Days before they are set to headline a rally in Detroit, Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., traded critical messages in statements released Friday, escalating tensions between the two in the final stretch of El-Sayed’s campaign for Senate. Stevens said that she expected El-Sayed, the progressive candidate who defeated her in a bitter Democratic…
Nearly 1,000 people were arrested in nationwide protests in France, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said Saturday, after demonstrations over the high cost of living and the country’s education system earlier in the day remained largely peaceful. Nuñez said the number of arrests is expected to rise significantly. He said marches “passed off well” in cities,…
COP17 | UN biodiversity talks enter critical phase as delegates clash over funding and indigenous rights From L-R: CBD Deputy Executive Secretary Jihyun Lee; Christine Estrada, CBD Secretariat; and COP 17 President Hambardzum Matevosyan, Minister of Environment, Armenia. PHOTO/ IISD/ENB – Mike Muzurakis. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] As the 2026 United Nations Biodiversity Conference entered…
Stafford Masie Four of Africa Bitcoin Corporation’s six directors, including chair Norma Sephuma and interim CEO Stafford Masie, have resigned after a shareholder group led by WGW Capital moved to have them voted off the board. The JSE-listed bitcoin treasury company is left with two directors. In a stock exchange announcement on Monday, the company…
In France, some public schools have been closed since Monday and won’t reopen until next week amid nationwide student and labor protests that have been raging for three weeks. Aiden Stretch reports from Paris.
Luno’s Marius Reitz Luno has opened a new front against draft cross-border crypto rules from national treasury and the South African Reserve Bank, arguing that they treat stablecoin payments inconsistently with South Africa’s international commitments. Under the draft, Luno says, all payments in stablecoins – crypto tokens pegged to a currency, usually the US dollar…
Student demonstrators in France are demanding improvements for the country’s education systems. As protests have grown, there have been some violent clashes with police. Holly Williams has more details.
Darmanin said that 735 of France’s 3,700 schools were now affected “one way or another” by the violent protests. Announcing the arrests late on Friday, Nuñez told France’s TF1 television network: “We are sliding into riot and urban violence, and we are using all intermediate means to put an end to it.” Meanwhile, Education Minister…
Betmatch wants government to engage Apple, Google and Meta to have unlicensed gambling applications removed from local app stores. (Image created by GenAI) Some R247 711 has been wagered on Johannesburg’s next mayor on Betmatch, with Helen Zille odds-on to win. This, as the betting exchange clashes with the South African Bookmakers’ Association (SABA) over…
Cameroon secured top spot in Group D after playing out a 1-1 draw with Cape Verde in their final TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2026 group-stage match in Casablanca on Thursday. The result sees the Indomitable Lionesses finish the group unbeaten with two wins and a draw, setting up a mouthwatering quarter-final…
