“We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition,” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in his speech at Davos on Monday. “Great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons, tariffs as leverage, financial infrastructure as coercion, supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited.” “You cannot live within the lie of mutual…
Videos shared on Ukrainian social media since the weekend claim to show African nationals fighting in the ranks of the Russian army – raising fresh questions about Moscow’s overseas recruitment practices. The footage, widely circulated online, shows black men in Russian military uniforms being humiliated, threatened or described as expendable. The language used has drawn…
In a landscape crowded with products, promises and polished marketing, one thing is clear: brands with purpose earn trust faster, last longer and grow deeper than those without it. Whether you are a business competing for market share or an NGO competing for attention and funding, brand purpose has become the new currency of credibility….
Katya AdlerEurope editor BBC On Tuesday, the so-called Coalition of the Willing, largely made up of European leaders, met in Paris with envoys of US President Donald Trump, to try to make further progress on a sustainable peace deal for Ukraine. With Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky insisting a plan to end the war with Russia…
“Singapore” may have become a campaign buzzword, but it raises fundamental questions that the country must confront–both proponents and sceptics alike. We live in a political culture where being in opposition, or simply outside government, often translates into opposing for the sake of it. Yet nations do not progress by dismissing ambition. They progress by…
‘Please Call Me’ inventor Nkosana Makate. As the argument over who funded Please Call Me inventor’s court case might go to arbitration, an ITWeb investigation reveals that there may never have been a contract between Black Rock Mining and Nkosana Makate in the first place. Earlier this month, British Virgin Islands-registered Black Rock Mining lost…
Questions swirl around Sept. 2 boat strikes amid lawmakers’ competing narratives – CBS News Watch CBS News Competing narratives have emerged after lawmakers were shown video of a U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat on Sept. 2. Charlie D’Agata has the latest.
As the year winds down, many of us start thinking about what’s next: what we want to change, achieve, or let go of in the new year. However, before rushing into setting resolutions or writing down your 2026 goals, it’s worth pausing to ask why these goals matter and whether they truly align with the…
The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Exports and Industrial Development, Odrek Rwabwogo, has questioned the continued use of restrictive visa requirements across African states, arguing that such barriers undermine the continent’s integration and economic growth goals. Speaking during the International Business Week at Speke Resort Munyonyo, Rwabwogo asked why a Ugandan still needs…
President Donald Trump’s pick for surgeon general, Dr. Casey Means, is likely to face tough questions Thursday on Capitol Hill as senators decide whether to support her confirmation. If she assumes the role, Means would become the county’s leading public health spokesperson, with the authority to issue health warnings and advisories. Her nomination has stirred…
