SpaceX’s blockbuster listing will be the biggest the world has ever seen. (Graphic by Nicola Mawson with official images) Set to be the biggest listing in the US – and the world – when it makes its debut on the Nasdaq on 12 June, SpaceX is targeting a valuation of close on $2 trillion, in…
The Ukrainian president’s meeting with his staunchest European allies came as US President Donald Trump’s focus shifts to the war with Iran.
Former CEO of Barclays, Jes Staley, arrives at the High Court in London, United Kingdom, on March 14, 2025. Staley is challenging his ban from the UK finance sector over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Tayfun Salci | Anadolu | Getty Images Jes Staley, the former JPMorgan Chase executive and ex-Barclays CEO, has agreed to…
The semi-final line-up for the TotalEnergies CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2026 has been confirmed after a dramatic day of quarter-final action on Sunday. Hosts Morocco will face Senegal in a heavyweight last-four tie, while Egypt will meet Tanzania as the race for the continental title enters its decisive stage. All four semi-finalists…
Angry residents of a town at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo attacked and burned a tent that was part of a health center where people are being treated for the virus, the staff there said Saturday. It was the second such attack in the region in a week. No one was…
Communications regulator Icasa has formally signalled that it cannot give full effect to communications minister Solly Malatsi’s December 2025 policy direction on broad-based black economic empowerment without an amendment to the Electronic Communications Act (ECA). In a brief media statement on Wednesday, the regulator said it had communicated its position to the ministry and remained…
“So long as the visit proceeds smoothly and Trump concludes he was treated respectfully, then the uneasy calm in the bilateral relationship will endure. If, on the other hand, Trump leaves feeling disrespected or trifled with, then he could have a change of heart,” says Ryan Hass, Director of the John L Thornton China Centre…
Department of Home Affairs minister Leon Schreiber. South Africa is moving closer to a formal digital identity framework after Department of Home Affairs (DHA) minister Leon Schreiber published draft amendments under the Identification Act 1997 for public comment, with submissions open until 6 June. The proposed regulations set out how a national digital identity system…
U.S.-Israeli attacks launched previously during negotiations with Iran have led to a complete loss of trust in the United States, Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian said Thursday, according to Mizan News, the news agency of Iran’s powerful judiciary branch. In a phone call with Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Pezeshkian…
An aerial view of the Samsung Electronics’ chip production facilities at Hwaseong, South Korea Samsung Electronics on Thursday reported record quarterly profit driven by a 49-fold jump in chip income, saying it expects a severe supply shortage to deepen next year as clients spend on AI, driving up prices of its memory chips. The world’s…
