Kyiv, Ukraine — A massive Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine’s capital early Thursday, including a rare strike in the center of the city, killed at least 12 people and wounded some 48, local authorities said. It was the first major Russian combined attack on Kyiv in weeks as U.S.-led peace efforts to end…
Maziv, the company that owns Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa, plans to spend R12-billion over the next five years as its ramps its deployment of fibre infrastructure across South Africa. Poised for a big injection of cash and assets from Vodacom, which is buying a 30% co-controlling stake in the business, it has unveiled big…
Lyon, France — In a sweeping INTERPOL-coordinated operation, authorities across Africa have arrested 1,209 cybercriminals targeting nearly 88,000 victims. The crackdown recovered USD 97.4 million and dismantled 11,432 malicious infrastructures, underscoring the global reach of cybercrime and the urgent need for cross-border cooperation. Operation Serengeti 2.0 (June to August 2025) brought together investigators from 18…
The popular Rosebank Mall in Johannesburg has unveiled a gigantic new hybrid energy system comprising 1.3MW of solar power, a 7.2MWh battery system, a 4.5MW inverter and three 1MW dual-fuel diesel/gas generators. According to Wally Weber of UT Energy and project manager for the Rosebank Mall implementation, the system is managed by a real-time telemetry…
Talk about steady hands. A team of Russian medics found themselves performing surgery on a patient during the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Russia’s Far East region on Tuesday. Security camera footage of the operation, released by Health Minister of Kamchatka Oleg Melnikov, shows the team of four healthcare professionals gripping the patient, as the…
Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has begun erupting again – at one point shooting an ash cloud 18km (11 miles) into the sky – as residents fled their homes once more. There have been no reports of casualties since Monday morning, when the volcano on the island of Flores began spewing ash and lava again. Authorities…
