The Justice Department announced the arrest Wednesday of a former Air Force fighter pilot who allegedly trained Chinese military personnel without authorization. Gerald Brown, 65, was arrested in Indiana after recently returning to the United States from China, where he’d been since December 2023, a Justice Department statement said. He is accused of having “conspired…
In the ongoing quest to understand South Africa’s political and economic stagnation, it may be helpful to look at other postcolonial states that have travelled further along the path of independence. This may help clarify the stagnation question that citizens, politicians and economists are grappling with. Much of the analysis of postcolonial Africa and Asia…
Qualcomm has announced a suite of new chips for PCs and phones, including a PC chip with a new security feature for businesses that analysts say is likely the first of its kind. San Diego-based Qualcomm is one of the world’s biggest sellers of the chips at the heart of mobile phones, connecting them to…
Former Foreign Affairs Minister and Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General on Darfur, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, has been appointed to the African Union’s (AU) High-Level Panel. Responding to the appointment, Gambari, who also served as Chief of Staff to the late President Muhammadu Buhari, expressed confidence that the AU was taking steps toward finding…
