MONROVIA, June 2, 2026 — Liberia will remain one of 20 U.S. visa-processing hubs in Africa under a planned State Department restructuring that would scale back routine visa services at dozens of other embassies and consulates across the continent. The change, reported by multiple outlets citing an internal State Department memo and U.S. officials, would…
California’s crowded, protracted gubernatorial primary is going to take a little more time to settle. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The race remained too early to call Wednesday morning with 50% of the expected vote counted, according to NBC News’ Decision Desk. Three main candidates…
As the news spread about the outbreak of Ebola in mid-May 2026, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a report about pandemics. The title was: A World on the Edge: Priorities for a Pandemic-Resilient Future. The document was prepared by the WHO’s Global Preparedness Monitoring Board. It sets out why the world isn’t better prepared…
President Trump and China’s Xi Jinping met in Beijing on Thursday, while Israel and Lebanon resumed peace talks in Washington.
Despite growing innovation in insurance products across Africa, particularly in climate and agriculture, weak trust at community level and persistent data gaps continue to undermine uptake and long-term sustainability. Tom Gitogo, the Group Managing Director and CEO of Britam, said that even where innovative products such as parametric insurance have demonstrated real impact in responding…
Edward Müller, Senior Solutions Architect, Mint Group. It’s no surprise to learn that students at all levels are using artificial intelligence tools, specifically large language models such as Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude. But adoption rates are nonetheless staggering: 92%, according to surveys by Oxford’s Higher Education Policy Institute. Such a figure will be cold…
Trump’s comments over the weekend stand in contrast to several he made last week, including a televised address on 1 April, in which he suggested that the US had already created the conditions necessary for other countries to engage in the Strait. “Take it, protect it, use it for yourselves,” he told allies.
Israeli violence against Palestinians in the last week has killed at least 18 people in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank. The majority of those killed were victims of Israeli air strikes in Gaza, even as the head of the US President Donald Trump-appointed Board of Peace pushes for a framework to disarm…
A passenger Mohd Umardaraz from Bijnor Uttar Pradesh stranded at Terminal-3 Delhi airport after his flight for Kuwait is cancelled due to airspace restrictions over Iran and parts of the Middle East on March 1, 2026 in New Delhi, India. Arvind Yadav | Hindustan Times | Getty Images The first flights out of Dubai, United…
Many say they worry that others will track or steal their personal data. Key findings On average across the seven surveyed countries, among adults who access Internet content, a vast majority (84%) say they do so “every day” or “a few times a week.” Mobile phones are the primary mechanism for accessing the Internet (85%)….
