Jose Mourinho is back for a second spell at Real Madrid who, he says, didn’t need Barcelona’s new signing Rodri. Published On 19 Aug 202619 Aug 2026 Jose Mourinho is confident Real Madrid will be fine without Rodri despite admitting the club made “a very good offer” to try to sign the Spain captain. Rodri…
Singer Angélique Kidjo has become the first black African performer to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame – telling RFI the honour represented “a door opening” at a time of global turmoil. The five-time Grammy winner unveiled her star on Tuesday at a ceremony in Hollywood attended by film stars and music…
More than 1 400 Absa developers are now using AI-assisted coding tools, including GitHub Copilot and Anthropic’s Claude Code, the bank disclosed on Wednesday in a statement on its first-half technology performance. It is the second disclosure of an AI development stack by one of South Africa’s big four banks in a week. Standard Bank named…
Kampala — Reach A Hand Africa (formerly Reach A Hand Uganda) has launched a year-long, student-focused campaign to promote the well-being of young people across the country. The “Be Better” initiative was unveiled on 12th August 2026 during a school outreach at Namiryango SSS in Mukono. The campaign is a direct response to a survey…
Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on August 06, 2026 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Treasury yields pulled back slightly on Tuesday after long-dated bonds hit their highest level in almost two decades amid a worsening U.S. fiscal situation and persistently higher inflation. The yield on the U.S….
Desertification is not the spread of deserts. It is the slow degradation of fertile land – a process that now affects 40 percent of the Earth’s land surface and leaves around 100 million hectares of healthy land unproductive every year. As governments gather in Mongolia this week for the UN’s Cop17 desertification summit, scientists say…
Divine, an unofficial Vine reboot spearheaded by early Twitter employee Evan “Rabble” Henshaw-Plath, has eliminated its invite-only waitlist and opened to the general public. Three months after its initial limited release, the app is removing sign-up codes to attract a new wave of short-form video enthusiasts. Read: The first Ferrari Luce EV fetches a record…
South Africa’s health department not hiring ‘property caretakers’ – ignore Facebook posts claiming otherwise IN SHORT: Facebook posts claiming that South Africa’s health department has “property caretaker” vacancies are false. The department advises job seekers to follow its verified recruitment portals for any opportunities. South Africa’s Department of Health is advertising “property caretaker” jobs. That’s…
HONG KONG — The robotics firm behind China’s famously backflipping humanoids leapt to a remarkable stock market debut on Wednesday, with Unitree’s shares closing up 460% as investors rally behind homegrown beneficiaries of the A.I. boom. Chinese humanoid and other robots have advanced at a breathtaking pace as Beijing competes for global tech dominance with…
Nairobi — Cheap and increasingly accessible armed drones are emerging as a deadly new threat to humanitarian workers, with the United Nations warning that the technology is putting lethal force into more hands and making aid operations increasingly dangerous. The warning came as the world marked World Humanitarian Day, with the UN Office for the…
