A federal judge in Florida has found President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service was brought in “bad faith” for an “improper purpose” — and slapped sanctions on some of those involved. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams, an…
Harpreet Randhawa, Head of Capabilities and Innovation at Exaze. While traditional robotic process automation (RPA) has often fallen short of expectations, intelligent process automation (IPA) is transforming business and serving as the foundation for AI at scale. This is according to Harpreet Randhawa, Head of Capabilities and Innovation at Exaze, an IT consulting and solutions…
Luigi D’Amico, Chief Operating Officer, e4. South Africa’s property market is experiencing a renaissance. Interest rate cuts, competitive offerings from new entrants and pent-up demand from middle and emerging classes have created a surge in bond applications. However, beneath this momentum is a troubling reality: the very process meant to facilitate homeownership is actively undermining…
Uranium starts as a rock in the ground, but through a series of chemical processes and high-speed centrifuges, it can become either a city’s power source or a weapon of mass destruction. Al Jazeera’s Basel Ghazoghli (@baselgazi) breaks down how uranium is processed, enriched, and what it takes to turn it into a nuclear weapon….
We, the participants in the Civilian and Political Seminar of the 2026 Sudan Conference in Berlin, as part of consultative efforts supported by the Quintet through its engagement with a broad spectrum of Sudanese civilian and political forces, raise the alarm over the grave humanitarian crisis and the immense suffering of our people and targeting…
Erbil, Iraq — The U.S. military is in the process of transferring nearly 7,000 ISIS suspects from prisons and jails in northeast Syria to detention facilities across the border into Iraq. The operation comes amid concerns over security, following a mass escape from at least one prison in Syria, but it is also raising concern over…
Geneva — The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) has formally launched the process to select its next Executive Director for a four-year term starting from 2027. The Executive Director is responsible for the overall leadership, management and performance of the Global Fund Secretariat, including its operational…
President Museveni on Tuesday met leaders of the African Union-East African Community-Southern African Development Community (AU-EAC-SADC) panel of facilitators tasked with supporting the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) peace process, as regional leaders intensify efforts to resolve the long-running conflict in eastern Congo. The meeting at State House Entebbe brought together a high-level delegation chaired…
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Progress towards a legally binding global treaty on plastics pollution stalled and went into reverse this week. The United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, ran overtime. It’s likely to conclude this evening, without agreement. This is an incredibly disappointing result. As a member of the Scientists’ Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty,…
