Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Treasury yields edged lower Tuesday as investors weighed escalating tensions in the Middle East and rising oil prices ahead of the Federal…
MultiChoice Group CEO David Mignot has confirmed major changes are coming to the loss-making Showmax platform, reaffirming that the current model is not sustainable. In a wide-ranging interview with TechCentral on Thursday, Mignot said the company “can’t continue” operating the streaming platform as it is today, delivering the clearest signal yet that Canal+ intends to…
As South Africa grappled with the extreme weather across the country this summer, its citizens were more invested than ever in following daily weather forecasts. Local viewers – and even some in neighbouring Southern African countries – have been following the solid expertise and skilled presentation of Vox Weather’s popular meteorologists, Annette Botha and Michelle…
Addis Ababa — Foreign ministers from across Africa continue to arrive in Addis Ababa ahead of the 39th African Union (AU) Summit, as preparations intensify for high-level discussions at the continental gathering. Arriving this morning at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport were Foreign Minister Monday Semaya Kumba of South Sudan; Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa…
Ukraine’s leader says regions including Kyiv and Kharkiv are among those suffering the most from blackouts as a result of recent attacks.
Children and adolescents living with HIV-AIDS continue to be left behind in access to early diagnosis, life-saving treatment and care, as shrinking funding threatens to increase their risks and reverse decades of progress, Unicef warned ahead of World AIDS Day. A recently published Unicef-UNAIDS modelling shows that, if programme coverage falls by half, an additional…
New York — Children and adolescents living with HIV continue to be left behind in access to early diagnosis, life-saving treatment, and care, as shrinking funding threatens to increase their risks and reverse decades of progress, UNICEF warned today ahead of World AIDS Day. A recently published UNICEF-UNAIDS modelling shows that, if programme coverage falls…
Tom BennettJerusalem, Alice CuddyTel Aviv, Yolande KnellRe’im and Rushdi AbualoufGaza correspondent AFP via Getty Images Some paid their respects at the site of the Nova Music Festival, where more than 370 people were killed and dozens more taken back to Gaza as hostages Israelis have gathered across the country to mark two years since the…
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner are planning to head to Egypt on Tuesday and arrive there Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the matter, as indirect peace talks between Israel and Hamas continue. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said on Monday that Witkoff and Kushner were on hand to take…
The US Supreme Court has ruled sweeping immigration raids in Los Angeles can continue for now, lifting a federal judge’s order that had barred agents from making stops without “reasonable suspicion”. The Monday ruling is a win for President Donald Trump, who has vowed to conduct record-level deportations of migrants in the country illegally. The…
