Agriculture is the foundation for Africa’s economic takeoff, but without land tenure reform, its potential will remain untapped. Africa’s quality of governance has largely stagnated or declined over the past decade, as reflected in the World Bank’s Governance Effectiveness Index, Afrobarometer surveys across countries and the Ibrahim Index of African Governance. Africa’s youthful population is…
Eight riders were stranded nearly 100 feet in the air on Thursday evening after a roller coaster in Texas stopped during its vertical climb. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The Iron Shark roller coaster at Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier came to a stop mid-ride,…
The TikTok Inc. sign in front of the building on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026 in Culver City, CA. Kayla Bartkowski | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images TikTok’s U.S. joint venture seems to have survived a turbulent rollout with minimal change in usership, as early narratives of a mass user exodus prompted by service outages…
Amazon Web Services was recovering on Monday from a widespread outage that knocked out thousands of websites along with some of the world’s most popular apps — Snapchat and Reddit — and disrupted businesses globally. The turmoil marked the largest internet disruption since last year’s CrowdStrike malfunction hobbled technology systems in hospitals, banks and airports,…
