Getty Images A coronal mass ejection can be several times larger than Earth For Aditya-L1, India’s first solar observation mission in space, the year 2026 is expected to be like no other. It’s the first time the observatory – which was placed in orbit last year – will be able to watch the Sun when…
As the holiday shopping season starts to kick into high gear, Americans are balancing Black Friday deals with lingering concerns about their own finances. Consumers are looking to shell out less this holiday season, new data from Deloitte shows. Surveyed shoppers said they plan to spend 4% less than last year between Black Friday and…
Cambridge Dictionary named “parasocial” as Word of the Year for 2025. Francesco Carta Fotografo | Moment | Getty Images AI chatbots, Taylor Swift, and social media influencers all played a part in deciding Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year, 2025: “parasocial.” Parasocial — revealed by the global dictionary on Tuesday as its word of the…
Mint Group named 2025 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year. Mint Group today announced it has won 2025 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year Award. The company was honoured among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. “Our recognition as the…
Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda gets out of a Tesla Motor’s Roadster electric car with Tesla Motors Chief Exective Officer Elon Musk (behind car) upon their arrival at a news conference in Tokyo November 12, 2010. Issei Kato | Reuters Eight years ago, Tesla CEO Elon Musk promoted a next-generation Roadster, basing the name of the…
Bernd Debusmann Jrat the White House Getty Images Trump criticised South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in May and claimed white farmers in his nation were being killed and “persecuted” The Trump administration will limit the number of refugees admitted to the US to 7,500 over the next year, and give priority to white South Africans….
Riyadh Nighttime View The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the 26 session of the UN Tourism General Assembly from November 7 to 11. The landmark session will focus on “AI-Powered Tourism: Redefining the Future” and also commemorate five decades of cooperation under the United Nations’ specialized agency for tourism. This press release features multimedia….
Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters South Africa expects to lift the care and maintenance status of its Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) by the first quarter of next year or even earlier, energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said on Wednesday. Once considered a global leader in the development of small modular nuclear reactors, South Africa…
Approximately R60 billion has been withdrawn since South Africa’s new two-pot retirement fund system was implemented a year ago. In a recent briefing to the National Council of Provinces, National Treasury said the introduction of the two-pot system has been largely successful, improving public engagement with retirement funds, exposing non-compliance by some employers, and ensuring…
Pictured left: MakwaIT’s leadership team, Rishi Birbal and Chris Kistasamy, visited Hitachi Vantara’s Global Center of Excellence in the Netherlands to strengthen ESG-driven partnerships. Pictured right: Al Patel, Rishi Birbal, Zandi Ndlovu, Chris Kistasamy, Gerald Painter, and Paul Le Roux at the awards ceremony, where MakwaIT proudly accepted the Partner of the Year Award. MakwaIT…
