At least two people have died and more than 17 others are injured after a building in New York City collapsed into an open construction site, officials have said. It sparked a massive search-and-rescue operation, with more than 250 first responders at the scene in Brooklyn, trying to find survivors who may have been trapped…
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Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña has announced his resignation following a political crisis sparked by the collapse of a bank linked to him. “I want to apologise to the people if at any point I failed,” he said in a video message on social media. “It was never my intention to betray the trust you placed…
Greenpeace warns of ‘Irreversible Ecosystem Collapse’ as UN biodiversity summit faces crucial test Climate and biodiversity crises are interconnected and require coordinated government action. PHOTO/GREENPEACE. By PATRICK MAYOYO Greenpeace has urged governments attending the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP17) to move beyond acknowledging failures and adopt concrete measures to halt biodiversity loss and prevent irreversible…
Four Americans were among the six people who died after an explosion and building collapse in Athens’ tourist district of Plaka near the Acropolis on Friday, officials said. The blast, which occurred at dawn on Friday, was likely caused by a gas leak, according to Athens Mayor Haris Doukas. The two other people killed were…
Neighbourhood leader Lancine Sylla had earlier told the AFP news agency that he feared there would be a heavy death toll. “We have pulled out 18 bodies that were taken to the morgue,” he said. Visiting the injured in hospital, Health Minister Khaïté Sall said they would get free medical care, while assuring families of…
Carney’s speech on Saturday was his first address to Canadians after he announced late on Friday night that a deal would not be reached, accusing the Americans of making “last-minute changes” that were “unfair” and “uneconomic”. US negotiators, meanwhile, accused Canada of making “new demands and walk backs” on terms which had been agreed earlier…
South Africa’s banks recorded two branch robberies in 2025. Not two a month – two for the entire year, down from eight in 2024, together yielding just R630 000. In the same 12 months, customers of the country’s biggest banks lodged claims worth R2.4-billion after being defrauded through digital channels. A typical case starts with a…
[Daily Maverick] Falling EU fertility, an ageing workforce and cautious regulation threaten Europe’s competitiveness; policymakers must balance family policy, skilled immigration and AI-led automation to sustain prosperity.
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…
