The Taliban government in Afghanistan has imposed a nationwide shutdown of telecommunications, weeks after it began severing fibre-optic internet connections. The country is currently experiencing a “total internet blackout”, internet watchdog Netblocks reports. International news agencies say they have lost contact with offices in the capital Kabul. Mobile internet and satellite TV have also been…
Several flags including that of the United States, Cambodia, the European Union, Japan and ASEAN are seen outside a building in Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia, on July 27, 2025. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Asian central banks may find more room to ease policy after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter…
The United Nations (UN) has called upon the African continent to establish integrated food corridors to connect different African production areas to main national and regional markets, in an effort to reduce post-harvest losses and improve food systems across the continent. In a statement at the Annual Summit of the African Food Systems Forum, UN…
A Union flag flutters from a pole atop the Bank of England, in the City of London on August 7, 2025. Niklas Halle’n | Afp | Getty Images Traders see a growing likelihood the Bank of England will keep interest rates on hold for the rest of the year, after inflation came in at a…
Ghana has demanded that the local unit of MultiChoice Group to reduce subscription fees by 30% by 7 August or risk suspension of its broadcasting licence, Daily Graphic reported. The country wants the operator of DStv to reduce prices to align with what it charges in other peer markets and to reflect recent gains in…
Sign at the entrance to the Puma store in Midtown Manhattan. Erik Mcgregor | Lightrocket | Getty Images Puma shares plummeted as much as 18% Friday after the German sportwear brand posted worse-than-expected second-quarter sales and cut its full-year guidance, flagging the impact of U.S. trade tariffs. In a preliminary updated after markets closed on…
Columbia University will pay $200 million to the federal government to restore the majority of funding that was cut by the Trump administration over allegations it violated anti-discrimination laws. “This agreement marks an important step forward after a period of sustained federal scrutiny and institutional uncertainty,” acting university President Claire Shipman said in a statement….
Andile Ngcaba Convergence Partners chairman Andile Ngcaba said on Friday that government should consider granting a special electricity tariff for data centres to support the ICT sector’s growth. This would be similar to the dispensation offered to the mining industry, which enjoyed special rates that in the past that helped the sector become a cornerstone…
Top Trump officials toured Alcatraz Island off California today for a visit aimed at measuring the feasibility of reverting the national park to a prison, a demand Trump made on Truth Social back in May. Fox News accompanied Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum as they toured the federal facility, which closed…
A preliminary report into the Air India passenger plane crash that killed at least 270 people last month has found that both engines were flipped to cut off after takeoff. The 15-page report released Friday by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau found that the cutoff switches for both engines were switched, one after another, within…
