The Trump administration revoked the visa of Brazil’s U.S. ambassador Tuesday — the latest jab in a monthslong diplomatic spat between the two countries. The U.S. action was taken in retaliation for Brazil’s withholding formal approval for the Trump administration’s pick for U.S. ambassador to Brazil, Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez, a senior State Department…
Mohamed Nour Abdeldaim, Sudan’s Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance, led the Sudanese delegation participating in the African Social Impact Summit (ASIS 2026), held under the theme: “Financing Development: Building Resilience and Transforming Emerging Economies.” The summit was organized by the Sterling One Foundation in partnership with the United Nations in Nigeria and…
Stitch now offers a multi-acquirer architecture for PayShap Request. Stitch, the payments infrastructure provider behind several South African online retailers, is now live with PayShap Request. This, in a move to give enterprise businesses in South Africa a way to collect real-time payments across all major local banks, according to a statement. PayShap Request is…
Authorities in California have arrested a man who was seen near a golf course owned by President Donald Trump in the Los Angeles area, just ahead of the president’s visit for a fundraising dinner there. Jeanine John Taele, 38, was found with a pistol and illegal ammunition at the Trump National Golf Course in Rancho…
South Africa has been excluded from the World Bank’s global map of economies with a national AI strategy, a direct consequence of the collapse of the country’s draft AI policy in April. The exclusion appears in World Development Report 2026: The Promise of Artificial Intelligence, the Bank’s flagship annual publication, released on Tuesday. A note…
Water levels on the Danube River, the second longest in Europe, have dropped so low because of drought that the hulks of dozens of World War II German battleships — and even the remains of an ancient woolly mammoth — are emerging into view. They are a curious distraction from the summer heat crisis. The…
Bolt is betting on conversational AI by making its ride-hailing platform accessible through ChatGPT. South Africans can now plan and request a Bolt ride through ChatGPT. Bolt has introduced a ChatGPT integration in South Africa, enabling users to request rides through the artificial intelligence (AI) assistant using natural language. According to a statement, the new…
NewsFeed Guatemala’s Fuego volcano began erupting on Monday, prompting a nationwide orange alert and the evacuation of two nearby villages, with residents moved to temporary shelters. The highly active volcano’s deadly 2018 eruption has prompted renewed preventative measures. Published On 4 Aug 20264 Aug 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd…
VALR CEO Farzam Ehsani Barring South African companies from moving crypto assets across the country’s borders will likely drive those transactions underground or offshore and reduce the very oversight national treasury and the South African Reserve Bank are trying to achieve, according to VALR CEO Farzam Ehsani. Ehsani was responding to the draft Crypto Asset…
The U.S. and Iran could reach a deal on Tuesday or Wednesday to reopen the Strait of Hormuz with freedom of movement for commercial ships, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview. “We are in talks with the Iranians,” Bessent told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “There is a chance we may have a deal today…
