U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday to “be careful” in public statements about U.S. support for Ukraine. U.S.-provided Starlink internet was recently restricted in Ukraine, hindering the war-torn country’s ability to respond to Russian assaults. Ukraine uses Starshield, the military and government-controlled version of the commercial Starlink, to conduct…
Rwanda’s national women’s football team face an uphill battle to reach the 2028 Olympic Games after suffering a narrow 1-0 defeat to Ethiopia in the first leg of the second qualifying round at Kigali Pelé Stadium on Wednesday evening. The result leaves coach André Cassa Mbungo’s side needing a positive result in the return leg…
Take Ozempic. For the average patient in the U.S. paying out of pocket, the blockbuster diabetes drug can cost $349 to more than $1,000 a month. It’s $349 through TrumpRx. Yet in several other wealthy countries, the next-highest price is $190 a month, according to KFF, a nonpartisan research group. Enbrel is an even starker…
File: A boat of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard at undisclosed location off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran August 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee | WANA | Reuters The U.S. military on Tuesday said an unmanned submersible that Iran reportedly seized in the Strait of Hormuz was “defective” and carried no sensitive data or classified equipment. “An…
Joburg says its finances are a mess, but claims billing accuracy. (Image by Nicola Mawson | Wikimedia Commons and Freepik) The City of Johannesburg’s (CoJ’s) billing system is in such disarray that former homeowners are still being billed months after selling. While the Auditor-General has issued a qualified audit, a think tank warns the city…
“I’ve gone through almost the same thing they are going through. And I just decided that I’m not…” Veteran Nigerian galala singer John “Daddy Showkey” Asiemo has expressed disappointment over the long-running feud between P-Square singers Peter and Paul Okoye and their elder brother and former manager, Jude Okoye. Daddy Showkey made the remarks during…
A Law student at the University of Abuja, Amra Onize Salihu, has emerged champion at the 9th Inter-Universities Speech Contest organised by the Intergovernmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), held in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Amra, a 500-level student in the Faculty of Law, represented Nigeria after winning the national selection conducted…
The Presidency has dismissed what it describes as a sustained misinformation campaign aimed at portraying South Africa as isolated from the rest of the African continent, following recent anti-illegal migration protests. Addressing a media briefing at the Union Buildings on Wednesday, Presidential Spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said the campaign sought to paint South Africa as a…
A Chinese development expert, Dr. Zhou Taidong, has rejected claims that China uses loans and aid to trap poor countries, saying China’s cooperation with African countries is based on mutual benefit and South-South cooperation. Dr. Zhou, who is the Deputy Director of the China International Development Center, speaking to the New Dawn in Beijing briefly…
Image: IBM IBM on Thursday unveiled what it said was the world’s first sub-1nm chip technology — a node it calls the 0.7nm, or 7-angstrom, generation — as tech companies race to build semiconductors that can handle increasingly demanding AI workloads. Shares of the Armonk, New York-based company rose over 6% in pre-market trading. They…
