(Reuters) -Israel’s defense minister said on Wednesday he planned to close publicly funded Army Radio in what he described as an attempt to preserve the military’s nonpartisan character, but the decision was denounced by the station's chief as a blow to press freedom. The
The gesture exemplifies the strong ties between Malaysia and Singapore through “culinary diplomacy”, says Malaysian ministry.
[Leadership] The managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr Abubakar Dantsoho, has emphasised that the interconnectedness and interdependence of African nations make cooperation an essential precondition for the collective advancement of seaports across the
If you wanted more of Wendy and co, then FX and Disney have some very good news for you: Alien Earth season 2 is greenlit.
[This Day] The 2025 Africa Credit Expo (ACE), organized by CreditRegistry in partnership with founding sponsor Afreximbank which gathers financial leaders, innovators, regulators, and entrepreneurs from across the continent for the ultimate financial experience is scheduled to
The tech giant is making its biggest European investment yet and ensuring it dominates AI-related technologies in the continent's biggest economy.
Shouting at seagulls makes them more likely to leave your food alone, research shows. The paper, "Herring gulls respond to the acoustic properties of men's voices," is published in Biology Letters.
The first container of footwear arrived in Indonesia a month ago and has not been inspected.
Tencent Music Entertainment Group, China’s dominant online music and audio platform, reported strong third-quarter financial results, with online music service revenues climbing 27.2% year-over-year to RMB6.97 billion ($979 million) for the period ended Sept. 30, according to
A strike announced by the Latam Pilots Union (SPL) began at midnight after negotiations with the airline failed, leading to an immediate disruption of scheduled flights. The action is unprecedented for the union, which represents nearly 500 pilots—more than half of the
The investment could help Portugal shore up a data centre hub in Sines.
Donald Trump has said he plans to go ahead with his lawsuit against the BBC after it emerged they doctored footage of his Jan. 6 Capitol speech. Asked by Fox News’ Laura Ingraham on “The Ingraham Angle” whether he planned to sue, Trump responded: “Well, I guess I have to.”
The USS Gerald Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday, reinforcing the US military presence in Latin America for what the Pentagon claims is an operation to combat drug trafficking.
For years, the global race for artificial intelligence has been framed as a contest between Washington and Beijing. The United States commands the frontier models, cloud ecosystems and venture capital that shape global innovation; China, backed by scale, engineers and state
[New Times] When we speak of Africa's green transition, we often think of solar panels lighting up villages, electric buses in our cities, or trees reclaiming degraded land. But there is another, quieter revolution underway in the world of finance.
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- A continental push is underway to harness Africa's estimated $700bn in pension assets to fund crucial infrastructure and reduce reliance on foreign debt, senior officials said at the All Africa Pension Summit in Kampala.
While Argentina's Central Bank (BCRA) announced the “imminent” removal of all remaining controls on foreign exchange transactions, the South American country's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) is about to report October's inflation on Wednesday. Most experts
(Reuters) -At least 42 migrants are missing and presumed dead after a rubber boat capsized off the coast of Libya, the International Organization for Migration said on Wednesday. Libyan authorities rescued seven survivors who had drifted at sea for six days after the vessel,
India’s WAVES Film Bazaar has joined forces with ProducerLAND to present this year’s NFDC (National Film Development Corporation) Producers’ Lab, a professional development initiative aimed at supporting mid-career producers throughout India. The program is designed to
A new study analyses the effect of artificial light on ecosystems
In a decade-long secret operation, the CIA modified poppy seeds and dropped them by the billions from aircraft over Afghanistan in an attempt to weaken the potency of the country’s opium crop.
Each of us has a different idea of when, exactly, the sixties ended, not as a decade, but as a distinct cultural period. Some have a notion of the “long sixties” that extends well into the seventies; if pressed for a specific final year, they could do worse than pointing to
Threatened by Russia and pressured by President Trump, European leaders pledged to join forces and reduce security reliance on the U.S. That’s easier said than done.
As we look toward World AMR Awareness Week, the conversation around antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has never been more urgent.
Buffer zones meant to ease India-China tensions along their shared border have disproportionately restricted Indian forces from patrolling, former officials say.
New research has revealed for the first time the full extent of how "Artificial Light At Night" (ALAN) is increasing carbon released by plants and animals across continents—without any increase in the carbon they absorb. The result is reduced carbon storage in ecosystems—which
Underwater passive acoustic recording is vital for researchers to monitor and study marine animals in their natural environment with minimal disturbance.
As Trump unleashes confused statements about the Supreme Court case on his tariffs, a trade expert explains how he accidentally undermined his argument for them—and why all this is trending toward a major fiasco.
"In India, an era of glaring inequality is also a golden age of fraud."
Demonstrators clashed with law enforcement on Tuesday in Belém outside the so-called Blue Zone, where COP30 negotiations are taking place. The area was closed after a group of protesters tried to enter the site, but were kept at bay by security guards forming human chains. At
