Oracle logo is screened on a mobile phone for illustration photo. Krakow, Poland on July 13th, 2026. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of Oracle Corp Japan surged more than 7% Friday after the company reported record fiscal first-quarter sales and profits, as its cloud business posted…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has once again put an uncomfortable truth before the world: Africa remains the only continent without permanent representation on the United Nations Security Council. The imbalance is difficult to miss. The Council still revolves around five permanent members — China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States — a…
The authors, from left, Jason Molesworth and Biase De Gregorio. Molesworth is CEO and chief AI strategist at Accelerated Innovation Group, while De Gregorio is partner and head of AI advisory and talent at iqbusiness AI adoption is no longer difficult to find. Employees are using copilots and generative AI tools in their daily work,…
The Chairman of the National Peace Council (NPC), Bishop Emanuel Kofi Fianu, has warned that the growing commercialisation of politics, misuse of technology and restrictions on civic participation could undermine democratic gains in Africa. He said electoral integrity and democratic stability across the continent were under increasing pressure from political money, disinformation and shrinking civic…
WASHINGTON — He has accused China of hacking America’s elections and plundering its wealth, yet President Donald Trump has showered the visiting Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, with tributes and affection during their summit meeting this week at the White House. Trump met his Chinese counterpart on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, outside Washington…
This edition of UN News’s The Takeaway recaps key highlghts at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, including focus on the war in Ukraine and a renewed push by African countries for Security Council reform. Conflicts test the UN’s ability to deliver peace Why it matters: World leaders offered sharply different assessments of the United…
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Germany is currently undergoing a profound political crisis. It is a crisis that goes against the very ethos of how Germany’s politics usually works. The German political culture values stability more than anything. This is why, for decades, its ruling parties have been reliable, predictable, centre-right or centre-left parties. The Christian Democratic Union of Germany…
There is something pleasingly improbable about Angh. The film comes from Nagaland, a mountainous state of fewer than two million people on India’s northeastern frontier, and is in Konyak, a tribal language unfamiliar to most Indians, never mind audiences abroad. It was director Theja Rio’s first feature and most of its cast faced a camera…
The Liberia Airport Authority (LAA) is seeking stronger regional partnerships, technical support and investment opportunities as its leadership participates in the Airports Council International (ACI) Africa 35th Annual General Assembly, Regional Conference and Exhibition in Abuja, Nigeria. The week-long event, which runs from September 19-25, brings together airport executives, aviation regulators, development partners and other…
