As the presidents of Ukraine, Russia and the United States prepare to hold their first trilateral meeting to end Russia’s war in Ukraine this weekend, almost half of Ukraine is without electricity and heat in sub-zero temperatures, following repeated Russian drone strikes targeting energy infrastructure. The strikes appeared designed to break Ukrainian resistance at the…
Getty Images The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant has the world’s largest installed capacity Japan has restarted operations at the world’s largest nuclear power plant for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster forced the country to shut all of its reactors. The decision to restart reactor number 6 at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa north-west of Tokyo was…
Melbourne, Australia — Technology giant Meta on Thursday began sending thousands of young Australians a two-week warning to downland their digital histories and delete their accounts from Facebook, Instagram and Threads before a world-first social media ban on accounts of children younger than 16 takes effect. The Australian government announced two weeks ago that the three…
JSE CIO Tebalo Tsaoeli Changing the JSE’s operating cycle from the current nine hours (9am-5pm on weekdays) to 24/7 trading would require changes to the local bourse’s operating model to account for the technological resources currently not available after hours, according to JSE CIO Tebalo Tsaoeli. Business Day in July reported (paywall) that the JSE…
With the group stage of the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) PAMOJA 2024 concluded, the battle for the tournament’s Golden Boot is heating up as the competition heads into the quarter-final phase in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. At the top of the scoring charts are South Africa’s Thabiso Kutumela, Uganda’s Allan Okello, and Morocco’s Oussama…
Singapore – As Singapore’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations draw to a close on Saturday night, a huge fireworks display will illuminate the city’s extraordinary skyline. The numerous skyscrapers and futuristic buildings stand as a tribute to the country’s remarkable development after separating from Malaysia in 1965. This tiny Southeast Asian state, with a population of just…
Cape Town — The U.S. administration eased its proposed tariffs on trade with several African countries, but charges of up to 30% will kick in on imports from four countries in the coming days. The biggest beneficiary of the Trump administration’s rethink of its policy since its initial announcement of new tariffs in April is…
