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Africa: CAF General Secretary Mosengo-Omba Gives TotalEnergies CHAN 2024 Preparations Thumbs Up During Kenya Visit On Monday

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago03 mins

The Confédération Africaine de Football (“CAF”) General Secretary Véron Mosengo-Omba has given preparations for the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda (“CHAN”) 2024 thumbs up with two weeks to kick-off. Mosengo-Omba is visiting Kenya and Tanzania to meet with Local Organizing Committee (“LOC”) of the kick-off on 02 August at Benjamin Mkapa Stadium….

Trump posts support for embattled Attorney General Pam Bondi

eriinfo.com1 month ago04 mins

President Donald Trump has come out in support of embattled Attorney General Pam Bondi following a dispute between her and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino over the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. The Justice Department decided not to release any additional Epstein files and has affirmed that there is no list containing…

Could far-right Reform really win a UK general election now? | Brexit News

eriinfo.com1 month ago014 mins

The far-right, nationalist Reform UK party would be Britain’s largest political party if a general election were held now, a major new poll shows, putting its founder, Nigel Farage, on a potential course to become the country’s next prime minister. Reform would win 271 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons, with the…

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Africa: General Assembly Approves $5.4 Billion UN Peacekeeping Budget for 2025-2026

eriinfo.com1 month ago05 mins

The General Assembly on Monday approved a $5.38 billion budget for UN peacekeeping operations for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, down slightly from the previous year, as delegates wrapped up weeks of negotiations amid warnings about persistent funding challenges. Acting on the recommendation of its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), the Assembly endorsed the budgets for…

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Africa: AUC Chairperson Met With H.E. Leonardo Santos Simão, Special Rep of the UN Secretary General for West Africa & Sahel

eriinfo.com2 months ago01 mins

AU Commission Chairperson H.E. @ymahmoudali met with H.E. Leonardo Santos Simão, Special Rep of the UN Secretary General for West Africa & Sahel & discussed the evolving political & security landscape. They exchanged on the Sahel crisis, They affirmed the AU-UN cooperation to advance peace, stability & democracy across the West Africa & Sahel region.

Zuckerberg bets big on artificial general intelligence

eriinfo.com2 months ago02 mins

Mark Zuckerberg Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire CEO of Meta Platforms, is setting up a team of experts to achieve so-called “artificial general intelligence” (AGI), or machines that can match or surpass human capabilities, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. Zuckerberg is building the new AI team in tandem with a reported investment of over US$10-billion in…