer enough, aerospace firms increasingly need to own the payloads they carry. Rocket Lab has announced a massive $8 billion acquisition of Iridium Communications in a direct bid to secure the infrastructure needed to compete with SpaceX’s rapidly expanding Starlink network. Subject to regulatory approvals,…
Cape Verde and Congo DR have been praised by Diego Forlan and Hristo Stoichkov after becoming two of the standout African stories of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Both nations defied expectations to reach the round of 32 in the first 48-team edition of the tournament, giving Africa two powerful examples of what the expanded…
GENEVA — Africa’s future in the age of artificial intelligence will depend less on financial assistance than on investments in skills, education and digital infrastructure, according to Maggie Gu, founder and president of Tomorrow Foundation. Speaking on Challenge TV’s Au cœur de l’Éco, Gu said AI presents a historic opportunity for African countries to accelerate development,…
Iran and the United States have begun indirect talks in Doha, with the Qataris and Pakistanis mediating, a source with direct knowledge of the discussions told the Reuters news agency on Wednesday. U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Trumps’s son-in-law, met with Qatar’s prime minister on Tuesday but are not attending Wednesday’s technical…
The long-term goal for Takealot Fulfilment Solutions is to eventually take on the sector’s big and established logistics players. South Africa’s largest e-commerce retailer is looking beyond online shopping for its next growth phase, with Takealot Group positioning its standalone logistics arm, Takealot Fulfilment Solutions (TFS), as a major future revenue driver. The logistics business,…
Protesters stopped outside buildings believed to house undocumented migrants and urged residents to leave as thousands marched across South Africa on Tuesday, the deadline set by anti-immigration groups for foreigners without papers to leave the country. Widespread demonstrations were accompanied by isolated violence and arrests, while organisers renewed calls for mass deportations and vowed to…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving faster than governments can keep up. Just a few years ago, it could answer questions or generate text. Today, it can write computer code, analyse vast amounts of data, create realistic images and videos, help scientists discover new medicines and increasingly act on its own with little human supervision. However,…
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Dina Pule President Cyril Ramaphosa has returned Dina Pule to the cabinet as minister of social development, more than a decade after she was removed from the executive over an adverse ethics finding tied to a telecommunications sector scandal. Pule served as communications minister from 2011 to 2013 under former President Jacob Zuma. Her tenure…
