Airtel Africa is considering cutting the size of Airtel Money’s planned London initial public offering after feedback from investors, as the mobile payments business moves closer to a listing that could start as soon as next week. The company is now seeking to raise at least $800 million, below an earlier target of $1.5 billion…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Anthropic is considering rolling out a new AI model to counter OpenAI’s momentum since its launch of GPT-6 Astra, according to three sources, ahead of an expected public listing and after its CEO called for an industry-wide slowdown. The timing of a potential launch aimed at…
New York — Namibia says the United Nations’ adoption of the “Correct the Map” resolution is part of a wider effort to address the historical injustices suffered by Africa and Africans. Namibia’s permanent representative to the United Nations Ambassador Penda Naanda said the resolution goes beyond changing how Africa is represented on the world map….
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, The 25 basis-point hike is the first raise in three years and comes ahead of critical midterm elections in the United States. The United States Federal Reserve has said it will raise interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point as inflation, driven by soaring fuel prices amid the US-Iran war,…
The Security Council on Friday weighed the future of the UN mechanism responsible for completing the remaining work of the international tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, as members debated how to preserve its legacy while bringing its mandate to an orderly close. The discussion focused on the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals,…
A woman walks in front of the Gucci store on Fifth Avenue in Trump Tower on February 24, 2021 in New York City. John Smith | Corbis News | Getty Images Luxury stocks tanked early Wednesday after Gucci-owner Kering and Hermes reported first-quarter earnings that disappointed investors amid a conflict in the Middle East that…
WASHINGTON — Tackling one of President Donald Trump’s most provocative policies, the Supreme Court on Wednesday considers the lawfulness of his proposal to limit the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship for people born on U.S. soil. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Announced on the first…
Sri Lanka refused permission to the United States to station two of its warplanes at a civilian airport in the island’s south in early March, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said Friday. Washington wanted to relocate two of its missile-armed aircraft from a base in Djibouti to Sri Lanka’s civilian Mattala International Airport, Dissanayake told parliament. …
The death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, in March 2026 marks the end of a political era in the Middle Eastern country. Khamenei was killed in US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran’s capital, Tehran. This has triggered a war drawing in numerous countries across the Middle East. The Horn of Africa and Red…
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