A US-based advocacy group has filed a lawsuit in Washington, accusing Apple of using minerals linked to conflict and human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda despite the iPhone maker’s denials. An Apple logo and a computer motherboard appear in this illustration created on 25 August 2025. Image credit: Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File…
UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell / PHOTO/UN Climate Change/ Diego Herculano. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] In a compelling speech at the high-level closing event of COP30 in Belém, Brazil, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell called for urgent and transformative action on climate change, emphasising that the time for delay is over….
Nairobi — Africa is facing the worst cholera outbreak in 25 years, Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director General Jean Kaseya said in an online briefing. According to him, the continent has recorded over 300,000 cholera cases since the beginning of the year, marking a 30% rise from 2024. Kaseya attributed the situation…
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Singapore authorities charged an Australian man Friday for rushing film star Ariana Grande at the Asia premiere of “Wicked: For Good.” Grande and other stars were attending the opening night of the film at Universal Studios in Singapore when the man, identified by court papers as Johnson Wen, 26, jumped a barricade and rushed the…
Russian forces pressed into Ukraine’s eastern towns of Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad during the past week as Kyiv’s military mounted a stout defence. On Tuesday, Ukraine’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskii said almost half of the battles on a 1,200km (745-mile) front were happening in the two towns, claiming Russia has committed 150,000 troops – almost a quarter…
South Africa’s cybersecurity services industry is set for explosive growth, with market revenue forecast to R16.5-billion by 2029, according to BMI TechKnowledge Group’s SA Cybersecurity Services Report 2025. The research projects a 20.3% compound annual growth rate, driven by accelerating digitalisation and particularly strong demand from the financial services sector. Yet, while the threat landscape…
Nigeria’s digital landscape may become under siege, if nothing is quickly done to tame the tide of cyber attacks targeting the country in particular and entire continent in general. Cyber attacks driven by financial gain, according to a new Microsoft report have surged, with 52% of incidents motivated by extortion or ransomware. The country’s growing…
Addis Abeba — In an analysis published this week, Foreign Policy magazine cautioned that the risk of a renewed war between Ethiopia and Eritrea is increasing amid shifting political dynamics in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. The U.S.-based publication, known for its in-depth global affairs coverage, warned that recent developments could “erode the current balance of uncertainty”…
Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, at the World Economic Forum in 2025. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is doing all it can to keep pace with larger rival OpenAI, which is spending money at a historic pace with backing from Microsoft and Nvidia. Of late,…
